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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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