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Herzl Rug
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The machine-woven rugs produced by the Torah u-mel’aḥah trade school in Jerusalem for export to France were typically red and rectangular (similar to Turkish prayer carpets), and they featured the…

Contributor:

Alliance Israélite Universelle School of Crafts

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1901–1910

Subjects:

Crafts, Jewish identity, Philosophy, Education, Aesthetics

Categories:

Dress & Adornment
Rug depicting a bearded man with crossed arms on top half, and two columns and hanging lamp on bottom half, surrounded by decorative border.
Tefillin Bag of Leib Millman
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This velvet tefillin bag is embroidered on one side with images of flowers; the reverse side contains the date and the imperial double-headed eagle, a symbol of both the Austro-Hungarian and the…

Contributor:

Rachel Millman

Places:

Bessarabia, Russian Empire (Bessarabia, Moldova)

Date:

1907

Subjects:

Crafts, Nationalism, Jewish identity, Diaspora

Categories:

Dress & Adornment, Decorative arts
Velvet tefillin bag with embroidered date and a double-headed eagle.
Broken Jewelry and Pieces of Metal
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Places:

Ekron, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Jewelry, Economic life, Crafts

Categories:

Dress & Adornment
Assortment of small pieces of broken jewelry and metal.
Woman's Ensemble from Algeria
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By the early twentieth century, many Jewish women in Algeria dressed in European clothing for daily activities. Yet many also continued to dress in their traditional garb for ceremonial and…

Places:

French Algeria (Algeria)

Date:

Early 20th Century

Subjects:

Dress, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, Crafts, Class

Categories:

Dress & Adornment
Dress with sash and embroidered neckline and sleeves.