Monday, November 27, 2006

14th century German pillow




14th century German pillow
  • silk embroidery on linen
  • embroidery: Au ver a soie spun silk
  • brick stitch/ satin stitch
  • 35 cm * 24 cm
  • original in Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin and in Victoria and Albert Museum London
  • charts are available by Joyce Miller and Wymarc

A picture and a description of the original can also be found in:
Schuette, M., Muller-Christensen, S. (1963), Das Stickereiwerk, Berlin: Tubingen

Ca 1320 Swiss purse


Front



Detail Front



Detail Front



Back
The figures on the back represent heraldic motives, similar to those in the Codex Manesse. For a "who is who" of the heraldic motives on this purse, see Schneider, J. (1975)

Purse:
  • silk embroidery: gobelin stitch and split stitch
  • Au ver a soie spun silk
  • goldwork: gold thread couched with red silk
  • Japanese gold K4. 0.5 mm
  • 18 cm * 20 cm
Tassels:
  • Devere Yarn 1200 dernier, filament silk, loose twist
  • goldwork: gold thread couched with yellow silk
  • Japanese gold K4. 0.5 mm
  • 12 cm * 2 cm
  • original in the Sweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich, beutel LM 1825a


A picture and a descritption of the original can be found in:
Schneider, J. (1975), Textilien. Katalog der Sammlung des Sweizerischen Landesmuseums Zurich: Zurich: Verlag Berichthaus

The Cloisters Museum, New York, owns a smiliar purse. A picture and a description of this purse can be found in:
Hoving, T., Husband, T., Hayward, J. (1975), The secular spirit: life and art at the end of the Middle Ages, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

See also this purse: Sweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich, beutel LM 1825b


14th century German purse



14th century German purse
  • silk embroidery on linen
  • embroidery: Au ver a soie spun silk
  • brick stitch/ satin stitch
  • purse: 8 cm * 8 cm
  • silk tassels and silk fingerloop braided drawstring
  • tassels and drawstring: Devere Yarn filament silk, loose twist, 1200 dernier
  • tassels: 3 cm
  • original in Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • chart by Wymarc