Title: Book cover for Mahzor prayer book with leather case
Object type: Book Cover
Date: 1755–1757
Artist:  Giuseppe Merlini 
Artist bio: Italian, active Rome 1746–60
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Chased and embossed silver; leather with decorative gilding, paper
Dimensions: bookbinding, confirmed: 6 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (17.5 × 13 × 6.4 cm)
leather case, confirmed: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (18.1 × 14 × 5.4 cm)
Classification: Judaica
Credit line: Purchase, Manda and Albert Kalimian Gift, in memory of Victoria and Rouhollah Kalimian, 2024
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY