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Object Name |
Matzah Cover |
Date |
ca. 1910 |
Place of Origin |
Jerusalem, Palestine |
Medium |
Velvet: embroidered with metallic thread and couched fish scales |
Dimensions |
24 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (62.2 x 57.2 cm) |
Accession Number |
92.01 |
Credit line |
Gift of Hannah Lazarus Fraenkel |
About This Work |
This blue velvet three-pocket matzah bag is edged with silver threads and decorated with floral and animal motifs, including birds, executed in fish-scale embroidery. The technique was an inexpensive way to imitate pearl embroidery. It was made at a girls' orphanage in Jerusalem in the early twentieth century. The matzah bag is used to hold the unleavened bread that is part of the traditional ritual dinner (seder) during Passover. The holiday commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. |
Search Terms |
Judaica Passover Textiles |