Re: chairs

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

I wonder if the custom of seating the bride on a fancy throne was regional
or specific to particular shtetls.  In the Yizkor books I find examples of
both fancy chairs and plain old stools:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/Podolia/kitaigorod_2.htm Meanwhile, the
bride had been seated on a stool in the hall while the Dinovitzer badchan,
Yisroel-kel, sang to the bride and it was heart-rending.  He said mussar
(ethical exhortations) in rhyme.

http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/gon475.html
The bridal chair was white velvet and there was always the master of
ceremonies (badchun) with his jokes, rhymes, and song

Helen

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