- Object Name:
- Torah Mantle Inscription Panels
- Place Made:
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Date:
- 1730-40
- Medium:
- Silk: embroidered with silk and metallic thread and seed pearls
- Dimensions:
- a: 11 7/8 × 14 5/8 in. (30.2 × 37.1 cm) b: 12 × 14 3/4 in. (30.5 × 37.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 2700a-b
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The inscription formed by these two fragments records their donation by a husband and wife from prominent Court Jew families: "This belongs to Michal, son of David of Halberstadt and his wife Henle, daughter of Mendel of Frankfurt am Main."
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.