Online Auction 33, Part II: Judaica
Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters, Photographs, Engravings, Jewish Ceremonial Art
Ort Rug, Rectangle Pattern – The Ort Rug Weaving Workshop – Israel, 1950s
Opening: $50
Sold for: $200
Including buyer's premium
Small Ort rug. [Designed by Jacob Kantorowitz. Israel, 1950s.]
Wool knot-pile; cotton foundation.
Rectangle pattern in hues of beige, green, orange and yellow. Signed "ORT" (Hebrew and English) at bottom.
Ort rugs were made by the (mostly female) students at the rug weaving workshops run by the organization. The rugs were designed by Jacob Kantorowitz, who headed the program and taught its students. Kantorowitz is famous for heading the Bezalel rug weaving department and later the Marbadiah workshop run by Bezalel, and for designing most of the rugs created at Bezalel.
Ort (which stands for ‘Общество Ремесленного Труда’ [Obshchestvo Remeslenava Truda], "Association for the Promotion of Skilled Trades") was founded in 1880 in Russia. Its goal was to provide Jews with education and training in practical occupations such as handicrafts and agricultural skills, to enable them to earn a living. The organization ran schools and provided professional training throughout Europe, and continued operating even under German occupation. After the war, the organization set up vocational training centers in DP camps, allowing Holocaust survivors to acquire skills and rebuild their lives. The Israeli branch of Ort was founded in 1949.
83x52cm. Good condition. Damage to pile. Loss to fringe.
Reference: Jewish Carpets, Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, p. 152.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Wool knot-pile; cotton foundation.
Rectangle pattern in hues of beige, green, orange and yellow. Signed "ORT" (Hebrew and English) at bottom.
Ort rugs were made by the (mostly female) students at the rug weaving workshops run by the organization. The rugs were designed by Jacob Kantorowitz, who headed the program and taught its students. Kantorowitz is famous for heading the Bezalel rug weaving department and later the Marbadiah workshop run by Bezalel, and for designing most of the rugs created at Bezalel.
Ort (which stands for ‘Общество Ремесленного Труда’ [Obshchestvo Remeslenava Truda], "Association for the Promotion of Skilled Trades") was founded in 1880 in Russia. Its goal was to provide Jews with education and training in practical occupations such as handicrafts and agricultural skills, to enable them to earn a living. The organization ran schools and provided professional training throughout Europe, and continued operating even under German occupation. After the war, the organization set up vocational training centers in DP camps, allowing Holocaust survivors to acquire skills and rebuild their lives. The Israeli branch of Ort was founded in 1949.
83x52cm. Good condition. Damage to pile. Loss to fringe.
Reference: Jewish Carpets, Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, p. 152.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
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