Torah Binder

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Torah Binder
Date1729
MediumLinen with multicolored silk thread; lined
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 115 5/8 in. (17.8 × 293.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Barbara and Raymond Kalmans
Object number2023.24
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
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Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby’s, New York, June 2 1982, Sale 4876, Lot 336]; [The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part II, Sotheby's, New York, December 20, 2022, Sale N11005 7, Lot 282]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed: “Shemaiah ben Abraham, born on the Sabbath, 12 Tammuz 5489 [July 9, 1729] May he grow to Torah, huppah and ma’asim tovim [good deeds]. Amen. Selah.”

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Torah Binder
1774
Voided silk velvet, linen, and silk threads
2023.21
Image courtesy of Sotheby's New York.
Simchah, daughter of Abraham Motto
1754
Linen with cotton(?) thread; original linen backing
2023.23
Torah Binder
early 17th century
Linen
40.6
Torah Ark Curtain
1850
Cotton, linen, metallic thread
2023.613
Overall recto
19th century
Silk embroidered with metallic and silk threads
2023.611
Torah Mantle
late 17th century
Linen and silk
2023.40
Torah Mantle
19th century
Velvet and gilt-metal thread
2023.37
Torah Mantle Panel
1797
Velvet and gilt metallic thread
2022.229
Overall.
Samuel Gassman
2023
Tiara: Iron, platinum, enamel on copper, 19th century neoclassical helmet shell cameos, pink conch shell cameo, 19th century malachite cameo, 19th century hard stone cameo, shell, ebony, rose quartz, citrine, opal, garnet, sea glass, aquamarine, amethyst, gold, natural pearls, tigers eye, 19th century cut steel, silk, cotton velvet, and silk floss Box: Archival foam core, Magic Smooth resin, cotton gauze, silk, cotton velvet, silver, metallic bullion ribbon, paper, cotton damask c. 1900, silk damask c. 1850, 18th century linen, cotton thread, and silk floss
2024.284.A,.B
photo by Rachel Robshaw, courtesy Cora Ginsburg
c. 1806–1814
Wool broadcloth, silk, linen, cotton, silver-wrapped silk thread, and spangles
2021.119.A,.B
Border
17th century
Linen, silk, and metallic thread
40.2