Almemor Cloth
1670-1699 (made)
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Almemor cloth, made to hang over the front of the reading desk in a synagogue. Silk velvet with a green and reddish-pink cut pile brcaided with metal thread. The material is worn and faded. Hanging loops provided at the back are made of the same yellow fabric as the lining. Silk and metal thread fringe. The same fabric is used in 512-1877.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk velvet with fringe |
| Brief description | Jewish; silk velvet metal, 1650-1675, Italian; Parochet. Green, pink pile, brocaded gold |
| Physical description | Almemor cloth, made to hang over the front of the reading desk in a synagogue. Silk velvet with a green and reddish-pink cut pile brcaided with metal thread. The material is worn and faded. Hanging loops provided at the back are made of the same yellow fabric as the lining. Silk and metal thread fringe. The same fabric is used in 512-1877. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jewish Ritual Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Michael Keen
[London, HMSO, 1991 p.28] |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 513-1877 |
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| Record created | January 3, 2002 |
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