Lot 61
Printed Tablecloth for Shabbat and Holidays – Amsterdam-Frankfurt, 1788
A printed tablecloth for Shabbat. Amsterdam-Frankfurt, 1788.
Printed cotton.
Presented is a rectangular tablecloth in the shades of pink and brown. Similar Shabbat tablecloths are known from Germany in the 18th century. The tablecloth has a marginal decoration and dotted background. In the center, printed in two columns: Kiddush LeShabbat, Hamotzih, Kiddush Leyom Tov, (Pesach, Shavuot, Succot, Shmini Atzeret and Rosh Hashanah) and Havdalah for Shabbat and Holidays and Eiruv blessings. On the upper right corner printed (in Yiddish): “tsu bekumin bay meir buksboym in Frankfurt demain" on the upper left corner: “tsu bekumin bay everly buksboym in Amsterdam". On the lower right corner: "Beshnat ibemetachnetu…" and on the lower left: "Zechor et Yom Hashabbat lekadsho".
Size: 130X170 cm, fair condition, sewing mending, holes, stains.
