Karen Willinger
British textile designer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karen Willinger (born Karin Williger or Weiss, 1919–2008), was a British textile designer.
She was born on 27 March 1919.[1]
Her design Enara, made in cotton for Edinburgh Weavers of Carlisle, England, is in the permanent collection of London's Victoria & Albert Museum.[2]
In 1947, she married the architect Leonard Manasseh (1916–2017), and the records show her names as "Gusti Williger" or "Gusti Weiss".[3][4]
In April 1948, their son Alan Sylvanus Pelham Manasseh was born in London, and her birth surname is given as Weiss.[5] In 1950, the birth of their son, Zachery Charles Manasseh was registered in Hertfordshire, England, and her birth surname is given as Weiss.[6]
In July 1952 they moved to Singapore, but in 1953 or soon after, she left him and their two sons.[3][7]
In 1956, as Karin Manasseh, she married George H Gretton in Hampstead, London.[8] Ms Karin Gretton died in London, England on 17 April 2008.[1]
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