Hattie Carnegie jewelry
Hattie Carnegie jewelry.
Successful American jewelry and fashion designer in the 1920s-1950s Hattie Carnegie was born Henrietta Kanengeiser on March 15, 1889 in Vienna, Austria (died 22 February 1956 in New York). Henrietta was born the second of seven children of Isaac Kanengeiser and his wife Helen Kranczer. In 1900 their family emigrated to the United States of America. The 16-year-old Henrietta worked as a secretary in the Macy’s Store, one of the famous New York department stores. It was her father, Jewish tailor, who had introduced her to the world of fashion. Elegant and beautiful Henrietta designed her own clothes and accessories. Henrietta adopted the name Hattie Carnegie after she had met the local dressmaker Rose Ruth Purchaser. In 1909 Hattie Carnegie and Rose Ruth opened their own fashion business on East 49th Street in New York. Nine years later she founded the Hattie Carnegie, Inc.
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