Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

הכול זהב. נפלאות האריגים הרקומים זהב‬‎ Shimmering Gold. The Splendor of Gold Embroidered Textiles
(165 words)

Editor

Gania Dolev.

Curator

Nitza Behroozi BarOz.

Imprint

Tel Aviv, Israel, 2007. 43 pp., 165 pp.*, illustrations: 181 col., 7 b&w, 27 × 21 cm. Hebrew and English.

Location

Eretz Israel Museum (25 June–30 October 2007)

Description

The art of gold embroidery, exemplified in Jewish, Christian and Muslim items from around the world. Individual essays discuss: the cultural and social characteristics of gold embroidery (Nitza Behroozi BarOz), weaving, embroidery and lacework with gold thread (Bracha Yaniv), and golden embroidery from Spain to the Diaspora (Vivian B. Mann), in the Ottoman World (Jennifer Scarce), in Iraq (Idit Sharoni), and in antiquity (Orit Shamir, Alisa Baginski). Short descriptive entries. 104 items.

main keywords

COSTUME
GOLD EMBROIDERY
NEEDLEWORK/EMBROIDERY
SCHPANYER ARBET
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TEXTILES

minor keywords

Amulets
Bridal garments
Circumcision garments
Decorative wall hangings
Hamsas
Head coverings, bridal
Henna ceremony/objects
India
Iran/Persia
Iraq
Mezuzah covers, textile
Mizrach
Morocco
Ottoman Empire
Portraits
Postcards
Torah Ark curtains
Torah binders
Torah mantles
Tunis
Tunisia
Uzbekistan

Related ephemera

Invitation to exhibition opening, single card, 1 col. illus., 9.8 × 19.8 cm; Exhibition review in ‮מכירת פומבית. מגזין ישראלי לאספנות ולאמנות‬‎ October 2007, pp. 62–68. Hebrew.

Cite this page
“‮הכול זהב. נפלאות האריגים הרקומים זהב‬‎ Shimmering Gold. The Splendor of Gold Embroidered Textiles”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 08 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1915>
First published online: 2019



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