Torah Ark Curtain

Unknown Artist

1686, with other seventeenth-century elements, assembled ca. 1725

Torah Ark Curtain by Unknown Artist

Medium

Cotton embroidery appliquéd on satin ground, reticella needle lace and milanese bobbin lace

Dimensions

85 × 73 in. (215.9 × 185.4 cm)

Classification

Textiles

Culture

Italian, Mantua

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Dr. Eugene and Carmel Krauss, 2021

Accession Number

2021.308

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