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Torah Binder
Rikah Polacco1662/63
The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States
Inscribed in Hebrew: "In honor of God and His Torah, the work of Signora Rikah wife of…Hayyim son of Yosef Polacco, the Levite…in the year 5423 [=1662/63] a[ccording to the] l[arge counting]."
Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, 2000.
Details
- Title: Torah Binder
- Creator: Rikah Polacco
- Date Created: 1662/63
- Location: Florence, Italy
- Place Part Of: Italy
- Physical Dimensions: w2800 x h165 cm
- Culture: Florence (?) (Italy)
- Credit Line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg, 1988-21
- Type: Ceremonial Art-Textile
- Rights: https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#image-research-requests
- Medium: Linen: embroidered with silk and metallic thread; modern lining
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