Lot 505
Tapestry - Embroidery - Jerusalem, 1904
Tapestry. Eretz Israel, 1904.
Wool yarns on perforated cardboard.
The embroidered tapestry is decorated with images of holy sites in Jerusalem and is inscribed accordingly: "Mount of Olives / Hulda the Prophet / Beit Hachofshit / Zachariah the Prophet / Tomb of Absalom / Midrash Shlomo / Western Wall / Mekom Mikdash". The year in which the tapestry was created is noted: 1904.
Approx. 60X46 cm. Good condition. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Literature:
Jerusalem - Spirit and Matter, Nitza Behruzi (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1993), p.56.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
