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    Title

  • Foot stool from a shoe store

  • Physical Description

    1 stool : Wood, nails ; 14.25" x 7.5" ; 37 cm x 19 cm

  • Date

    late 19th - early 20th century

  • Summary

    A small wooden foot stool for measuring shoe size. The stool has four legs, connected by three braces. There is a heel stop at the top of the stool; the heel stop is divided into two pieces and moves (perhaps broken unintentionally).

  • Subject

    Shoemaking; Shoemakers

  • Medium

    Furnishings and equipment; Objects

  • Part Of

    Hans and Gerda Lindner family collection, AR 25713

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Alfred Lindner lived in Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland). He owned two shoe stores, one in Breslau and another one in Bytom. Alfred had at least two sons, named Hans and Berthold.

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Foot stool from a shoe store, Leo Baeck Institute, 2018.48.