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Torah Mantle
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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…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1655

Subjects:

Ritual object, Synagogue, Crafts, Textiles

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Cloth cover with embroidery and metal crown, and crown resting on top of cloth.
Torah Wrapper, Rome
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According to the Hebrew inscription, this silk velvet, gilt silver-thread embroidery and silk brocade Torah wrapper was donated in 1727 or 1728 to the Scola Castigliana (a synagogue founded by Jews of…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Ritual object, Textiles, Synagogue, Family, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Cloth with embroidered crest in the center with Hebrew text on either side, with floral motifs on left and right edges.
Torah Curtain
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This very early Torah ark curtain from Pesaro was embroidered by Rachel Olivetti and donated to the synagogue in honor of her marriage to Judah Montefiore. The Hebrew text is a poem celebrating and…

Contributor:

Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro

Places:

Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino (Pesaro, Italy)

Date:

1620

Subjects:

Ritual object, Textiles, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Bible

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Cloth embroidered with Hebrew writing under columned archway and surrounded by decorative border.