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Bidding Information
Lot #    18293
Auction End Date    6/12/2007 12:27:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Crowning Glory
Title (Hebrew)    Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum
Author    [First Ed.] Rafi Grafman - Vivian B. Mann
City    New York
Publisher    David R. Goodine
Publication Date    1996
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. 398 pp., 304:230 mm., crisp copy as issued with dust jacket.
          
Detailed
Description		    Over 800 duotone illustrations and 38 plates in full color. Essays by Grafman and Mann. Describes nearly 1,000 Torah ornaments in the Museum's holdings. Addresses development of Jewish decorative arts and the history of fine silver and folk art. Includes shields, finials, crowns, pointers, cases, staves. Bound in beige cloth, black lettering on spine. DJ Front: Torah Crown from the Kahal Gadol Synagogue, Rhodes, 1839/40. DJ Back: Torah Finials by Jeremias Zobel, Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1720-25.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica