Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
"Shiviti" Torah Ark Curtain – Europe-Jerusalem, 1839
Opening: $7,000
Unsold
Embroidered Torah Ark curtain (Parochet), [1839].
Silk, velvet, gold threads and beads.
An architectural image, in rich embroidery, of the Ark of Testimony, Yakhin and Boaz columns and two Menorahs. In the center of this composition – a golden Ark with two cherubs embroidered in copper, silver and golden threads. In the center – a Torah Ark Curtain with the inscription: "Shiviti Hashem Lenegdi Tamid". A magnificent Torah crown above the Torah Ark curtain, adorned with beads.
On both sides of the ark are two massive, winding, columns adorned with grape vines. Two seven-branched Menorahs on both sides of the columns. The floor of the shrine is made of pink fabric and portrays a marble floor, in linear perspective. In the background –the sky with scattered golden stars. On the bottom borders a dedication: "in memory of a modest woman Frieda daughter of R' Meir…" (it is possible that the curtain was made in Europe and dedicated in memory of a deceased woman of Jerusalem). Trimmed with fringes.
Size: 190X200 cm. Good condition, tears and wear to fabric.
See: Sotheby's Important Judaica, 2010, Item no. 76 (photographed).
Silk, velvet, gold threads and beads.
An architectural image, in rich embroidery, of the Ark of Testimony, Yakhin and Boaz columns and two Menorahs. In the center of this composition – a golden Ark with two cherubs embroidered in copper, silver and golden threads. In the center – a Torah Ark Curtain with the inscription: "Shiviti Hashem Lenegdi Tamid". A magnificent Torah crown above the Torah Ark curtain, adorned with beads.
On both sides of the ark are two massive, winding, columns adorned with grape vines. Two seven-branched Menorahs on both sides of the columns. The floor of the shrine is made of pink fabric and portrays a marble floor, in linear perspective. In the background –the sky with scattered golden stars. On the bottom borders a dedication: "in memory of a modest woman Frieda daughter of R' Meir…" (it is possible that the curtain was made in Europe and dedicated in memory of a deceased woman of Jerusalem). Trimmed with fringes.
Size: 190X200 cm. Good condition, tears and wear to fabric.
See: Sotheby's Important Judaica, 2010, Item no. 76 (photographed).
Judaica
Judaica