Linen tablecloth with lace insertions, Kiddush cups and Paschal lambs and scenes embroidered with colored cotton. W: 1930mm xL: 3830mm. Stained.

UNUSUAL EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLECLOTH FOR PASSOVER. Probably Western Europe, 20th century.

The scenes (each captioned with an appriopriate Biblical or liturgical passage), are based upon illustrations in the 1695 Amsterdam Haggadah. They include Abraham greeting the three angels (Genesis 18:2); the first Seder (Exodus 12:11); the Four Sons of the Haggadah (“Of four sons does the Torah speak... “ from Haggadah text); the crossing of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:29); and the Holy City of Jerusalem.