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.

Embroidered Textile

Fragment of Torah ark curtain or reader's desk cover (?), dark purple velvet with gold embroidery in couching technique, made from festive dress.

Textile
synagogual textile
embroidery
costume
Jewish Community of Athens

Date:

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

Creator:

N/A

Format:

H79; W129 cm

Source:

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Rights:

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Publisher:

-

Data Provider:

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Type:

image

Provider:

Judaica Europeana, Greece