Torah Ark Curtain (Parochet) & Valance (Kaporeth)

Art

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Name/Title

Torah Ark Curtain (Parochet) & Valance (Kaporeth)

Entry/Object ID

1952.21.A & B

Collection

TTTI

Made/Created

Date made

1700

Time Period

Early 18th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Central or Eastern Europe before WW 1

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Torah Ark Curtain & Valance Poland 1700 Velvet: appliqued and embroidered With metallic thread and sequins Gift in memory of Emanuel Friedman by Arthur and Leo Friedman 1952.2la&b This Torah curtain or parochet and its valance are decorated with a Star of David, a menorah, the tablets of the Ten Commandments, and a crown surrounded by two lions with the inscriptions "brave as a lion" and "crown of Torah." Two columns represent the columns that stood in front of the Temple in Jerusalem.