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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:

Visual & Material Culture, 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.