Europe: Arts and crafts
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The idea of collecting outstanding examples of leather craft and displaying
them in a museum for the leather goods industry of Offenbach was realized in
1912 when Hugo Eberhardt, the museum's founder, acquired the 16th century Tirolean
leather chest that was to become its first exhibit.
Over the ensuing eighty years, the German Leather Museum has built up a unique
collection of European arts and crafts representing the finest achievements
of the leatherworking trade, from 16th century reliquaries and "Minnekästchen"
to leather wall coverings, and from book covers and writing cases to travel
bags and the luggage trunks of royalty and clergy. Of course, a museum of leathercraft
would be incomplete without the things of everyday life: bridles and saddles,
leather suitcases and accessories, costumes and furniture - to name but a few.
The museum has expanded its exhibits since the mid-1980s to cover 20th century
leather apparel, and has added a notable collection honouring contemporary art
and design.
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Deutsches Ledermuseum / Schuhmuseum Offenbach |
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D-63067 Offenbach | Frankfurter Str. 86 | Tel. 0049-(0)69829798-0 | Fax 0049-(0)69810900 |
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