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Vintage Couture by Kenneth Jay Lane 2001 Christie's New York

2001

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Christie's New York

10 1/2" x 8 1/4"

K.J.L. King of Faux foreword by Mary McFadden

He has created designs for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Vreeland, and Audrey Hepburn.He is probably most well known for his three-strand faux pearl necklace worn by Jacqueline Kennedy during her husband's presidency, a version of which was worn by Barbara Bush to her husband's inaugural ball. He created a jewelled belt for Duchess of Windsor. Since 1977 his home in Manhattan has been a duplex in the Stanford White mansion completed in 1892 and one of the few surviving mansions on Park Avenue. His living room is the former club library.


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