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Torah Binder

Image courtesy of Sotheby's New York.

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Torah Binder
MakerItalian, active mid-18th century
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Torah Binder
Date1754
MediumLinen with cotton(?) thread; original linen backing
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 × 103 3/4 in. (16.2 × 263.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Suzanne Miller and Arnie and Jan Z. Miller Families
Object number2023.23
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
On view

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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 278]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed: “The work of my hands, Simhah bat Abraham Motto, 5514 [1754].”

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Unknown
Torah Ark Curtain
1850
Cotton, linen, metallic thread
2023.613
Overall recto.
Unknown
Matzah Cover
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Linen with lace embroidery
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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 Binder
Unknown
Torah Binder
1774
Voided silk velvet, linen, and silk threads
2023.21
Torah Binder
Unknown Italian
Torah Binder
early 17th century
Linen
40.6
Ketubbah celebrating the marriage of David ben Abraham ben David Sabbah and Tamou bat Shalom ben Moses Abeaziz
Unknown
Ketubbah celebrating the marriage of David ben Abraham ben David Sabbah and Tamou bat Shalom ben Moses Abeaziz
1873
Ink, gold, pigments, and graphite with two cut-and-pasted woodcuts in metallic pigment over black ink on wove paper
2023.609
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
Image courtesy of Sotheby's New York.
Unknown
Torah Binder
1729
Linen with multicolored silk thread; lined
2023.24
Overall open
Jacob Joshua Katzigin
Mahzor (Festival Prayer Book) for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur According to the Rite of Asti, Fossano, and Moncalvo
1800
Ink on laid paper in gilt-tooled brown leather cover with brass clasps
2023.610
Folk Art Papercut Mizrah
Unknown
Folk Art Papercut Mizrah
c. 1860
Ink and pigments with graphite on parchment
2023.607
Torah Mantle
Unknown Italian
Torah Mantle
late 17th century
Linen and silk
2023.40
Simchah, daughter of Abraham Motto