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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 · Lot 354

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.

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…

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

AMERICAN SABBATH TEXTILE

Publication

C. 1960

summary

Provenance: Deaccessioned from The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. See Georgia Southern College Catalogue, Ceremonials of Transformation (1981) no. 10.
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