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The border fragments on the left tell the story of the Israelites baking unleavened bread during the first Passover, after which they were delivered out of captivity in Egypt. In the top panel, bakers mix and knead the dough; the bottom panel shows the bakers standing on a tiled floor while placing the bread into a brick oven. This common household scene would have been familiar to Italian audiences during the Renaissance. Two fragments depict events recorded in the book of Exodus. In the top panel, the pharaoh is shown releasing the Israelites after the last plague (1939.355). In the bottom panel, he changes his mind and pursues them across the parted Red Sea, only to be swallowed up after the Israelites safely crossed (1939.352).
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118253
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Embroidered Border: The Making of Unleavened Bread and the Israelites Sent Away
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118253
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title
Embroidered Border: The Making of Unleavened Bread and the Israelites Sent Away
description
The border fragments on the left tell the story of the Israelites baking unleavened bread during the first Passover, after which they were delivered out of captivity in Egypt. In the top panel, bakers mix and knead the dough; the bottom panel shows the bakers standing on a tiled floor while placing the bread into a brick oven. This common household scene would have been familiar to Italian audiences during the Renaissance. Two fragments depict events recorded in the book of Exodus. In the top panel, the pharaoh is shown releasing the Israelites after the last plague (1939.355). In the bottom panel, he changes his mind and pursues them across the parted Red Sea, only to be swallowed up after the Israelites safely crossed (1939.352).
date
1500s-1600s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80013097
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Embroidery
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1
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Overall: 18.1 x 45.4 cm (7 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
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Italy, 16th-17th century
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1939.353
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Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace
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Embroidered Border: The Making of Unleavened Bread and the Israelites Sent Away, 1500s-1600s. Italy, 16th-17th century. Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace; overall: 18.1 x 45.4 cm (7 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1939.353
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Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
Embroidered lettering in upper margin: INEASTANOCEAZEME / EVGANODACIE
citations
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Gifts of the Textile Arts Club." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 33, no. 3 (1946): 24-26.
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Mentioned pp. 25-26
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. <em>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 29
citation
Liscia Bemporad, Dora, and Olga Melasecchi. Tutti i colori dell'Italia ebraica: tessuti preziosi dal Tempio di Gerusalemme al prêt-à-porter. 2019.
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Reproduced and mentioned; p. 162, No. 37
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Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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2026-05-29 06:07:21.959000
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118253
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace
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