Lot 119
  • 119

A Bezalel Wool Rug, Jerusalem circa 1910

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • 57 by 39.3 in.
  • 145 by 100 cm.
the Decalogue frame centered with an Art Nouveau central seven branch candelabra set on an elaborate base decorated with stars of David enclosing the word "Zion", set against a field of mounting menorahs, the borders decorated with further similar stars of David, signed "Bezalel Jerusalem"

Exhibited

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Bezalel 1906-1929, December 1982-June 1983, no. 7, p. 9, illustrated

Literature

Anton Felton, Jewish Carpets, Suffolk, 1997, no. 27, p. 94 (illustrated)