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Ernestine Spitzer

Ernestine Spitzer (22 April 1836 – 13 March 1897) was an Austrian fashion businessperson. She was the founder of the fashion house G. & E. Spitzer in Vienna.

Ernestine Spitzer

Grave of Ernestine Spitzer (née Schlesinger) and her husband Gustav Spitzer (Knight of the Order of Franz Joseph), owners of the famous fashion house G. E. Spitzer in Vienna, their son-in-law Leopold Rosenberg and other family members in the Old Jewish part of the Vienna Central Cemetery (6/29/27)

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Full name
Ernestine Schlesinger.
Born
1836.
Died
1897.
Occupation
businessperson and fashion designer.
Fields
fashion.

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Ernestine Spitzer (22 April 1836 – 13 March 1897) was an Austrian fashion businessperson. She was the founder of the fashion house G. & E. Spitzer in Vienna.

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