{"product_id":"lusitania-deck-chair-card-display","title":"Lusitania Deck Chair - Card Display","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA piece of a chair that survived the sinking of the RMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan aria-label=\"\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBriefly the world’s largest ship, the luxurious RMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eLusitania\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas also one of the fastest ships of its era. On May 1st, 1915, the \u003cem\u003eLusitania \u003c\/em\u003edeparted from New York on a voyage to Liverpool with 1,959 passengers aboard. The cargo hold of the Lusitania held other passengers as well: 4.2 million rifle rounds, 1,250 shrapnel shell cases, and 18 fuse cases, all destined for the battlefields of the Great War. Though the Royal Navy had promised to escort the \u003cem\u003eLusitania \u003c\/em\u003efor part of the journey, the escort never appeared.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan aria-label=\"\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis specimen is a piece of an oak deck chair that once graced the decks of the RMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The chair was among the untold tonnes of flotsam and hundreds of bodies that washed ashore in Cobh, Ireland (known as Queenstown at the time) and was held on public display for decades. It was acquired at auction from Christie’s London office in late 2016. The specimen comes affixed to its informational card with the Mini Museum Seal of Authenticity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mini Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947126685981,"sku":"80-112-0494-201-40","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0059\/0158\/2449\/files\/lusitania-card-MAIN-005.jpg?v=1783024879","url":"https:\/\/stemcell.eco\/products\/lusitania-deck-chair-card-display","provider":"Stemcell Science Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}