Lot 45
"Atara" for Kittel
"Atara" (ornamentation) for kittel (?). [Galicia, 19th-20th century].
Silver-thread embroidery; cotton lining reinforced by cardboard.
In the center are two lions with tongues thrust forward, flanking a flowerpot.
Length: 41 cm. width: 12 cm.
See: Hidden Treasures, Collection of Jewish Art from Galicia from the Museum of Ethnographies and Art in Lvov (published by "Beit Hatfutsot" - Diaspora Museum, Tel-Aviv. 1994), Items 166-171, where "atarot" of similar size are classified as "atarot" for kittels (and "atarot" with panels and reinforced by cardboard, as those which were probably used as atarot for a kittel).
