Torah Mantle

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
Not on view

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Provenance[The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part I, Sotheby's, New York, December 15, 2022, Sale N10971, Lot 86]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
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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Wrapper for a Torah Case
late 19th-early 20th century
Gilt embroidery and application on maroon cotton velvet, gilt fringes
2023.18
Torah Mantle
late 17th century
Linen and silk
2023.40
Torah Mantle Panel
1797
Velvet and gilt metallic thread
2022.229
Overall recto
19th century
Silk embroidered with metallic and silk threads
2023.611
Torah Binder
1774
Voided silk velvet, linen, and silk threads
2023.21
Torah Crown
mid 18th century
Silver and silver-gilt
2022.228
Torah Ark Curtain
1850
Cotton, linen, metallic thread
2023.613
Torah Shield
Georg Zeiller
1825
Silver-gilt
2023.29.1
Pair of Torah Finials
Charles Hougham
1790
Sterling silver and silver-gilt
2022.227.A,.B
Overall
late 19th–early 20th century
Silver gilt
2023.606.A,.B
Torah Finial
c. 1830–1840
Silver and silver-gilt
2023.31