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Kippah (Skullcap) [Eastern Europe: 18th Century]
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
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a rare example of an early polish skullcap
(circumference: 21 in.; 534mm), silk and metal ground, embroidered with silk and metal wrapped threads, in the technique of spanier-arbeit; much of metal abraded, silk core exposed, some loose thread and fraying; ground, with partial metal strips oxidized.
(circumference: 21 in.; 534mm), silk and metal ground, embroidered with silk and metal wrapped threads, in the technique of spanier-arbeit; much of metal abraded, silk core exposed, some loose thread and fraying; ground, with partial metal strips oxidized.
Catalogue Note
Literature: Marian Fuks, Polnische Juden : Geschichte u. Kultur. Warsaw: 1983 p. 125.