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This Persian carpet, manufactured between 1600 and 1630, was later used for a reader’s desk and desk cover in the Portuguese Synagogue in The Hague, Netherlands.
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1600–1726
Categories:
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This sumptuous velvet and gilt-metal-thread embroidered Torah ark curtain most likely began its life as the wedding gown of a well-to-do Jewish woman of the Ottoman Empire. It was unstitched and…
Places:
İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
Early 20th Century