A European challah cover, 19th Century

wool needlepoint on a foundation canvas interspersed with beadwork, wool fringe.
height 23 1/2 in.; width 23 in.
59.7 cm; 58.4 cm

A central symmetrical design of two rampant lions supporting a Magen David which frames the tablets of the law, two winged putti holding a crown with the Hebrew inscription: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Another example with this design in the collection of the Jewish Museum, New York, F933.

RELATED LITERATURE:
Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett and Cissy Grossman, Fabric of Jewish Life, New York, 1977, cat. no. 175

Yellow stain in upper left quadrant. Small losses to fringes. Very few missing and loose beads.
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