id: 118255 accession number: 1939.355 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.355 updated: 2023-03-07 15:13:28.970000 Embroidered Border: The Death of the First Born 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 50.2 cm (7 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1939.355 title: Embroidered Border: The Death of the First Born and the Israelites Sent Away title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1500s-1600s creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1699 current location: creditline: Gift of The Textile Arts Club copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th-17th century technique: Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 18.1 x 50.2 cm (7 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Embroidered lettering in upper margin: LA MORTE DECI PRIMIGIENETI E ARAONE MAN[O]AVIACI[…] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club opening date: 1984-11-21T05:00:00 Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984). title: Renaissance lace rotation opening date: 2014-12-16T05:00:00 Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2014-December 17, 2015). title: The Colours of Judaism in Italy: Precious Fabrics for Ceremonial Use opening date: 2019-06-27T04:00:00 The Colours of Judaism in Italy: Precious Fabrics for Ceremonial Use. Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze, Italy (organizer) (June 27-October 27, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE H. A. Elsberg Collection. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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). --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Underhill, Gertrude. "Gifts of the Textile Arts Club." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 3 (1946): 24-26. page number: Mentioned pp. 25-26 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141260 Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984. page number: Mentioned: p. 29 url: Liscia Bemporad, Dora, and Olga Melasecchi. Tutti i colori dell'Italia ebraica: tessuti preziosi dal Tempio di Gerusalemme al prêt-à-porter. 2019. page number: Reproduced and mentioned; p. 162, No. 37 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.355/1939.355_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.355/1939.355_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.355/1939.355_full.tif