Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Gobelin Tapestry - The Western Wall, Early 20th Century
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Wall decoration - worshippers at the Western Wall. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century].
Cotton and silk (machine embroidery).
In the center is a prayer scene at the Western Wall: men and women standing together and a few figures seated at their side. In the early 20th century, Gobelin tapestries of this kind, with depictions of the Holy Places, were popular souvenirs from Palestine and were sold in Central Europe.
Length: 30.5 cm, width: 43 cm. Good-fair condition. Slightly trimmed margins. Slightly faded. Mounted on cardboard.
For an identical item see: collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague, Inv. No. JMP 089.680.
Cotton and silk (machine embroidery).
In the center is a prayer scene at the Western Wall: men and women standing together and a few figures seated at their side. In the early 20th century, Gobelin tapestries of this kind, with depictions of the Holy Places, were popular souvenirs from Palestine and were sold in Central Europe.
Length: 30.5 cm, width: 43 cm. Good-fair condition. Slightly trimmed margins. Slightly faded. Mounted on cardboard.
For an identical item see: collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague, Inv. No. JMP 089.680.
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