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.
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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