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7 7. JEWISH CRAFTSMEN
The next work by Artur Szyk included in the Statute of Kalisz
features six scenes and six traditional professions performed in
Poland by Jewish citizens. Polish Jews were mostly tailors (scene 1), 6 61
shoe-makers (scene 2), bakers (scene 3). They were also weavers STATUTE OF KALISZ
(scene 4), smiths (scene 5) and clock-makers (scene 6).
The cross-sections of decorative borders outlining the scenes
feature the emblems of Poland (Eagle) and Lithuania (Pogoń).
From the collection of the Józef Piłsudski Library (WiMBP) in Łódź.
Polish emblem (Eagle)
Lithuanian emblem
(Pahonia/Chaser)

Precise clock-maker's work

Jewish baker at work

Scene as if from
the artist's native
Łódź, where in
the early 19 th
century there
were many
manually
operated looms