Cloth to place over the bread for the Sabbath Blessing
Unknown European, European
1900-1910
Embroidery, satin, gilt fringe
Length: 24 13/16 in. (63 cm)
Width: 19 5/16 in. (49 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
158.12.18295
Geography
Place Made: Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Nazi-Era Provenance Research
Not on view
Inscriptions
Hebrew inscription: "And it was evening and morning on the sixth day the heavens and the earth were finished and all their hosts." (introduction to the sabbath blessing of wine)
Provenance
Edwin Jan Van Etten (1884-1956), Lyme, New Hampshire; to Jesse Keller Fenno (1894-1963, Class of 1916), Lyme, New Hampshire; purchased by present collection, 1958.
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