Torah Mantle
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Velvet embroidered with metal threads, silk brocade, metallic trim
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
- Possible place made: Germany
- Possible place made: Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic
DATES
1735
DIMENSIONS
19 x 38 in. (48.3 x 96.5 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
"A donation of the Rabbi Eliezer son of ha-Gaon Rabbi Moses Katzenellenbogen
In the year [5]498 (=1738) with his wife, the modest rabbanit Rivkah daughter of
Ha-Gaon Rabbi Samuel Helman."
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
49.228.18
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds given by S. Ralph Lazrus
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Green velvet panel, originally central panel of Torah curtain (parochet), embroidered with metallic threads, silk brocade and metallic trim. On top, Torah crown with Hebrew inscriptions [see catalogue sheet] and appliqué Hebrew inscriptions which read, "Torah Crown donated by Rabbi Eleazer (Katzenellenbogen) son of the Gaon Rabbi Moishe - may he live - in the year 1735 and his wife the virtuous Rifka daughter of the Gaon Rabbi Samuel Hillmann" [see catalogue sheet in Decorative Arts departmental files for Hebrew]. Panel may have formed a part of a Torah mantle rather than a curtain.
Condition: Fair. Much of the metallic embroidery is worn, as well as the velvet. The opening between the curtain and its backing at the bottom of the textile does not appear to be a tear, but rather a part of the design.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Torah Mantle, 1735. Velvet embroidered with metal threads, silk brocade, metallic trim, 19 x 38 in. (48.3 x 96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by S. Ralph Lazrus, 49.228.18. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 49.228.18_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 49.228.18_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
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