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+ Author

Lisa de Goffau
Collection curator Jewish Cultural Quarter

Last edited

December 04, 2024

+ Images and credits

Parochet, maker unknown, Netherlands, 1858, silk, velvet (mirror), metal thread (decoration and fringes) and cotton (lining), 272 x 185 cm. Jewish Museum collection, on loan from the Nederlands Israëlitische Hoofdsynagoge Amsterdam.

Parochet (detail), maker unknown, Netherlands, 1858, silk, velvet (mirror), metal thread (decoration and fringes) and cotton (lining), 272 x 185 cm. Jewish Museum collection, on loan from the Nederlands Israëlitische Hoofdsynagoge Amsterdam.

Celebration of Yom Kipur (Great Day of Atonement) in the Obbene Shul, Bernard Picart, Amsterdam, 1725, engraving, 16 x 21 cm. Jewish Museum collection.

+ Literature

Cohen, J., J. Kröger en E. Schrijver, eds., Gifts from the Heart: Ceremonial Objects from the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam (Zwolle, Amsterdam 2004).

Swetschinski, D., J. Cohen en S. Hartog (et al.), Orphan Objects. Facets from the Textiles Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam (Zwolle, Amsterdam 1997).



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