Israel. The Textile Industry in the Land of Israel
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13.02.2025
On February 11, 2025, Israel Post issued a series of postage stamps dedicated to the textile industry of Israel.
At first glance, the stamps simply depict colorful fabrics, bright patterns and ornaments. But in fact, each stamp reflects the milestones of the textile industry, tells about people, their ideas and work, which were firmly woven into the fabric of national history.
The stamp with a denomination of 4 shekels shows a printed fabric that was produced in 1936-1938 in the Palestine Textile Prints (PTP), founded by artist Leo Kahn. The next stamp with a denomination of 9.10 shekels shows industrial knitwear made in the Eld family factory in the 1960s. The last stamp with a denomination of 9.70 shekels shows the "Molidor" fabric, fashionable in the 1970s, which was produced by the Rikma factory, owned by Erich Muller.
The stamps were created by Israeli illustrator Rinat Gilboa. She worked closely with the The Rose Textile and Fashion Archive in Shenkar to create the series. The Rose Archive, founded in 1986, is a unique research and educational center dedicated to the study of fashion and textiles as a socio-cultural phenomenon. Today, the archive contains over 5,000 items of clothing, textiles, and accessories. It was the archive's collection that inspired Rinat Gilboa to create such colorful postage stamps.
One of the exhibits from the archive became (in my biased opinion) the most interesting part of this stamp issue. We are talking about a fragment of printed fabric produced in 1936-1938 at the Palestine Textile Prints (PTP). It was founded in 1936 by the artist Leo Kahn (1893-1983). At the same time, it became the first in Israel to use mechanical silk-screen printing in the development and creation of fabrics. This technology made it possible to produce decorative fabrics with clear, bright patterns using stamping: geometric and floral patterns and entire narrative scenes. It was these genre scenes that ended up on the postage stamp. We see a farmer carrying his harvest in a horse-drawn cart and workers building a house. Below on the coupon, we can see a harbor with boats and fishermen pulling out a net. The stamped patterns are simple, but they are distinguished by the richness of color and clear edges characteristic of screen printing.
The series of postage stamps turned out to be a real visual guide to the history of Israeli textiles - from the first printed fabrics of the 1930s to industrial knitwear and avant-garde developments of the 1970s.
The stamps were issued in miniature sheets of 5 x 3 stamps with a strip of coupons along the lower edge of the sheet, which is typical for Israeli stamps. The Israel Post also prepared a First Day Cover and a special postmark, which was used to cancel the stamps on the first day of their release.
P.S. The little horse that flashed on the postage stamp once again carried me away on an interesting information journey, which ended with the appearance of this unexpected article. So, once again, I confess my love for little horses. I hope that they will continue to lead not only me, but also my readers.
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Source: services.israelpost.co.il , rosearchive.shenkar.ac.il
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