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Torah Ark Curtain
Torah Ark Curtain
Torah Ark Curtain

Torah Ark Curtain

Artist (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)
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
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