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Historical Beadwork Illuminated: Medieval European Beadwork Research by Jen Funk Segrest

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Personal Accessories & Adornment

78 pieces organized by “newest to oldest” as far as it’s addition to the site*. It’s a nice way to see what’s new, or view it all as a whole.
Use the drop menu for “Period Beadwork” above to separate items by century or item type.
*If an older piece reappears at the top, it’s due to my finding and adding additional photos and/or information and it’s publication date has been adjusted to reflect this.

17th Century: beaded Sweetbag, circa 1630

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: beadworked purse circa 1620-30

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “REMEMBER THE PORE 1630” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POOR” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: 1600? sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “GOD INCREZ MY STOORE 1636” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “GIFT OF A FREND 1625” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “THE GIFT OF A FREND 1628” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “OEREIOPCEI 1621” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “REMEMBER THE PORE 1630” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th: “REMEMBER THE POORE 1630” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POOR 1627” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “TH GUIFT OF A FRIEND 1623” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: Beaded Sweetbag, 1620-1660

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POORE” Sweetbag, circa 1630

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “I PRAY GOD TO BE MY GUIDE 1638” Sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POOR 1631” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “AN KILLAM PURS 1627” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS”

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “THE GIFT OF A FRIEND 1631” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

16th Century: portrait reproduction of Vlad Dracula

Filed Under 16th Century, Accessories, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

17th Century: “GIFT OF A FREND 1632” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: beadwork bag 1690

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Gloves 1620s

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: “I PRAY GOD TO B MY GUIDE 1634” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

16th Century: Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait of a lady, 1510

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

13th Century: Cap, belt, cote, mantle, surcote and other fragments of Fernando de la Certa

Filed Under 13th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Purple velvet purse

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: beaded silk purse

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Drawstring Bag, 1610-1650

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Portrait of a young woman from a Gdańsk patrician family, around 1625-35

Filed Under 17th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Spangled ruff in Portraits of Doña Ana de Velasco y Girón

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Portrait of Krystyna Lubomirska, after 1603

Filed Under 17th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Portrait of a lady with an elaborate jewelled headdress

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Ventian purse

Filed Under 16th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: purple velvet pouch

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: Game Bag

Filed Under 17th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

17th Century: “IN HOP ME HART DOTH REST” sweetbag 1625-1650

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

17th Century: “HERE IT IS HIT OR MISS 1628” sweetbag

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

16th Century: Portrait of Hedwig Jagiello

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portraits of sisters, and family.

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Susanna of Bavaria

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Sophie of Mecklenburg

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portrait 1511

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Anne of Denmark

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portraits of Barbara Radziwill

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait Wilhelm IV of Bavaria and his wife Jacoba of Baden, 1525

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1545

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1518

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1513

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait of Saxon Princesses

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1530

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1528

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait 1541

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: “HEARE ET IS HIT OR MISS”, first half 16th

Filed Under 17th Century, Accessories, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only), Sweetbags

16th Century: Beaded Book

Filed Under 16th Century, Baskets, Boxes & Books, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: German-Saxon Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th: Drawstring Bag

Filed Under 16th Century, Bags, Purses & Pouches, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Flinderhaube

Filed Under 17th Century, Brakteats, Sequins & Spangles, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait after 1451

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait 1460

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait 1530

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait 1515

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

15th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 15th Century, Accessories, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

12th Century: Crown of Constance of Aragon

Filed Under 12th Century, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, RUM

16th Century: Portrait

Filed Under 16th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment

17th Century: Reliquary Crown of St Walburga

Filed Under 17th Century, Liturgical & Ceremonial Items, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

13th Century: Cap of Alfonso X

Filed Under 13th Century, Clothing, Period Beadwork, Personal Accessories & Adornment, Seed Glass & Pearls (extant only)

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