- Title:
- Linen
- Place Made:
- Petah Tikva, Israel
- Date:
- 2002
- Medium:
- Linen: sewn and starched
- Dimensions:
- 78 1/2 × 43 × 12 1/2 in. (199.4 × 109.2 × 31.8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Contemporary Judaica Acquisitions Committee Fund
- Accession Number:
- 2004-41
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In response to a competition entitled "Borders of Sanctity," Studio Armadillo chose to explore the subject through the covers used for Jewish ritual objects. Does the cover make the essence holy, or is the cover holiness itself? Inspired by a Hasidic story in which the Sabbath table, whether set on the Sabbath or on a weekday, was found to evoke the spirit of the holy day, the artists created a cover for the Sabbath table and its contents.
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