Abraham Ltd.

Abraham Ltd.
Native name
Ludwig Abraham & Co. Seiden AG
FormerlyKönigsberger & Rüdenberg, Abraham Brauchbar & Cie, Rudolf Brauchbar & Co
Company typePrivate
IndustrySilk, Fabrics
Founded
  • 1878 (1878) as Königsberger & Rüdenberg
  • 1943 (1943) as Ludwig Abraham & Co Seiden AG
  • Zurich, Switzerland
Defunct2007
FateBankruptcy
Headquarters
Zurich 
,
Switzerland 
Key people
Gustav Zumsteg

Abraham Ltd. colloquially also Abraham Silks was a Swiss textile company specialized in silk fabric design primarily for haute couture and ready-to-wear.

Founded in 1878, the textile house became widely known under the management of Gustav Zumsteg, who supplied fabrics to Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Jacques Fath,Hubert de Givenchy, Edward Molyneux, Christian Dior, Chanel, Emanuel Ungaro and Oscar de la Renta.

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