Liliane Kaufmann's Birthday Today
Liliane Kaufmann, born on this date in 1889, created and managed Kaufmann's exclusive import department, the Vendome Shop. Like the new spelling she adopted for her name, the shop promoted elegance in design.
Liliane was a superb hostess who could deftly orchestrate food, setting, and conversation.
Liliane was devoted to public health causes. Her work at Montefiore and Mercy Hospitals ranged from making policy in the boardroom to wrapping bandages in the emergency room. In 1934, she was elected President of Montefiore Hospital – the first and only female to head the Board of Trustees – and she served in this capacity for nine years.
You can see touches of Liliane's elegance in design firsthand at Fallingwater, which is now open on weekends and will begin its full season on Tuesday, March 18.
At
left are the Kaufmanns at home at Fallingwater: Edgar Sr., Edgar jr. (sic)
and Liliane.
"Living in a house built by you has been my one education - and for that and for the privilege of knowing you, I will always be grateful." - Liliane Kaufmann to Frank Lloyd Wright
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