| Curator |
Cissy Grossman. |
| Collections |
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny (ZIH); Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 1982. Booklet, 20 pp., illustrations: 22 b&w, 25.5 × 21.5 cm. English. |
| Location |
Jewish Museum New York (6 May–15 August 1982) |
| Description |
Nine centuries of Jewish life in Poland, represented by a variety of objects presumed lost in the Nazi era. Short introduction and full descriptive entries by Cissy Grossman. 104 items. |
| Description | |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSPAINTINGSPOLANDTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
BrusttichlCoinsCostumeGottlieb, MaurycyHaggadot, illuminated manuscriptsHanukkah lampsHanukkah lamps, synagogueHead coverings, men’sHead coverings, women’sHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CKeter TorahKiddush cupsPainters, JewishPaintings, synagoguesPesach platesPortraitsPrints, Jewish figuresRimmonimScrolls of Esther, illuminatedSimchat Torah flagsTalit neckbandTassTefillin casesTombstones, sketches/rubbingsTorah Ark curtainsTorah mantlesTzedakah boxesYadYom Kippur belt buckles |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition review: Schneiderman, S.L., “The Vanished World of Polish Jewry: An Exhibition of Polish-Jewish Artifacts”, Congress Monthly, February/March 1982, pp. 19–20; Invitation to exhibition opening, folded card, 1 b&w illus., 12.7 × 17.7 cm. |
| Other venues |
HUC-JIR Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, Calif., USA; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md., USA |