An Eastern European Coronet for a Sterntikhl, 19th Century natural pearls, gold and silk thread embroidered on velvet. height 3 in.; length 7 1/8 in. 17.6 cm; 8 cm The sterntikhl (Yiddish for “forehead kerchief”) is a distinctive and lavish head covering worn on the Sabbath and festivals by married women in Eastern Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Decorated with pearls and precious stones, it was a reflection of a family’s fortune. According to early accounts, affluent women would on occasion donate a precious stone from their sterntikhls to help a poor bride adorn her own. Historically, this sumptuous head covering was worn by both Hasidic and non-Hasidic women, but since the twentieth century, only a small number of Hasidic women continue this custom. Very few of the early examples of this distinctive head covering remain still extant. EXHIBITED: Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, A World Apart Next Door: Glimpses into the Life of Hassidic Jews, June-December 2012, illustrated pp. 142-143 RELATED LITERATURE: Esther Juhasz, ed., The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2012, similar examples illustrated pp. 116-117 and 324 Catalogue Photograph by Malcolm Varon, NYC © 2011
An Eastern European Coronet for a Sterntikhl, 19th Century natural pearls, gold and silk thread embroidered on velvet. height 3 in.; length 7 1/8 in. 17.6 cm; 8 cm The sterntikhl (Yiddish for “forehead kerchief”) is a distinctive and lavish head covering worn on the Sabbath and festivals by married women in Eastern Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Decorated with pearls and precious stones, it was a reflection of a family’s fortune. According to early accounts, affluent women would on occasion donate a precious stone from their sterntikhls to help a poor bride adorn her own. Historically, this sumptuous head covering was worn by both Hasidic and non-Hasidic women, but since the twentieth century, only a small number of Hasidic women continue this custom. Very few of the early examples of this distinctive head covering remain still extant. EXHIBITED: Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, A World Apart Next Door: Glimpses into the Life of Hassidic Jews, June-December 2012, illustrated pp. 142-143 RELATED LITERATURE: Esther Juhasz, ed., The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2012, similar examples illustrated pp. 116-117 and 324 Catalogue Photograph by Malcolm Varon, NYC © 2011
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