Sunday Dec 18, 2016
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM EST
Exhibition on View Now Through December 31, 2018
Taubman Museum
Free and open to the public.
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Judith Leiber (born Judith Peto in Budapest, Hungary, in 1921) creates exquisitely designed couture women’s accessories that blur the boundaries between function and art. Most known for her semi-precious adorned minaudiéres or compact occasion cases, her oeuvre includes day bags, belts and pillboxes. The Leiber bags on view in the Shaftman Gallery are the result of the immense philanthropic generosity of Roanoke-based couple Sydney and Rosalie Krisch Shaftman. Sydney Shaftman gave his wife Rosalie a Leiber minaudiére in the 1980s, which began the impetus for collection that resulted in a gift of more than 130 minaudiéres and pillboxes to the Taubman Museum of Art from 2005 to 2008. Among the collection are two custom minaudiéres Mr. Shaftman commissioned Leiber to create for his wife, including an Inro, inspired by Japanese nesting boxes with her name “Rosalie” set with gold, and a clutch with a star and the name of her hometown “Roanoke” emblazoned with white crystals on a jet beaded background.
Printed courtesy of www.roanokechamber.org/ – Contact the Roanoke Regional Chamber for more information.
210 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA 24011 – (540) 983-0700 – business@roanokechamber.org