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.

Meil

Torah mantle, cylindrical, dark red silk velvet, with wooden top, fringe trims, gold embroidered inscription in couching technique, dedicated to the Beth Shalom Congregation, Athens, in memory of Georgetta S. Saporta, who perished in the concentration camps in Poland.

Textile
synagogual textile
embroidery
Holocaust
Shoah
Jewish Community of Athens

Date:

[1947] [Dedication]

Creator:

N/A

Format:

H78,5; W129 cm; silk; metal

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

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