Torah Binder (Wimpel)
Artist
Unknown
Date1709
MediumMulticolored silk embroidery on linen
Dimensions6 x 152 in. (15.2 x 386.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Bernard Selz
Object number2016.7
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ProvenanceCreated Germany, 1709. By descent in family to Françoise Germaine Steindecker (1903–1996), New York; to son, Bernard Selz (born 1940), New York; given to NCMA, 2015.
Fante artists
Early 20th century (before 1957)
Dzugale Magala Enterprise, Accra, Ghana
circa 1900