Bezalel carpet. “Eretz HaTzvi.” Jerusalem. 1920s. Museum piece.
80×120 cm. Colorful wool weaving. Rectangle at center with a menorah in its four corners, dozens of menorahs at center. Wide margins with designs of the Star of David and frames around the word ארץ הצבי five times, and בצלאל ירושלם once. Six sewn loops on its back, for hanging the carpet.
Refer to a similar item in the Zvi Noam collection, Tel Aviv. It is presented as the symbolic Bezalel item in the preface to the catalog Bezalel shel Shatz: 1906-1929, edited by Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Israel Museum, 1983.
Light repairs to the margins, very few stains. Fine-very fine condition.