I've searched through 4 pages of Google results. How many pages of Google should one go through before it is safe to assume what you are looking for doesn't exist (and isn't it strange to think that one would discount the existence of something because of its absence from the results of an internet search...). Aside from the term "aumosnier" in a 1292 Tax Role of Paris, I'm getting nothing. And "aumosnier" seems to be a term unique to that document. Mind you my French is regrettably lacking so perhaps I'm missing something...
Can anyone tell me if there is a proper term for a maker of purses?
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Hi Indigo Eve,
I think the term you're looking for is "aumoniere" (or, if you want to be really technical about it, aumônière). I half-remembered the term for alms, which turned out to be l'aumône.
Aumoniere is more of a historical term, although you can still find purses by this name.
That said, one cool term I found was "maroquinerie," which refers to leather goods. A maker of these is "maroquinier." I tried this and found a lot.
Sorry this was so long, but I hope it helps.
Thank you Linda. I figured that there would be a historical term for it and that was exactly what I was looking for :)
I appreciate that you took the time to answer. May I ask how you know, or came to know, this term?
Which, maroquinerie or aumoniere? :)
I found maroquinerie by tooling around the Louis Vuitton website in French, which I can speak and read with some ease (better after a couple of drinks). I looked it up on wordreference.com (which is an EXCELLENT website, btw), and also found maroquinier. I googled both, et voilà.
As for aumosnier/aumoniere, I figured alms had to be the root word. (Finally, that medieval French lit class came in handy! :P) So I looked up alms first, and then began playing around with it (aumonier? aumoniere?).
Hope this helps. :)
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