14th century embroidery patterns

These patterns were used for decorating 14th century purses and wall hangings. You can find pictures of purses embroidered with this type of patterns, from The Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, in these books:

• Ceulemans, C. (1988), Tongeren. Basiliek O.L. Vrouwe Geboorte. I. Textiel van de vroege middeleeuwen tot het Concilie van Trente, Leuven: Peete

• Schmedding, B. (1978), Mittelalterliche Textilien in Kirchen und Klöstern der Schweiz, Bern: Abegg-Stiftung

• Staufer, A. (1991), Die mittelalterlichen Textilien von St. Servatius in Maastricht, Bern: Abegg-Stiftung Riggisberg

There are pictures of German wall hangings decorated with these patterns in e.g.

• Schuette, M., Müller-Christensen. S. (1963), Das Stickereiwerk, Tübingen: Wasmuth

• Wilckens von, L. (1991), Die textilen Künste. Von der Spätantike bis um 1500, München, Verlag CH Beck

• white DMC linen floss
• red and green Au ver a soie silk
• 9*15 cm
• original in Victoria & Albert Museum, London
  
• chart by Wymarc

• red, white, blue and green Au ver a soie silk
• 8*16 cm
• original in Victoria & Albert Museum, Londen
  
• chart by Wymarc