No most of the daily things are done and the bad rainy and cold (14 degrees C) weather from sunday evening goes to better so I'll try to tell you my impressions.
I hope that you agree when I start with the Jewish Textile Galerie. It started with Synagoge Curtains, the oldest one from 1606 all wonderful decorated with embroidery and lace, often gold-lace. They explained very well how such a curtain is done in vertical and horizontal fields and the Hebrew dedicatory inscriptions about the donor and all this, what Avital and Miriam could better explain than I. But it was understandably for all others with english language too. The next items were wedding textiles, with wich the bride's head are covering, a custom they said wich lasted back to the biblical story Rebecca and Isaac. For one of them was a magnifier so we could see the lace very well. At one of the walls were several portraits from 1745 till 1815 from unknown artists. All this ladies were portrayed in everyday clothes wich in no way differ from those worn by the rest of sociaty. The laces on this portrait weren't paint very fine, it was as to show this is lace and mostly with flower-designs. But what was impressing were the faces they looked so lively that I attended they will say good afternoon to me.
Some Thora binders and mantle were also on display with good explanaitions how they are used. And at the end were reconstructions of some of the showen laces. They told us that all this wonderful things were showen for the first time for the OIDFA-congress
In the cashier-room we could have a look of the four best prizes from a competition for the best design and execution of the Star of David. Needle as well as bobbin lace was allowed and not bigger than DIN A 4. The first prize won Iva Vanzurova with a white Torchon-lace with lots of leaves and Lucie D�rfova, there were two first, with a totaly other design. She made in the centre of the star tho hands in blue. It is difficult to describe only with words. Perhaps Miriam could do better then I can.
So far for today
Greetings
Ilske
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