Shabbat Table Cloth – Embroidery in Yiddish

Shabbat table cloth. [Europe, probably Germany, late 19th cent]. Fabric; embroidery. An embroidery on the lower left corner features a couple sitting at the Shabbat table. On the table are Shabbat candles, a Challah, knife, fish, a bottle of wine and a Kiddush cup. An embroidered inscription in Yiddish: fraytag oyf der nakht/iz yedn yud a melekh….". Presented is only the upper part of the table cloth. The lower part is missing. Height: approx. 48 cm, width: 78 cm. Stains, tears, unraveled lower part.