The JMG Collections

Include more than 10,000 original artifacts, which document the material evidence of 2,300 years of Jewish history and culture in Greece.

Textiles
White cotton with crochet border, blue printed Jewish motifs of Tablets of the Covenant and Star of David filled with blessings.
Marriage canopy, cherry red velvet, scalloped border, edged with gold braid and fringe trim, inscribed with gold embroidered traditional biblical verses and blessings for the couple, with five wholes for staves.
Marriage canopy, cherry red velvet, scalloped border, edged with gold braid and fringe trim, inscribed with gold embroidered traditional biblical verses and blessings for the couple, with five wholes for staves, cream satin lining with central Star of David trimmed with gold braid.
Marriage canopy, cherry red velvet, scalloped border, edged with gold braid and fringe trim, inscribed with gold embroidered traditional biblical verses and blessings for the couple, with five wholes for staves.
Table, wall or bed covering, dark red velvet with laid and couched gold embroidery, with central floral ornament, corner motifs and scrolled foliate border, from Volos.
Rug
Wool (?), in brown shades, depictions of the exterior and interior of a mosque, floral border, motif of Hamsa above, Star and Crescent as corner motifs.
Purple atlas silk with gold embroidered central and corner motifs, borders and repeated floral spreads all over.
Azure blue silk with laid and couched gold embroidery and sequins, central floral ornament, corner motifs and scrolled foliate border, possibly from Ioannina.
Torah ark curtain, mahagony velvet with laid and couched gold embroidery, central floral ornament, corner motifs and scrolling border, bedspread in secondary use.
Prayer shawl, cream silk with grey-blue stripes along the edge, woven cartouches with blessings, cream square corner reinforcements.
Prayer shawl, cream silk with blue stripes along the edge, cream square corner reonforcements.
Cream polyester with fringes along the narrow edges, possibly used as Tallit.
Prayer shawl, white satin with blue stripes along the edge, white woven pattern of cartouches with blessings.
Prayer shawl, white cotton with black stripes along the edge, white square corner reinforcements.
Prayer shawl, white cotton with black stripes along the edge, white square corner reinforcements.
Prayer shawl, white cotton with black stripes along the edge, white square corner reinforcements.
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