Torah binder
1736
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave, embroidered with silk and gold thread, gold sequins, and glass beads.
Dimensions8” x 124”
Credit LineGift of Evelyn Megerman in memory of her parents, Lilli and Alfred Rahn
Accession number2019.12
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ProvenanceBy 1937, Lilli Bechmann Rahn (b. 1911 – d. 1970), Furth, Germany and Denver, CO [see note]; 1970, to her daughter, Evelyn Rahn Megerman, Waltham, MA; 2019, gift of Evelyn Megerman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)
NOTE: Alfred and Lilli Rahn fled National Socialist Germany in 1939, shipping their belongings, including this Torah Binder, to the United States in 1937. It had probably been inherited by Lilli Rahn from a member of her family.
NOTE: Alfred and Lilli Rahn fled National Socialist Germany in 1939, shipping their belongings, including this Torah Binder, to the United States in 1937. It had probably been inherited by Lilli Rahn from a member of her family.
about 1920
1935–40
about 1920
first half of 17th century, reworked at a later date