- Object Name:
- Torah Ark Curtain
- Place Made:
- Ottoman Empire
- Date:
- 19th century
- Medium:
- Silk: embroidered with silk and metallic thread
- Dimensions:
- 75 × 59 in. (190.5 × 149.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of M. Zagayski
- Accession Number:
- JM 7-50
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The composition of this type of wall hanging was used in both mosques and synagogues since the 17th century. It consists of columns flanking a hanging lamp. At bottom is a floral border, including grape clusters from which rises an urn filled with flowers and plants. Sprigs of flowers float between the columns and a canopy hangs above them. The Hebrew inscription, Holy to the Lord, near the top of the lamp indicates its use as a Torah ark curtain.The density of the embroidery suggests a date in the 19th-century.
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