Fernand Cornet archives - European Jewish Archives Portal

Collection description

Collection

Country:: Belgium

Holding institution:: Jewish Museum of Belgium

Holding institution (official language):: Musée Juif de Belgique

Postal address:: Miniemenstraat 21 / Rue des Minimes 21, 1000 Bruxelles

Phone number:: +32 (0)2 512 19 63

Web address:: http://www.new.mjb-jmb.org

Email:: info@mjb-jmb.org

Reference number:: JM-Brussels-Fonds Fernand Cornet

Title:: Fernand Cornet archives

Title (official language):: Fonds Fernand Cornet

Creator/accumulator:: Cornet, Fernand

Date(s):: 1979/1980

Extent:: 1 box

Scope and content:: This fonds contains technical drawings on tracing paper, used over tissue paper to make passementerie. We note plant motifs, Hebrew signs and religious symbols, as well as a plate for the Pesach Seder. (see box MM 183).

Administrative/biographical history:: Fernand Cornet was a passementier living in Antwerp. He notably produced work for the Jewish communities of Antwerp and Jerusalem. (Fonds Fernand Cornet (BE / MJB / Fonds Fernand Cornet))

Access points: persons/families:: Cornet, Ferdinand

Subject terms:: Art; Art--Artists; Ceremonial objects; Drawings; Jewish holidays

Access, restrictions:: Access requires the authorisation of the archivist of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.

Finding aids:: There is a preliminary inventory of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.

Yerusha Network member:: State Archives of Belgium

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