AN EMBROIDERED TALLIT BAG, [MOROCCO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY]

The present lot is a red velvet tallit (prayer shawl) bag embroidered on both sides with gold metallic thread. The front of the bag is decorated with the image of a rooster set within floral elements and the Hebrew word tallit, with the Latin initials A.F. in a cartouche above. The back of the bag is embroidered with the Hebrew name Abraham bar Joseph Fedida and four images of a star within a crescent moon.