THE CORA GINSBURG GALLERY

As a collector and dealer, the name Cora Ginsburg has been associated with fine and rare costume and antique textiles since the 1940s.

Founded in 1971, the company specializes in museum quality antique costume of the 18th and 19th centuries and in European embroideries, silks, and printed textiles of the 17th - 20th centuries. Owner and director Titi Halle has been with the gallery since 1981.

Cora Ginsburg LLC collects, consults and appraises for museums and private collectors in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

The gallery is located in the center of Manhattan and is open on weekdays by appointment.

MICHELE MAJER
Michele Majer has been with Cora Ginsburg LLC as a research associate since 1995. In addition to her work for the gallery, she is an Assistant Professor at Bard Graduate Center, NY, where she teaches courses in clothing and textile history. Ms. Majer received her BA at Barnard College and her MA at New York University. She was on the curatorial staff at the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1986–1993. Her publications include: “American Women and French Fashion,” The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815; “La Quatrième Unité: Costume and Fashion in Genre Historique Painting,” Romance and Chivalry: History and Literature Reflected in Early Nineteenth-Century French Painting; The Wright’s Ferry Mansion: The Collection (contributing author); Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (contributing author). Ms. Majer has lectured on various aspects of clothing history throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and is also a contributor to the yearly Cora Ginsburg catalogue.

LEIGH WISHNER
Leigh Wishner has been with Cora Ginsburg LLC as an associate since 2001. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in Art History and Archaeology from Barnard College, and a M.A. in Clothing and Textile History at Bard Graduate Center, NY. Ms. Wishner’s publications include her Master’s thesis, “How the Leopard Changes Its Spots: Leopard in Western Fashion History, 1720 – 1960” (2004); she has been a contributor to the yearly Cora Ginsburg catalogue since 2002. In 2005, Ms. Wishner co-curated the exhibition “Fabricating Modernity: The Spirit of Art Deco in French Textiles and Fashion, 1910-1940,” a collaboration with Leonard Fox Ltd. She has also been a guest lecturer for the Graduate Program at Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, on the subject of 20th century textiles.