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Leo Hirsch

German-Belgian fashion designer and businessman (1842-1906) · Designers · Died at 63

Léo Hirsch was a German-born Jewish merchant who founded the Brussels fashion house Hirsch & Cie with his wife, Johanna Freudenberg, in 1869. The house became a supplier to the Belgian court, and Hirsch licensed its name to sister houses in Amsterdam, Cologne, Dresden and Hamburg run by former employees and relatives.

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Naturalised as a Belgian in 1879, he was made a knight of the Order of Leopold and sat on the boards of many Jewish institutions in Brussels.

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Category
Designers
Type
Designer
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1842 to 1906 · aged 63