Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Square piece of fabric with a scalloped crochet border that is possibly a handkerchief created by the donor's maternal grandmother Elvira Froelich Morgenstern (b. 1881) for her daughter Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern). The piece was given to Ilse when she left Vienna and is embroidered with her name.
- Date
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creation:
before 1942
- Geography
-
received:
Vienna (Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Evelyn Loeb
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Needlework
- Object Type
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Embroidery (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small square piece of cream fabric with a crochet border and the name "Ilse" embroidered in red thread in the bottom corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, thread
- Inscription
- bottom, right : "Ilse"
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The piece was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Evelyn Loeb.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-19 15:27:38
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737584
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Also in Loeb family collection
The collection consists of some identity documents and Loeb family photos, primarily featuring the donor's mother Ilse Loeb (nee Morgenstern), as well as Ilse's mother, Elivra Froelich Morgenstern's, lacework and handicraft, and a metal plate from her father's printing business.
Date: approximately 1919-1942
Loeb family papers
Document
Consists primarily of prewar family photographs of the donor's mother, Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern) as well as some of the Loeb family's identity documents and affidavits. The papers capture their experiences in Vienna and then in the Netherlands, where Ilse was in hiding.
Metal plate from Max Morgenstern's printing business
Object
Metal plate from the donor's grandfather Max Morgenstern's lithographic printing business in Vienna. After the Anschluss, his business was confiscated.
Crochet lace piece created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern
Object
Crochet lace piece created by the donor's grandmother Elvira Froelich Morgenstern (b. 1881) for her daughter, the donor's mother, Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern). The piece was given to Ilse when she left Vienna.
