Aron Kodesh Curtain – Matersdorf, 1860

Large curtain with a smaller, upper curtain [Kaporet] for the Aron Kodesh. [Matersdorf – Pressburg], 1860.
Velvet curtain, adorned with gold and silver threaded embroideries, lions and the two tables of the covenant, with metal bells. Donated by “The modest woman Milka daughter of the late Ber Sofer z”l and widow of Meir Faksh. On the day of her grandson’s Bar Mitsva, Avraham Meir son of Shmuel…”. The upper curtain is embroidered with the words “Kodesh La-Hashem”.
Milka Faksh -Meir of Matersdorf passed away in 1885. She was the daughter of Rabbi Issachar Ber Sofer of Matersdorf and the widow of Rabbi Meir Faksh who passed away in the city of Vienna in 1837 (see enclosed material, “Tzuf Dvash” by Rabbi Akiva sofer, page 284). According to the family, who brought the curtain from Hungary, this curtain had been used at the Pressburg community synagogue.
Dark maroon (faded) velvet curtain and upper curtain, adorned with plant and star themed embroideries and 6 metal bells.
The curtain’s dimensions are 138 X 177 cm some of the ornaments are unstitched. Most of the curtain is faded. Tears on the upper part of the velvet fabric, some of which were unprofessionally sawn. A later velvet patch was sawn on the left side of the curtain. The upper curtain’s dimensions are 42 X 147 cm with similar damages.