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Embroidered curtain remnant from a Jewish Polish home

Object | Accession Number: 2017.209.1
2017.209.1 front Embroidered curtain remnant from a Jewish Polish home Click to enlarge 2017.209.1 back Embroidered curtain remnant from a Jewish Polish home Click to enlarge

Remnant of a hand embroidered curtain from the home of Rivka Ribak's family in Warsaw, Poland.

Geography
use: Warsaw (Poland)
Classification
Furnishings and Furniture
Category
Household linens
Object Type
Draperies (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Genia Reznic

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular curtain remnant embroidered in yellow thread with three leaves and stems.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
Materials
overall : thread, cloth

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The curtain fragment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Genia Reznic.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:16:24
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Also in Rivka Ribak collection

The collection consists of a fragment of embroidered curtain and a scarf relating to the experiences of Rivka Ribak during the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto in German occupied Poland.

Date: approximately 1942

Chiffon scarf used as a veil in a wartime Polish Jewish wedding

Object

Chiffon scarf saved by Rivka Ribak that was used in Warsaw Ghetto as a veil by her sister Stella for her wedding on May 5, 1942.

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