Torah Mantle
Artist
Unknown
CultureTurkish
Titles
- Torah Mantle
Date19th century
MediumVelvet and gilt-metal thread
Dimensions38 3/16 × 10 3/8 × 10 7/16 in. (97 × 26.4 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Joan and Stanford Alexander Family in loving memory of Stanford Alexander
Object number2023.37
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Published References Esther Juhasz (ed.), Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1990), 64-81. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription embroidered in yellow thread on the proper right interior lining : Don / de Rose Ciprut / Née Béhmoiras [cursive]
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Unknown
late 19th-early 20th century
Gilt embroidery and application on maroon cotton velvet, gilt fringes
2023.18
Goopee Nath Dutt & Co.
1927–1928
Wood, silver, and velvet
2024.568.1,.2
