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.

Mappah

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, faded grey-brown cotton, green silk centrepiece with laid and couched embroidery with silk threads, central flower and diagonally placed floral corner motifs, with dedicatory strip in tablet weaving technique, donated by Zaphira, wife of Menahem Kabeli, in memory of her daughter Sarah.

Textile
synagogual textile
embroidery
Jewish Community of Ioannina

Date:

[1849] [Dedication]

Creator:

Zaphira, wife of Menahem Kabeli (?)

Format:

H67; W96 cm; silk

Source:

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Rights:

Society of Epirotic Studies - The Jewish Museum of Greece

Publisher:

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Data Provider:

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Type:

text

Provider:

Judaica Europeana, Greece

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