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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czechia)
Date:
1602
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Artist Unknown
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1600–1726
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Contributor:
Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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This Torah mantle was made in Vienna in the eighteenth century. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread, metallic ribbon, and has metallic fringes. Set against a red background, this mantle’s…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1722/3
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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
Contributor:
Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1732
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Contributor:
Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1697
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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)
Date:
1700
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Contributor:
Elkana Schatz Naumberg
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Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire
(Kriegshaber, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Wife of Shimon Soave
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17th Century
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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…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1655