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Orphan objects : facets of the Textiles Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam / Daniel M. Swetschinski ; in collaboration with Julie-Marthe Cohen and Stephen Hartog ; and with the assistance of Irene Faber and Mirjam Alexander.
- Title
- Orphan objects : facets of the Textiles Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam / Daniel M. Swetschinski ; in collaboration with Julie-Marthe Cohen and Stephen Hartog ; and with the assistance of Irene Faber and Mirjam Alexander.
- Author
- Swetschinski, Daniel, 1944-
- Publication
- Amsterdam : Joods Historisch Museum ; Zwolle : Waanders, [1997]
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- Description
- 248 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- A catalogue published for an exhibition in 1997. Pp. 190-200, "Shoah", contain displays from the Holocaust period, with explanatory texts. They include yellow stars, armbands, a luggage label, and belts and a brooch made by inmates in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen.
- Alternative Title
- Facets of the Textiles Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam
- Joods van stof
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Joods van stof: Verhalend textiel uit eigen collectie," 18 Apr.-19 Oct. 1997, Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: The Idea of a Jewish Museum -- Time and Objects. The History of a Collection. Memory and Nostalgia. Whims of Time -- Religious Devotion and Artistic Objects. Judaism and the Sensual Arts. Symbolism and Superstition. Magic and Minhag -- The Making of the Objects. Recycled Cloth and Vernacular Art. Domestic and Professional Crafts, Women and Men. Redeeming Ritual Textilia -- The Objects in Society. Patronage and Donors. Nobility and Rites of Prayer. Hevrot Aplenty -- The Objects in History. Identity and Authenticity. Enkhuizen, an Unfinished Chronicle. The Shoah. Epilogue: Guardian Cares, Orphan Voices -- Table of Jewish Population Figures in the Netherlands -- List of All Other Textile Objects in the JHM Collection.
- ISBN
- 9040099537
- OCLC
- 38862400
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library