The other day I went through the boxes a bit more and I found some embroidered items. They include:
1. A wallet:
2. A foundation container. When you open it, it still has the smell of makeup:
3. A makeup compact and wallet:
4. Another potential makeup compact:
(I’m not showing a picture of the inside because there is nothing left in it except residue.)
Where did these come from? And why does the inside of the wallet say Made in Austria in English? Did it come from the modern region of Austria or did it come from the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
In terms of the latter, I know neither why it says Made in Austria in English nor exactly which Austria it comes from. As for where they come from though…
According to Aunt Jeanne, all of these embroidered items reminded her of the piano bench cushion at Grandmargie’s house:
They look similar, right? As you can see, they both have a floral design. Jeanne says that she thinks that these embroidered items were inherited from her (Great-) Aunt Zdenka.
Who’s Aunt Zdenka? Aunt Zdenka was the wife of Adolph Pick. He was the half-brother of Grandmargie’s mother, Martha (Pick) Weiner. Zdenka immigrated to America in 1926.
Considering the fact that the two chairs and small table in the entrance hall as well as the loveseat in the living room of Grandmargie’s house were inherited from Adolph and Zdenka Pick’s house, it is plausible to believe that the above embroidered items were too. Unfortunately, I don’t have any conclusive evidence yet but hopefully I will find some in the near future.
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