Auction 050 Part 2 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev – Rosh Hashana of Chassidut – Marking the Date in which Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi was Released from Czarist Imprisonment
Table Runner of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Embroidered with the Rebbe's Initials
Table runner of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Long, narrow piece of fabric to be placed on top of a larger tablecloth for decoration. Fine lacework; oval medallions appear on both sides of the fabric with the initials MSM embroidered onto each – the initials of the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Menachem Mendel Schneerson).
Enclosed is a letter of authenticity (handwritten note in English), signed in Hebrew by his sister-in-law Rebbetzin Chana Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of the Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift… the table runner with the monogram MMS. My sister [Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson] bought it as a gift for my brother-in-law [the Lubavitcher Rebbe] in the early 40's. When they moved to President Street [the Rebbe and Rebbetzin moved from New York Avenue to President Street in 1955] Moussia [Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka] said that they hadn't used it in a few years. She gave it to me and I put it away." The letter is dated March 4, 1990.
Approx. 40x97 cm. Good condition.
Included is a fine wooden box with a cover decorated in hand-illustrated flowers and birds that may have also been used by the rebbe or his family (the box was given along with the table runner, but it is not mentioned in the letter of authenticity).