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Fragment of beige linen material with blue linear embellishment and added red wool, from Kuntillet Ajrud. The dyes are from vegetal sources, the blue from indigo and the red from alizarin. Textiles…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Centuries BCE
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1655
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Hebron, Ottoman Palestine (Hebron, Palestine)
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Early 20th Century
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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Early 20th Century
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The back, the yoke, the yardage. Lapped seams,
The nearly invisible stitches along the collar
Turned in a sweatshop by Koreans or Malaysians
Gossiping over tea and noodles on their break
Or talking…
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Robert Pinsky
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Cambridge, United States of America
Date:
1990
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Annelise Albers
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1965–1966
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Siona Shimshi
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1955–1965
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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1956–1966
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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
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Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1732