"The Diana Vreeland Collection Of Fashion Jewelry" 1987 Sotheby's New York
$650
LANE, Kenneth Jay [preface by]
[70] pp.
w/ 184 lots
Sotheby's New York
1987
Cover illustration: Gouache of Diana Vreeland by Cecil Beaton
10 5/8" x 9 1/4"
VG
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Diana Vreeland once said that “too much good taste can be boring,” and though there are plenty of elegant baubles in her collection, the items in this sale catalogue are certainly not boring. The book contains b & w and color photos of nearly two hundred lots of jewellery from the Vreeland estate. There are also photos of Mrs. Vreeland wearing the jewelry. The designers include Kenneth Jay Lane, Yves St. Laurent, Chanel, Tiffany & Company, Bulgari, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Cover illustration of Mrs. Vreeland is by Cecil Beaton.
“Diana Vreeland, in black sweater with a rope (or two) of pearls or ruby beads, has the presence of Empress Eugenie dressed by Worth and bedecked in half the French crown jewels.”
--Kenneth Jay Lane
The auction catalogue for the sale of Diana Vreeland's important collection of jewellery. For Vreeland, her jewellery was as important as her clothes and she wore bold fashion pieces to great effect. Her collection includes designs by Verdura, Kenneth Jay Lane, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Borbonese, Miriam Haskell, amongst others.
Preface by Kenneth Jay Lane. Sotheby's. New York. Wednesday, October 21, 1987. Paperback, quarto; illustrated wrappers. [c.70 pages.] 184 lots illustrated in colour and b&w, and 6 illustrations of Vreeland wearing the jewellery. English. 270 x 210mm. 0.35kg. . Very good; slight shelf wear, light wear to spine, short crease to rear lower forecorner.