Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items

Shabbat Embroidered Tablecloth – The Kiddush – Continental, 1819/1820

Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
White tablecloth, with silverwork embroidery of the Kiddush text. [Continental], dated in the chronogram 5580 (1819/1820).
Square cutwork and whitework white tablecloth, with floral border, strewn with small flowers all over. The center embroidered with the Shabbat night Kiddush text, a chronogram and a monogram of the letters "EB". The chronogram, "Shafra alay", translating as "yea, I have a goodly heritage" (Psalms 16:6), may indicate the lady of the household's first name, Shifra.
Approx. 117X117 cm. Fair-good condition. Blemishes. Many stains. Tears to edges, some with minor loss. Tarnished silver thread.
Ceremonial Objects and Art
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