Torah Ark Curtain
Artist
Esther Kohenet
Italian, early 18th century
Date1716/1717
MediumSilk embroidered with silk and metallic threads; seed pearls
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 83 1/2 × 64 1/2 × 1/2 in. (212.1 × 163.8 × 1.3 cm)
height and width (Padded display board): 90 1/2 × 69 1/2 in. (229.9 × 176.5 cm)
height and width (Padded display board): 90 1/2 × 69 1/2 in. (229.9 × 176.5 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Marion Meyer Robboy and Stanley Robboy, the Drs. Ronald H. and Elizabeth Kanof Levine Endowment for Judaic Art, and other Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery
Object number2023.4.2
On View
Not on view
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Dzugale Magala Enterprise, Accra, Ghana
circa 1900
