A selection from the tapestry collection created at the Mambush Tapestry Workshop, which operated in Ein Hod from 1966 to 1985. Yitzhak (Itche) Mambush and his wife Aviva Margalit founded a tapestry-weaving workshop in Ein Hod based on the works of Israel’s leading artists. The Mambush tapestry collection is on display after many years of being hidden from view, alongside historical items from the weaving workshop.
The exhibition reexamines a brief but important historical chapter in Israeli art and culture, in which crafts, textile design, and art were inextricably bound together. Produced in collaboration with the finest artists in Israel and from around the world, the workshop combined an artistic outlook with a sense of Zionist mission.

Participants: Mordecai Ardon, Jean (Hans) Arp, Yosl Bergner, Naftali Bezem, Ovadia Alkara, Marcel Janco, Dani Karavan, Aviva Margalit, Abraham Rattner, Anna Ticho, Shraga Weil

Image: Aviva Margalit, Spring, 1970s, tapestry, handwoven 192×132 cm, handwoven by Mambush Tapestries, Ein Hod, estate of Itche Mambush and Aviva Margalit (photo: Avi Amalem)