A Philadelphia Sampler. Art and Artifacts from Jewish Collections

Author & Curator	Cissy Grossman.
Imprint	Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1980. Booklet, 24 pp., illustrations: 14 b&w, 23.2 × 20.3 cm. English.
Location	National Museum of American Jewish History (1980)
Description	A wide range of Jewish items lent by private and public collections in Philadelphia, and other objects connected to Philadelphian Jewry from outside collections. Introduction by Cissy Grossman discusses the nature of these collections—from synagogues to schools and libraries to individual collectors and their personal interests. Material displayed according to collection. Basic entries. 185 items.
main keywords	CEREMONIAL OBJECTS CEREMONIAL OBJECTS, CONTEMPORARY/MODERN TORAH ORNAMENTS
minor keywords	Amulets Besamim Book bindings Bridal/Wedding belts Candlesticks/Candelabra Etrog containers Haggadot Hand-washing vessels Hanukkah lamps Head coverings, women’s Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C Historical documents Keter Torah Ketubbot Kiddush cups Kiddush Levana, decorated Levite sets Matzah covers/bags Mezuzah cases Myer Myers Needlework/Embroidery Omer calendars Papercuts Pesach cups Pesach pillow covers Portraits Prayerbooks/Mahzors Prints, synagogues Purim plates Rimmonim Samplers (needlework) Schatz, Boris Shabbat plates Shechita knives Silhouettes Synagogue trowels Talit bags Tass Tobacco/Snuff boxes Torah binders Torah Arks, miniature United States Wedding cups Wedding rings Yad Yahrzeit banners

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