Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
Torah Ark Curtain – Rustchuk (Bulgaria), 1896
Opening: $4,000
Unsold
Torah Ark Curtain ("Parochet") – Rustchuk (today: Ruse [Pyce], Bulgaria), 1896.
Green fabric; golden embroidery, gems.
Frames embroidered in leaf and floral patterns, star decorations. At the top of the "Parochet" appears an embroidered decoration in the shape of Torah crown, set with gems [some are lacking], at its side are the letters Kaf and Taf [=Hebrew initials of Keter Torah] and above the crown is the inscription "Kodesh Le'Hashem". Under the crown appears an ornament in the shape of the Tablets of Law inside adorned gates. At the center of the "Parochet" appears a dedication inside a laurel bouquet tied with a ribbon: "A wonderful gift in honor of the Torah, by Moshe Avraham Vintura and Refael Binyamin Nachmi'es his friend, in memory…at the time of our liberation from darkness to light…in the praiseworthy Rustchuk".
146X195 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tear to several places.
Green fabric; golden embroidery, gems.
Frames embroidered in leaf and floral patterns, star decorations. At the top of the "Parochet" appears an embroidered decoration in the shape of Torah crown, set with gems [some are lacking], at its side are the letters Kaf and Taf [=Hebrew initials of Keter Torah] and above the crown is the inscription "Kodesh Le'Hashem". Under the crown appears an ornament in the shape of the Tablets of Law inside adorned gates. At the center of the "Parochet" appears a dedication inside a laurel bouquet tied with a ribbon: "A wonderful gift in honor of the Torah, by Moshe Avraham Vintura and Refael Binyamin Nachmi'es his friend, in memory…at the time of our liberation from darkness to light…in the praiseworthy Rustchuk".
146X195 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tear to several places.