Book cover for Mahzor prayer book with leather case, 1755–1757
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1755–1757
Book Cover in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2024.380a–c), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Book cover for Mahzor prayer book with leather case”. The museum dates it 1755–1757. It is attributed to Giuseppe Merlini (Italian, active Rome 1746–60). The museum records the medium as Chased and embossed silver; leather with decorative gilding, paper and the dimensions as bookbinding, confirmed: 6 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (17.5 × 13 × 6.4 cm) leather case, confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (18.1 × 14 × 5.4 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Chased and embossed silver; leather with decorative gilding, paper
- Dimensions
- bookbinding, confirmed: 6 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (17.5 × 13 × 6.4 cm) leather case, confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (18.1 × 14 × 5.4 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Judaica
- Maker recorded
- Giuseppe Merlini
Identification
- Met object id
- 910534
- Museum object name
- Book Cover
- Museum object number
- 2024.380a–c
Catalogue references
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