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Made in Prague, this Torah ark curtain is exquisitely ornamented with embroidery of silk, silk velvet, and metallic thread. Set against a vivid red background, its borders and central panel are…
Contributor:
Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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An eruv (or eruv ḥatserot, merger of domains) is a symbolic expansion of an area outside a single home into a larger private domain. Within that eruv, certain activities prohibited in the public…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Central Europe)
Date:
18th Century
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This Purim tray from the seventeenth century was made in Hamburg, Germany. A fine repoussé piece, its center is adorned with a court scene, complete with a ruler sitting on a raised throne, surrounded…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Free Imperial City of Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
17th Century