| Curator |
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 1978. 141 pp., illustrations: 24 col., 164 b&w, 21.5 × 28 cm. English. |
| Location |
Jewish Museum New York (16 December 1977–27 August 1978) |
| Description |
A significant volume on Jewish textiles. Foreword by Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson. Notes by Cissy Grossman. Introduction by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. Two essays: “Jewish Textiles in Light of Biblical and Post-Biblical Literature” (Jules Harlow) and “Fabrics in the Collection of the Jewish Museum” (Milton Sonday). Exhibits displayed according to function: cloths of holiness, prayer, celebration, and festival feasts. Final section explicates iconographic symbols. Basic entries. 255 items. |
| main keywords |
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILESTEXTILES |
| minor keywords |
Afikoman covers/bagsAmuletsBlessing after Meals, wall hangingCarpets/RugsChallah coversChuppahCircumcision Torah Ark curtainsDecorative wall hangingsHoly Land souvenirsKiddush clothsMatzah covers/bagsNeedlework/EmbroideryNeedlework/Embroidery folk panelsPesach pillow coversPesach tablecloths/clothsPesach towel coversReader’s desk coversSamplers (needlework)Shabbat cloths/tableclothsSuzaniSynagogue bannersTalitTalit bagsTalit neckbandTefillin bagsTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark valancesTorah bindersTorah binders, ItalianTorah mantlesYom Kippur at Metz wall hanging |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition review: Reif, Rita, “A Rare Feast of Cloth and Stitchery”, The New York Times Sunday edition, December 18, 1977, D31. |
Fabric of Jewish Life. Textiles from the Jewish Museum Collection. Volume One
in Catalog of Catalogs Online(215 words)
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Fabric of Jewish Life. Textiles from the Jewish Museum Collection. Volume One
in Catalog of Catalogs Online(215 words)
| Curator |
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 1978. 141 pp., illustrations: 24 col., 164 b&w, 21.5 × 28 cm. English. |
| Location |
Jewish Museum New York (16 December 1977–27 August 1978) |
| Description |
A significant volume on Jewish textiles. Foreword by Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson. Notes by Cissy Grossman. Introduction by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. Two essays: “Jewish Textiles in Light of Biblical and Post-Biblical Literature” (Jules Harlow) and “Fabrics in the Collection of the Jewish Museum” (Milton Sonday). Exhibits displayed according to function: cloths of holiness, prayer, celebration, and festival feasts. Final section explicates iconographic symbols. Basic entries. 255 items. |
| main keywords |
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILESTEXTILES |
| minor keywords |
Afikoman covers/bagsAmuletsBlessing after Meals, wall hangingCarpets/RugsChallah coversChuppahCircumcision Torah Ark curtainsDecorative wall hangingsHoly Land souvenirsKiddush clothsMatzah covers/bagsNeedlework/EmbroideryNeedlework/Embroidery folk panelsPesach pillow coversPesach tablecloths/clothsPesach towel coversReader’s desk coversSamplers (needlework)Shabbat cloths/tableclothsSuzaniSynagogue bannersTalitTalit bagsTalit neckbandTefillin bagsTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark valancesTorah bindersTorah binders, ItalianTorah mantlesYom Kippur at Metz wall hanging |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition review: Reif, Rita, “A Rare Feast of Cloth and Stitchery”, The New York Times Sunday edition, December 18, 1977, D31. |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Text Views | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |