The Montefiore Collections
Preserving and developing the legacy of Sir Moses Montefiore
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Montefiore Vestments
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The Montefiore Endowment owns a collection of over 40 textiles, deriving from the Montefiore Synagogue in Ramsgate. CustodyThe entire Collection is now being looked after, on behalf of the Montefiore Endowment, by the Vestments Committee of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation, London. ConservationA programme of conservation work, planned to last for several years, is under way. Photographic RecordThe items were roughly photographed for the purpose of the catalogue. The main pieces are now being more carefully photographed for permanent record: some of them are available on this website. CatalogueThe illustrated catalogue, prepared by Estelle Levy and others, may be seen on application to the Secretary. The numbering of the collection is not sequential as it incorporates the different systems used in the three locations in which parts of the collection were temporarily stored following the transfer of the College from Ramsgate to London in the 1960s. AccessAccess to items in the Collection may be arranged through the Chairperson of the Vestments Committee, through the Secretary of the Montefiore Endowment. You can browse the collection of vestments on this website. |