Comparison to marde gras partying but the merriment is based on an ancient rabbinic tradition of jews imbibing on purim to the point where they do not know the difference between sobriety and.
Purim wall hanging 19th century.
Rare pair of turkoman yomut asmalyk rugs camel trapping or wall hanging this trapeizoid shape carpets were used in turkmen wedding ceremony.
19th century chinese floral lattice window panel.
Mid 19th century qing antique asian wall mounted sculptures.
Leading 19th century british reform scholar claude montefiore in an editorial in london s jewish chronicle in march 1888 went so far as to call for purim s abolition.
Purim dish pewter 1808 german.
C1750 aubusson tapestry wall hanging 18th century textile french.
This wall hanging sculpture of a mask was part of the japanese exhibition in the 1970 world s fair in osaka and was made by artist taro okamoto 1911 1996.
Aubusson tapestry wall hanging hand woven 17th century.
The idea had been around since the 15th century.
Spherical body suspended from a wrought iron handle with hanging ring.
Late 19th century silk tribal ikat weaving panel from uzbekistan central asia.
Aubusson tapestry wall hanging hand woven 19th century.
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Hanging pictures from a moveable hook that can hold substantial weight and that doesn t mar the wall surface.
Around the 1840s picture rails or picture molding became common.
A dramatic separately issued wall map of the united states issued by important philadelphia publisher s.
19th century the reverse with original wall hanging device height.
Josefa s story how it unfolds and how it is remembered suggests much about the ways in which euro americans viewed mexican women in the 19th century rojas wrote in one essay.
Mitchell had begun to produce wall maps about a decade earlier and this was the first edition of a regularly updated series of national maps which appeared every year from 1843 to 1850 except for 1849.
103 on purim eve that same year over 100 jewish doctors and their families were shot by the nazis in częstochowa.
Luxurious over saturated magenta purple gold green and pink.