Ceremonial cover for Challah-bread. Silk, cotton and gold thread. Central stylized Hebrew “Sabbath.” Designed by Evelyn Applebaum and created at the Bet Arigah Workshop, Philadelphia. 15.5 x 17.5 inches (39.4 x 44.5 cm). Laid onto board.
AUCTION 75 |
Thursday, March 08th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art
Lot 354
AMERICAN SABBATH TEXTILE
Ceremonial cover for Challah-bread. Silk, cotton and gold thread. Central stylized Hebrew “Sabbath.” Designed by Evelyn Applebaum and created at the Bet Arigah Workshop, Philadelphia. 15.5 x 17.5 inches (39.4 x 44.5 cm). Laid onto board.
Est: $500 - $700
<<Provenance:>> Deaccessioned from The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC.
See Georgia Southern College Catalogue, Ceremonials of Transformation (1981) no. 10.