Torah Curtain

Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro

1620

Cloth embroidered with Hebrew writing under columned archway and surrounded by decorative border.
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Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro

17th Century

Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro, Italy, was the wife of Judah Montefiore. She embroidered a Torah ark curtain and donated it to a synagogue in Pesaro in 1620.

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