Online Auction 33, Part II: Judaica
Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters, Photographs, Engravings, Jewish Ceremonial Art
Two Small Rugs Designed by Jacob Kantorowitz – Made by Marvadei Israel – Tel Aviv, 1950s or 1960s
Opening: $50
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Two small identical rugs designed by Jacob Kantorowitz; made by the Marvadei Israel [Israel Carpets] workshop, [Tel Aviv, 1950s or 1960s].
Wool knot-pile; cotton foundation.
Both rugs in multicolor geometric pattern, with vegetal borders. Signed in the margin with the Hebrew monogram Mem-Yud, standing for Marvadei Israel; one rug has the monogram in mirror writing.
The Marvadei Israel workshop, headed by Jacob Kantorowitz, was jointly founded c1954 by WIZO, the Department of Social Work of the Tel Aviv Municipality, and Ort. Kantorowitz taught the program and designed the rugs. As with the Ort carpet weaving workshop, the employees/students were mostly new immigrants; the workshop was a non-profit enterprise meant to help new immigrants acquire a professional skill and make a living.
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.
88x84cm and 86x67xcm. Good condition. Minor damage and repairs. Minor stains. Fringe missing in both rugs.
Reference: Jewish Carpets, Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. P. 126.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Wool knot-pile; cotton foundation.
Both rugs in multicolor geometric pattern, with vegetal borders. Signed in the margin with the Hebrew monogram Mem-Yud, standing for Marvadei Israel; one rug has the monogram in mirror writing.
The Marvadei Israel workshop, headed by Jacob Kantorowitz, was jointly founded c1954 by WIZO, the Department of Social Work of the Tel Aviv Municipality, and Ort. Kantorowitz taught the program and designed the rugs. As with the Ort carpet weaving workshop, the employees/students were mostly new immigrants; the workshop was a non-profit enterprise meant to help new immigrants acquire a professional skill and make a living.
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.
88x84cm and 86x67xcm. Good condition. Minor damage and repairs. Minor stains. Fringe missing in both rugs.
Reference: Jewish Carpets, Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. P. 126.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
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