Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Emilie Russier Boit
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Furniture
- Object Type
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Stools (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- covered with gray fabric
- Materials
- overall : wood, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The stool was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Emilie Boit.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:44:00
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