Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Handmade doily
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Agi Geva
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Needlework
- Object Type
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Doilies (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Square shape with slight scalloped border
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Materials
- overall : thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The doily was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Agi Geva.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-02 11:35:46
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713172
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Also in Agi Geva collection
The collection consists of family documents, photographs, and handmade lace doilies.
Agi Geva papers
Document
The Agi Geva papers consist of biographical materials and photographs documenting Agi Geva and her family in prewar, wartime, and postwar Hungary and postwar Israel. Biographical materials include two copies of Agi Geva’s birth certificate; Rozsa and Gyula Sugár’s ketubah; a Swiss protection letter, former Mauthausen prisoner card, and Wels displaced persons card documenting Gyula’s wartime and postwar experiences; and identification cards documenting Gyula’s and Rozsa’s life in Israel. Photographs include original and copy prints and photocopies of photographs depicting Agi Geva and her family in prewar, wartime, and postwar Hungary and postwar Israel.