Lot 414
Synagogue Rug – "Dedicated by R. Shmuel Hoffnung and his Wife Miriam" – 1924/1925
Synagogue rug depicting a menorah, a crown and the Tablets of the Law. [Eretz Israel?], 1924/1925.
Wool knot-pile; wool foundation.
Synagogue rug comprising three panels. The middle panel is inscribed with a dedicatory inscription reading, "dedicated by R. Shmuel Hoffnung and his wife Miriam," with two verse excerpts: "The work of a master weaver you shall make them," and "And the Mishkan you shall make out of ten curtains" (Exodus 26:1), and with the year of presentation, 5684 anno mundi [1924/1925]. The central field is set with an oval medallion containing a menorah, surrounded by symmetrical vegetal motifs. These are flanked by two (possibly later) side panels depicting a pair of columns, one topped by a crown and the other by the Tablets of the Law.
145X217 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Large repair to center. Later fringe. Suspension strip sewn to upper edge on verso.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
