Object Details
- Description
- Picture shows a scene in Jewish ritual celebration: "The Feast of the Drawing of Water." In the back are three arches: in the center a hanging candelabra, on the left, a man playing the tambourine, on the right a man playing a horn. In the foreground are three figures, all of same man-- Rabban Simeon-- performing different acts of rejoicing. Embroidered in pale silks, metal thread and paillettes on cream-colored taffeta.
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Ehrich Galleries, in memory of Mrs. Louis R. Ehrich
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1929-16-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Object Name
- Embroidered picture
- Type
- Embroidered picture
- Medium
- Medium: silk, metallic yarn Technique: embroidery
- Dimensions
- H x W: 50.8 x 69.2 cm (20 x 27 1/4 in.)
- made in
- Europe
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1929-16-1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49c36b15b-a5c1-4b14-8f3f-e84b3eec5d91
