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This tombstone of a Torah scholar from Sieniawa, Poland includes motifs and symbols often found on Jewish tombstones in Poland, such as a crown and palm trees. Other common symbols on Jewish…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Sieniawa, Austrian Empire (Sieniawa, Poland)
Date:
1855
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Paper cuts have been a tradition of Jewish folk art, with the earliest record of one dating to the fourteenth century. Given the widespread availability of paper in Europe by the mid-nineteenth…
Contributor:
Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
Places:
Bielsk, Russian Empire (Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
Date:
1862
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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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Artist Unknown
Places:
Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Gdańsk, Poland)
Date:
1838