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Herzl Rug
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The machine-woven rugs produced by the Torah u-mel’aḥah trade school in Jerusalem for export to France were typically red and rectangular (similar to Turkish prayer carpets), and they featured the…

Contributor:

Alliance Israélite Universelle School of Crafts

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1901–1910

Subjects:

Crafts, Jewish identity, Philosophy, Education, Aesthetics, Dress

Categories:

Dress & Adornment
Rug depicting a bearded man with crossed arms on top half, and two columns and hanging lamp on bottom half, surrounded by decorative border.
Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium
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Joseph Barsky’s design for the Herzliya Gymnasium, established in 1905 as the first Hebrew high school in Palestine, was adapted from Charles Chipiez’s and Georges Perrot’s understanding of…

Contributor:

Joseph Barsky

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Cities, Jewish identity, Crafts, Aesthetics, Folklore, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Illustration of long building façade.