VREELAND, Alexander

Diana Vreeland Memos: The Vogue Years 1962-1971" 2013 VREELAND, Alexander [edit]

2013

2 volume set w/ silk boards in French/ English text VREELAND, Diana [Bijoux] d'ORMESSON, Jean [Objets] Objets [130] pp. Bijoux [148] pp. Franco Maria Ricci [editeur] 1976 13 3/4" x 9 1/2" Exemplaire numero: 65 SIGNED by Jean Schlumberger Jean Michel Schlumberger (June 24, 1907 – August 29, 1987) was a French jewelry designer especially well known for his work at Tiffany & Co. Family and early life Schlumberger was born in then-German Mulhouse, France to a well-to-do family involved in textile manufacturing. His father was Paul Albert Edouard Schlumberger (1877-1952) and his mother was Elisabeth Schoen (1884-1942). He had four siblings; Daniel Schlumberger (1904-1972), Pascal Alfred (1911-1986), Isabelle Françoise Elisabeth and Jacqueline. He sketched constantly during his youth, but his parents tried to discourage his artistic interest by refusing to allow him to undertake formal training. Schlumberger began his career creating buttons for Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s. Schiaparelli later commissioned him to design costume jewelry for her firm. During World War II, Schlumberger was in the French Army and survived the Battle of Dunkirk. He also served under General Charles de Gaulle in England and the Middle East with the Free French Forces. After the war, Schlumberger came to New York and began to design clothing for Chez Ninon...

w/ 356 lots Sotheby Parke Bernet New York October 8-9, 1976 9 1/4" x 8 3/4" Ronald Tree was a former editor of Forum Magazine who had moved to England in the 1930s and set up residence in the magnificent Ditchley Park Manor. A member of Parliament, Tree was also a friend of Churchill, who visited Ditchley Park often during the Second World War. After the war the Trees packed up the “country house” contents of the manor and moved it to New York, where they lived until the contents were sold at this auction. A wonderful auction of “country manor” furnishings and decorations. Churchill smoked and drank in these chairs... While involved with Huston and married to FitzGerald, Marietta began an affair with Ronald Tree, who was a grandson of retail magnate Marshall Field and MP for Harborough, Leicestershire. Tree and Peabody divorced their spouses at the end of World War II and married on July 26, 1947. Marietta moved into Tree's home, Ditchley Park, but found herself bored with English country life. Tree and most of his friends were Conservatives, and Democrat Marietta again found herself politically isolated. Their daughter Penelope was born in 1949. Short of money, Tree sold Ditchley and agreed to return to New York City with Marietta, her daughter Frances Fitzgerald and their own daughter, future '60s fashion model Penelope Tree...

[156] pp. Christie's New York 2006 10 3/4" x 8 3/4" The beautiful catalogue that was produced by Christie's in October 2006 for the Magnificent Jewels which had been collected by...

NOTEN, Dries Van [328] pp. N.V. Van Noten Andries 2005 12 1/4" x 10" Signed by Van Noten as "Dries" Copy #657 of 1,000 limited edition hand-numbered with original John Ross po...

As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought Vogue to the forefront of international fashion magazines. Richard Avedon said of Vreeland at her memorial, “Diana lived for imagination ru...

All editions signed by the photographer.

This photograph is an Edition of 25. All editions are signed by the photographer. Larger sizes may be available upon request. Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome. Her mother, who was the first woman to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy, gave Rattazzi her first Nikon camera...

From the Visionaire website: 37 VREELAND MEMOS synthesizes an archive of Diana Vreeland's memos contributed by Richard Avedon. Dating from 1966 to 1972, the memos, which were dictat...