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Artist Unknown
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Central Europe)
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18th Century
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The kapporet is a short curtain, a valance, hung over the curtain of the Torah ark, and first began to appear in Eastern Europe in the late seventeenth century. The griffins and crowns that appear on…
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Artist Unknown
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Zawichost, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Zawichost, Poland)
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1700
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Elkana Schatz Naumberg
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Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire (Kriegshaber, Germany)
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1724
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Honorata Foa
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1582/3
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These Torah mantles, thought to be created in the Netherlands, are embroidered and have fringed borders. The mantle on the right is sumptuously adorned with brightly colored flowers, along with panels…
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1735–1737
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1655
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Wife of Shimon Soave
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17th Century
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Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro
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Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino (Pesaro, Italy)
Date:
1620
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1735
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Late 17th or Early 18th Century