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Cushion Cover

Title: Cushion Cover

Date: [End of the 19th or first half of the 20th century] [Create]

Creator: N/A

Format: H45; W100 cm

Source: The Jewish Museum of Greece

Rights: The Jewish Museum of Greece

Subject: Textile, domestic textile, cushion cover, embroidery, Jewish holidays, Simhat Torah, ritual artifact, Jewish Community of Ioannina

Description: Dark violet velvet with gold embroidery in couching technique, spiraled threads, sequins and applique with initials 'I.S.', used for the honorary seat of the Hatan Torah (Bridegroom of the Torah).

DataProvider: The Jewish Museum of Greece

Provenance: Ioannina (?)

Type: image

Provider: Judaica Europeana, Greece