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Wrapper for a Torah Case

Wrapper for a Torah Case

Public Domain

Wrapper for a Torah Case
Artist
CultureLibyan
Titles
  • Wrapper for a Torah Case
Datelate 19th-early 20th century
MediumGilt embroidery and application on maroon cotton velvet, gilt fringes
Dimensions19 3/16 × 36 × 1/2 in. (48.7 × 91.5 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joyce A. Cramer
Object number2023.18
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
Provenance[The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part II, Sotheby's, New York, December 20, 2022, Sale N11005 7, Lot 252]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in Hebrew with red embroidery, center: [In memory of Moses di Shabbetai Arbib, may he abide in Eden]
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Image provided by auction house.
Unknown
Torah Case with Matching Pair of Finials
1887
Wood, silver, brass, and copper
2024.567.A-.C
Image provided by auction house.
Goopee Nath Dutt & Co.
Pair of Torah Cases with Matching Pairs of Finials
1927–1928
Wood, silver, and velvet
2024.568.1,.2
Overall recto
Unknown Ottoman
Torah Ark Curtain
19th century
Silk embroidered with metallic and silk threads
2023.611
One of a pair of Torah Binders
Unknown German
One of a pair of Torah Binders
1749
Linen and silk
2023.616.1
One of a pair of Torah Binders
Unknown German
One of a pair of Torah Binders
1752
Linen and silk
2023.616.2
Torah Ark Curtain
Unknown
Torah Ark Curtain
1850
Cotton, linen, metallic thread
2023.613
Torah Finial
Unknown
Torah Finial
c. 1830–1840
Silver and silver-gilt
2023.31
Torah Crown
Unknown Polish
Torah Crown
Late 18th-early 19th century
Silver, silver-gilt and paste stones
2023.30
Torah Mantle
Unknown
Torah Mantle
19th century
Velvet and gilt-metal thread
2023.37
Overall
Unknown European
Acanthus Torah Finials
late 19th–early 20th century
Silver gilt
2023.606.A,.B
Torah Crown
Unknown Italian
Torah Crown
mid 18th century
Silver and silver-gilt
2022.228
Pair of Torah Finials
Charles Hougham
Pair of Torah Finials
1790
Sterling silver and silver-gilt
2022.227.A,.B
Unknown