- Object Name:
- Torah Mantle
- Place Made:
- Istanbul (Turkey)
- Date:
- c. 1881
- Medium:
- Velvet: embroidered with metallic thread
- Dimensions:
- Overall: 33 × 10 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (83.8 × 25.7 × 28.3 cm) Overall (with fringe): 36 1/4 × 10 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (92.1 × 25.7 × 28.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- The H. Ephraim and Mordecai Benguiat Family Collection
- Accession Number:
- S 19
Not On View
This Torah mantle is dedicated to the memory of Hadji’s mother. Her gravesite appears in the family photograph on the wall behind you, to your right. The inscription reads, “For the repose of Mrs. Rachele, may her soul rest in the Garden, the wife of Avraham Benguiat, a pure Sephardi.”
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.