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Embroidered silk panel
Israeli (Palestine, Jerusalem)
1930
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
46.5 x 54.5 cm
Credit Line
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession Number2013.1002
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Judaica, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionMade at the General Israel Orphan Home for Girls. As indicated in the inscription and the types of fruits represented, this silk panel was made for Rosh Ashana` (the Jewish New Year).
InscriptionsIn Hebrew: In the star of David: "The city of Zion, may it be built and completed"(in acronym)
In the arch: "Good and blessed year" (to mean ‘happy new year’)
Bottom: “Workshop of Orphan Home for Girls Jerusalem 1930”, and translated in English: "Made by the General Israel Orphans Home for girls Jerusalem "
"The land of wheat and barley, grapes and figs and pomegranates"
In the arch: "Good and blessed year" (to mean ‘happy new year’)
Bottom: “Workshop of Orphan Home for Girls Jerusalem 1930”, and translated in English: "Made by the General Israel Orphans Home for girls Jerusalem "
"The land of wheat and barley, grapes and figs and pomegranates"
ProvenanceOctober 25, 2000, Collection from the Sassoon Family Estate, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, lot 12, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)