A HAND-WOVEN LINEN TORAH BINDER, the multi-coloured silk embroidery in yellow, green, brown, pink and light blue, done in stem-, chain-, satin- and circular button-hole-stitch, made of four pieces joined together with a button-hole-stitch, the edges hemmed all-around, the beginning piece with three tassels, decorated with an anthropomorphic, an acorn-form and dragon-fly-form lamed, two flower-form, two bird-form and two fish-form letters, an open Hebrew inscribed Torah scroll and a wedding canopy with a bridal couple, titled in Hebrew, the letters unfilled, minor staining, good condition, very nice binder, probably Germany, 1758,

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A HAND-WOVEN LINEN TORAH BINDER, the multi-coloured silk embroidery in yellow, green, brown, pink and light blue, done in stem-, chain-, satin- and circular button-hole-stitch, made of four pieces joined together with a button-hole-stitch, the edges hemmed all-around, the beginning piece with three tassels, decorated with an anthropomorphic, an acorn-form and dragon-fly-form lamed, two flower-form, two bird-form and two fish-form letters, an open Hebrew inscribed Torah scroll and a wedding canopy with a bridal couple, titled in Hebrew, the letters unfilled, minor staining, good condition, very nice binder, probably Germany, 1758,
350 x 16 cm

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