Esther Play for Purim

Wooden sofa with upholstered seat, featuring an image of clasped hands and Hebrew inscription on seat back.

Wedding Sofa

This Biedermeier-style sofa from Danzig, with birch veneer over pine, may have been commissioned on the occasion of a marriage. The oval on the seat back contains an image of clasped hands, and the…

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Photomontage featuring male hand grabbing the base of a lamp. The lamp base is a woman wearing a dress.

Sueño No. 1: “Artículos eléctricos para el hogar”

Dream No. 1: Electrical Appliances for the Home is one of a series of photomontages that Grete Stern produced from 1948 to 1951. They appeared in an Argentinian women’s magazine illustrating a weekly…

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Terra-cotta bed with headrest and footrest standing on four legs.

Model Bed

Since chairs and beds were valuable items and not found in average homes (people usually sat on the floor and slept on mats), it is possible that terra-cotta models like this one from Lachish…

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