Velvet mantle for the Book of Joshua. Velvet, embroidered in gold. Beginning of the 20th century?
60×25 cm. Purple mantle for a parchment scroll of Joshua. Embroidered with thick metal threads, copper threads integrated with discs. With text שרה רחל טעפער ב”ר יונה.
Some synagogues read the haftora from a parchment scroll, as per the custom of the GR”A.
Mantles for books of the prophets are very rare since there weren’t very many synagogues that had these scrolls; particularly Joshua, which only contains a few haftarot.
Light blemishes. Fine condition.