Comments on: The Passion of Things http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108 opensource is a project of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:11:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wilde Hunt http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-106143 Wilde Hunt Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:11:21 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-106143 I loved your blog post, what a great story. I was researching Turkish embroidery when I found it. I hope you don't mind, I linked to your post in my own blog post about Turkish embroidery. Thanks, Larissa I loved your blog post, what a great story. I was researching Turkish embroidery when I found it. I hope you don’t mind, I linked to your post in my own blog post about Turkish embroidery.

Thanks,
Larissa

]]> By: Textile [86.42]: Wedding Dress (Rhodes, 19th Century) | ourjewishlife.com http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-25901 Textile [86.42]: Wedding Dress (Rhodes, 19th Century) | ourjewishlife.com Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:12:00 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-25901 [...] To read more about this dress and Sara’s story, please read this blog post about it here [...] [...] To read more about this dress and Sara’s story, please read this blog post about it here [...]

]]> By: Perian Sully http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-1062 Perian Sully Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:00:22 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-1062 Dear Jane: We're not able to provide appraisals or information about valuation, but you might try <a href="http://www.curatrix.net/" rel="nofollow">Curatrix</a> for an appraisal. Additionally, I'd recommend taking a look at this guide from the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute: <a href="http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/texrep.html" rel="nofollow">Getting Estimates for Conservation, Repair, Insurance, and Appraisal</a>. It sounds lovely! Good luck! Dear Jane:

We’re not able to provide appraisals or information about valuation, but you might try Curatrix for an appraisal. Additionally, I’d recommend taking a look at this guide from the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute: Getting Estimates for Conservation, Repair, Insurance, and Appraisal.

It sounds lovely! Good luck!

]]> By: Jane Manzano http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-1033 Jane Manzano Tue, 25 May 2010 00:57:43 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-1033 I have found a somewhat similar gown at an antique store. It is also purple velvet, but has a different body shape, neckline, and the couching is silver. All the stitching is done by hand. I am searching for any information as to the age or provenance of this gown. A friend who is an historical preservationist would like to buy the gown (and I want her to have it, as she knows more about caring for antiques than I) but she wants to pay a fair price, and I have no idea what this might be worth. Any guidance or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much, Jane Manzano I have found a somewhat similar gown at an antique store. It is also purple velvet, but has a different body shape, neckline, and the couching is silver. All the stitching is done by hand. I am searching for any information as to the age or provenance of this gown. A friend who is an historical preservationist would like to buy the gown (and I want her to have it, as she knows more about caring for antiques than I) but she wants to pay a fair price, and I have no idea what this might be worth. Any guidance or information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Jane Manzano

]]> By: Shirley & Werner http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-547 Shirley & Werner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:19:50 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-547 It meant so much to finally see the restored wedding gown of our Mom. Thank You! It meant so much to finally see the restored wedding gown of our Mom. Thank You!

]]> By: yiddish, yiddishkeit, and who will feed me potato knisches? « flying by treading water http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-406 yiddish, yiddishkeit, and who will feed me potato knisches? « flying by treading water Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:53:49 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-406 [...] honor to have my two most favorite bubbhes in one place at a time. Later that evening one of them, Sara Levi, a woman with an amazing story (but who could be on this earth for 95 years and not have one?) told [...] [...] honor to have my two most favorite bubbhes in one place at a time. Later that evening one of them, Sara Levi, a woman with an amazing story (but who could be on this earth for 95 years and not have one?) told [...]

]]> By: Hannah http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-405 Hannah Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:32:28 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-405 These are some beautiful photos. Sara is a friend of mine, and to the best of knowledge she never wore this dress at a wedding of her own, but it's most important (or at least best remembered) usage was indeed when she was approx. 18 years old and alone on an ocean liner on her way to New York. Her Rodesli family waved her goodbye from the port and that was the last she saw of most of them (save two sisters who survived Auschwitz). On this ocean liner because, perhaps, her youth and beauty Sara was invited to sit at the captain's table one evening for supper and donned this dress to do so. These are some beautiful photos. Sara is a friend of mine, and to the best of knowledge she never wore this dress at a wedding of her own, but it’s most important (or at least best remembered) usage was indeed when she was approx. 18 years old and alone on an ocean liner on her way to New York. Her Rodesli family waved her goodbye from the port and that was the last she saw of most of them (save two sisters who survived Auschwitz). On this ocean liner because, perhaps, her youth and beauty Sara was invited to sit at the captain’s table one evening for supper and donned this dress to do so.

]]> By: The Passion of Things | DEEP PURPLE http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-16 The Passion of Things | DEEP PURPLE Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:24:50 +0000 http://magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=108#comment-16 [...] I really try hard not to start bawling at work, I really do. But sometimes, you can’t help but get choked up at the beauty of the objects in our care, and the stories which accompany them. Wedding Dress, Turkey, 19th century. Gift of Sara Levi Willis #86.42 That’s what happened to me today. We’d been filming a documentary about the Magnes, its collections, and some of the stories behind those collections. This afternoon, I was asked to assist with a stunning Turkish wedding dress we’d r View post: The Passion of Things [...] [...] I really try hard not to start bawling at work, I really do. But sometimes, you can’t help but get choked up at the beauty of the objects in our care, and the stories which accompany them. Wedding Dress, Turkey, 19th century. Gift of Sara Levi Willis #86.42 That’s what happened to me today. We’d been filming a documentary about the Magnes, its collections, and some of the stories behind those collections. This afternoon, I was asked to assist with a stunning Turkish wedding dress we’d r View post: The Passion of Things [...]

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