Revisiting Bunny Mellon

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This November, Sotheby’s will devote three separate auctions to the [Bunny] Mellon collection, encompassing some 2,000 items, including paintings by the likes of Picasso and Rothko and a rare pear-shaped blue diamond. But one of Mellon’s hallmarks was her love of objects both grand and humble. She collected what she found beautiful, and the Interiors auction, by far the largest of the three, includes such items as well-worn walking sticks, English horse engravings, and a vast array of ceramics, from hunt-themed punch bowls to antique tureens shaped like bundles of asparagus. As Mellon once said of her vision for Oak Spring: “Nothing should stand out. It all should give the feeling of calm. When you go away, you should remember only the peace.”</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://gardenandgun.com/article/beauty-oak-spring-farm" target="_blank">The Beauty of Oak Spring Farm</a>,</i> Garden and Gun (2014)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUh8CvjcG-Q4z1n6LRzzo34j3so8f9HNd1_SrLe52HH-kF1NDvh737qgYfYNZTrxU7oqkhNuI3XNETKEQcgVN2P3vc8GDQl9Ruv_wwG0riy8VyUV0QDfd0Nawow2MqRCIJe1f1xKdkVGU/s1600/Bunny_Mellon__Foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUh8CvjcG-Q4z1n6LRzzo34j3so8f9HNd1_SrLe52HH-kF1NDvh737qgYfYNZTrxU7oqkhNuI3XNETKEQcgVN2P3vc8GDQl9Ruv_wwG0riy8VyUV0QDfd0Nawow2MqRCIJe1f1xKdkVGU/s1600/Bunny_Mellon__Foyer.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">"The main house's entrance hall."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4c8HZW10DyI14FcTzMEFZshuZ11pUOkxRAAJ_xS9RAjnnjUwQcULmnf8VUOm6AJhyfykLbpTyuH-1F6AbVxF4h9XlrYdsFW-GECzPqOzHy0RnLL_BWfUUH_9PIJur3TjlqtNxIxKPoLY/s1600/433803b1453c5c5e666b43f296d95570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4c8HZW10DyI14FcTzMEFZshuZ11pUOkxRAAJ_xS9RAjnnjUwQcULmnf8VUOm6AJhyfykLbpTyuH-1F6AbVxF4h9XlrYdsFW-GECzPqOzHy0RnLL_BWfUUH_9PIJur3TjlqtNxIxKPoLY/s1600/433803b1453c5c5e666b43f296d95570.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A set of four tole peinte two-branch wall lights 20th century"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 271</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.271.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_X5H2Zo_lrGhzKYwJmi6rRi88aGPhG_9IgZEHvDsPLPHbdInJdnXr9CRua4GobjzebUT1ysA7AnQy_PjYB4uiU8DOi0_ZHc6JR8Q4WbdV33OEtxYAWhKxr8rA4IaW_60J4UyY7eZQYQ/s1600/a98e308981499930dd67d9a2776cd933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_X5H2Zo_lrGhzKYwJmi6rRi88aGPhG_9IgZEHvDsPLPHbdInJdnXr9CRua4GobjzebUT1ysA7AnQy_PjYB4uiU8DOi0_ZHc6JR8Q4WbdV33OEtxYAWhKxr8rA4IaW_60J4UyY7eZQYQ/s1600/a98e308981499930dd67d9a2776cd933.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A carved elm figure of a reclining hound mid-19th century"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 282</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.282.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YVxPz4-4DnjkU6x-ALbfBg5E7q2Uzf29nmHFTTVkhvJJSRHjiJ8hlyiIIipBcUVCSD1IolYby0JS3px4M2rx6ZlzjWHqWMY3_Y9vU2Zmd5wC8xkEmye3Qkj4mWKpJLEXoVGIqQogLnk/s1600/6353b83e4a51eed1d2da3c42f57b8c1e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YVxPz4-4DnjkU6x-ALbfBg5E7q2Uzf29nmHFTTVkhvJJSRHjiJ8hlyiIIipBcUVCSD1IolYby0JS3px4M2rx6ZlzjWHqWMY3_Y9vU2Zmd5wC8xkEmye3Qkj4mWKpJLEXoVGIqQogLnk/s1600/6353b83e4a51eed1d2da3c42f57b8c1e.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A group of nine walking sticks"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 500 — 700 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 269</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.269.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBG2lxOZcAZKpq4rsuA5dA56XufXc0z3AlkjJKFERjNqYPpxI2wQB5O5MMrc6wVGQT7SzR5T0C7j8-jQXPo-4EUGaidrfMxLs3uxQ6EC2eYx1o_vrivlYckW-dnuFJlKKM4Z9GCTghdSo/s1600/075e71bcc7b1666e4a79d31bed63e97c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBG2lxOZcAZKpq4rsuA5dA56XufXc0z3AlkjJKFERjNqYPpxI2wQB5O5MMrc6wVGQT7SzR5T0C7j8-jQXPo-4EUGaidrfMxLs3uxQ6EC2eYx1o_vrivlYckW-dnuFJlKKM4Z9GCTghdSo/s1600/075e71bcc7b1666e4a79d31bed63e97c.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Victorian white cold-painted cast-iron umbrella stand - second half 19th century" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 400 — 600 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 268</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.268.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IcebCjgCtCqyT4ZiVbU6km1cJLrEGZRlZsKWEHwGEiWPjZsaOePvnYEtmIX0rU5D_P7BTuTBCOcV6myWe-4hb1w3JpHxqzmg18hfVdYwT-7hwFaAtCWS4me_DGMt4EzDxIPtd8NwO4M/s1600/46f176afdcd4ef9b1d96662bd610a9fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IcebCjgCtCqyT4ZiVbU6km1cJLrEGZRlZsKWEHwGEiWPjZsaOePvnYEtmIX0rU5D_P7BTuTBCOcV6myWe-4hb1w3JpHxqzmg18hfVdYwT-7hwFaAtCWS4me_DGMt4EzDxIPtd8NwO4M/s1600/46f176afdcd4ef9b1d96662bd610a9fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Regency White-painted and parcel-gilt caned chair-back settee circa 1810"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  6,000 — 8,000  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 272</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.272.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E64ZWY5B3hRAerIeb2bq7gUtfzWxJPf6SvMyHe-DCkwolOyv3iYFy-ujtBfenm3U9xXtB1dYZagL-PwN74frw0Ev0vfK84lXGj2zZZnRXvwICecH2-b60mM_NiqbdinfG2syyltzBP0/s1600/9247-Game-Room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E64ZWY5B3hRAerIeb2bq7gUtfzWxJPf6SvMyHe-DCkwolOyv3iYFy-ujtBfenm3U9xXtB1dYZagL-PwN74frw0Ev0vfK84lXGj2zZZnRXvwICecH2-b60mM_NiqbdinfG2syyltzBP0/s1600/9247-Game-Room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Two Louis XVI mahogany cellarettes in the game room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR_94jsmwYFCsI-ORY2EYXMsuxLfjh-V3pO43ywIDlyplO37gTeJg_uo3B66Pr_80RjxQUUSRn_tMe5TzWp6-TVLIYfScbkHNeiM-k1U89v1KDeS8asdywt1H4aVMTbGGScxK3SlQw7Y/s1600/669ac4ab6000fb21d0a959c5690a6553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR_94jsmwYFCsI-ORY2EYXMsuxLfjh-V3pO43ywIDlyplO37gTeJg_uo3B66Pr_80RjxQUUSRn_tMe5TzWp6-TVLIYfScbkHNeiM-k1U89v1KDeS8asdywt1H4aVMTbGGScxK3SlQw7Y/s1600/669ac4ab6000fb21d0a959c5690a6553.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diego Giacometti</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 - 1985</span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Table Aux </span>Deux<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Oiseaux<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span>Blanc<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Painted bronze </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19 by 32 by 32 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48.6 by 81.3 by 81.3 cm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Conceived and cast in 1972.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (commissioned directly from the artist)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  150,000 — 200,000  </span>USD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - Lot 13</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245/lot.13.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4NRN7VYHPg3VDm7FBfiYGIxa3c4hMRwgQhDL2lBO9s_FVPN9x62kSoWS9fTI6MDe1Kq2oAC_OnBqeyeQnmywV3v8IoSUo-QwoaFyVCz588uy6EPf9r72UUauX31hfqz3K-pG8AT_rPU/s1600/755f0bb68672c58ce4bb1dbe96cde2e7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4NRN7VYHPg3VDm7FBfiYGIxa3c4hMRwgQhDL2lBO9s_FVPN9x62kSoWS9fTI6MDe1Kq2oAC_OnBqeyeQnmywV3v8IoSUo-QwoaFyVCz588uy6EPf9r72UUauX31hfqz3K-pG8AT_rPU/s1600/755f0bb68672c58ce4bb1dbe96cde2e7.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of Victorian slipper chairs second half 19th century"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 400 — 600 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 316</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.316.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDN3FpZIXBX2iCRrwJZoV69VrWR5uizDorrnrzzx6hfFALGu3pBB5OSZBjb936DJDQVdZFTbC_3d3oKL2pas4JT4g4nb3ZGB68MoN4Iv9VqUWyU2WAqAXSQhhQZ-hYVGpNfQ22ZZ5y4s/s1600/Bunny_Mellon_Library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDN3FpZIXBX2iCRrwJZoV69VrWR5uizDorrnrzzx6hfFALGu3pBB5OSZBjb936DJDQVdZFTbC_3d3oKL2pas4JT4g4nb3ZGB68MoN4Iv9VqUWyU2WAqAXSQhhQZ-hYVGpNfQ22ZZ5y4s/s1600/Bunny_Mellon_Library.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A game room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFop1ZCGTYPGu-XmkSaiXrDyAn4MpNPgcBbHIYp6wrSfP42eN5YkOVxV3kJ7LHO5OF82wABj-dkt71Idv6nyPghxGWaEk8vC0EcGMdVQYSH2dpxmZObzUOD64o2zqkroDznfKHrwctkwU/s1600/8d605560f336d9dc27b7dec5f17323a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFop1ZCGTYPGu-XmkSaiXrDyAn4MpNPgcBbHIYp6wrSfP42eN5YkOVxV3kJ7LHO5OF82wABj-dkt71Idv6nyPghxGWaEk8vC0EcGMdVQYSH2dpxmZObzUOD64o2zqkroDznfKHrwctkwU/s1600/8d605560f336d9dc27b7dec5f17323a5.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of George III gold-painted armchairs circa 1790"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 317</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.317.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZ_cW2W99pef3e1Am1KWQcAQGWXslw9s9pI2fjkbM7LNj7VPHFtGICkJqswPb1hIy7q6stbhQtFAoEwnvLOD26F4yliZLTd6SDeiD_Yp4dtCWnptmH0CvcFBy-wtAXspyntBznKoIAJA/s1600/b0bb4e55ccd88072fc546f674331ae53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZ_cW2W99pef3e1Am1KWQcAQGWXslw9s9pI2fjkbM7LNj7VPHFtGICkJqswPb1hIy7q6stbhQtFAoEwnvLOD26F4yliZLTd6SDeiD_Yp4dtCWnptmH0CvcFBy-wtAXspyntBznKoIAJA/s1600/b0bb4e55ccd88072fc546f674331ae53.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rare Meissen 'Sea Life' Chess Set"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa 1924-34</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designed by Max Esser, comprising: thirty-two chess pieces modelled as sea creatures and a matching chess board molded on two sides with waves and sea foam and on the other two sides with octapuses, crossed swords and dot marks in underglaze-blue, incised A. 1082 and 1083 and various incised numerals. 33 pieces."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Width of board 20 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">51 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 10,000 — 15,000  </span>USD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 319</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.319.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCg4aCW6fL3611GmZ-kxukYC_zbK0Lwv2S08KPoZJzvDzTNoE83JCe8Pt1GeQcIBWrcCNVPy0kqAunE9jQLeZVjQPDf1HJnN1hlL7cmkgCevofYDE5xwYpRr0HhtgLj-zQlDhFF2ieq9Q/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-10-living-room+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCg4aCW6fL3611GmZ-kxukYC_zbK0Lwv2S08KPoZJzvDzTNoE83JCe8Pt1GeQcIBWrcCNVPy0kqAunE9jQLeZVjQPDf1HJnN1hlL7cmkgCevofYDE5xwYpRr0HhtgLj-zQlDhFF2ieq9Q/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-10-living-room+(1).jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Above a small desk in a corner of the living room, a modest 20th-century gilt wall clock presides over two American masterworks: one a Theodore Robinson, Nantucket Pump, and the other a grand Diebenkorn gouache. The warm tones of fruitwood and maple, a basket holding one of Bunny Mellon’s signature topiaries, and a child’s chair complete the ensemble."</span><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2014).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6o4PrznyxYcwFAD6lCb3SxMLktmWunKhDsLR9qzfBhBiqO4mnb_LHwH0jTTvMR3sOxojP3ZOXQg4t3Jy4LWYhG2nHicxsujIjeYqE9QBrbqo5HCneJW0yotPd35p1oUkFpMAEL6u7HM/s1600/3c58772c2c481149ae7234295291a486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6o4PrznyxYcwFAD6lCb3SxMLktmWunKhDsLR9qzfBhBiqO4mnb_LHwH0jTTvMR3sOxojP3ZOXQg4t3Jy4LWYhG2nHicxsujIjeYqE9QBrbqo5HCneJW0yotPd35p1oUkFpMAEL6u7HM/s1600/3c58772c2c481149ae7234295291a486.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Diebenkorn</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1922 - 1993</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Untitled</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signed with initials and dated 74</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gouache, graphite, ink wash and charcoal on joined paper</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 by 11 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">43.2 by 27.9 cm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Executed in 1974,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - Lot 24</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245/lot.24.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNi-wLjV02xar1hqMLRxs7PFbFezFOOXmTqYSA2xGP0SIVekcOSyYqJviEIgCNQ-so4Fr5D6R4NIFJwekhuY6BF6Jg58h4xEN00YOTLg4Sge4Rn2g5NekdtmU_UWQcFQMat4FK8Lm3LwY/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-06-manhattan-residence-dining-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNi-wLjV02xar1hqMLRxs7PFbFezFOOXmTqYSA2xGP0SIVekcOSyYqJviEIgCNQ-so4Fr5D6R4NIFJwekhuY6BF6Jg58h4xEN00YOTLg4Sge4Rn2g5NekdtmU_UWQcFQMat4FK8Lm3LwY/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-06-manhattan-residence-dining-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Édouard Manet’s circa-1879 George Moore in the Artist’s Garden overlooks the dining room, created by [John] Fowler and his assistant, Imogen Taylor, in 1966; Leonard crosshatched the walls with lapis lazuli–blue paint, Bunny Mellon conceived the tablecloth’s embroidered tree, and Fowler designed the carpet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bunny and Paul Mellon’s Manhattan residence, a 1966 French Provincial–style townhouse by architect H. Page Cross, which was decorated with Paul Leonard, William Strom, John Fowler, Bruce Budd, and others.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_4" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7ToP2j4gJ6wfBgwspNQHc9Nw571HhxJbOXSGSyqzo1iM46gGT-gBzwWvUWnKDcXcvwqrkIOvMle48WtFpHty-Q0ANduT0YAVmS7V3isSziCeS0piXBb7CRPbSqfaJLi9S4mwjqLw7v0/s1600/681db2b0b54d7fa768cd8f9f3f6c61ac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7ToP2j4gJ6wfBgwspNQHc9Nw571HhxJbOXSGSyqzo1iM46gGT-gBzwWvUWnKDcXcvwqrkIOvMle48WtFpHty-Q0ANduT0YAVmS7V3isSziCeS0piXBb7CRPbSqfaJLi9S4mwjqLw7v0/s1600/681db2b0b54d7fa768cd8f9f3f6c61ac.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An assorted group of embroidered table linens"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 600 — 800 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 644</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.644.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wgKwRJBBqjypyoRrNAN57T2czaCzLLl1YJf0pv6zWD0nABW_sGjFEQbIKPWfkyqeHe2ThGb1LWXbVsHitt1EkD6VRBU4EuOlyeaSJy-_IBpoSy4xw4x1xSMLSmThPKsUCvFnzmCn5Qg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-05-manhattan-residence-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wgKwRJBBqjypyoRrNAN57T2czaCzLLl1YJf0pv6zWD0nABW_sGjFEQbIKPWfkyqeHe2ThGb1LWXbVsHitt1EkD6VRBU4EuOlyeaSJy-_IBpoSy4xw4x1xSMLSmThPKsUCvFnzmCn5Qg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-05-manhattan-residence-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the home’s pink living room, John Singer Sargent’s 1882 <i>Miss Beatrice Townsend </i>hangs above the mantel, which displays a Jean Schlumberger jeweled tree."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bunny and Paul Mellon’s Manhattan residence, a 1966 French Provincial–style townhouse by architect H. Page Cross, which was decorated with Paul Leonard, William Strom, John Fowler, Bruce Budd, and others.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_3" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCrQQ7cwqKEdj-H4lfYpGYnRmWUhR5rHEXgbQfNI-cyA0HNtTy9JzNiZAx9HOon0tUCWzktJ1sh2TcGm_JX7n9KmOiuSIucaHrAj_zpGn5sasZAbVANINtCFA7mynuFjqCft94DuzZAM/s1600/4dc7b4ae8445824a08c027a200d911b3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCrQQ7cwqKEdj-H4lfYpGYnRmWUhR5rHEXgbQfNI-cyA0HNtTy9JzNiZAx9HOon0tUCWzktJ1sh2TcGm_JX7n9KmOiuSIucaHrAj_zpGn5sasZAbVANINtCFA7mynuFjqCft94DuzZAM/s1600/4dc7b4ae8445824a08c027a200d911b3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painted lead sail boat-form weathervane"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 1,000 — 1,500  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 343</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.343.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRR5_i6S3iFEwY4llzItrtRpk4wEKlGTTKXJrbXa-dsvttAWlSbtsrE4AUK8yUbytPH32uJPmL2ewPOO3x_n3TwPh9l0VzvwJyEk9854VJq57a1ubNWNuwCc3EtgObLCTUGavJUzSTyQ/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-18-study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRR5_i6S3iFEwY4llzItrtRpk4wEKlGTTKXJrbXa-dsvttAWlSbtsrE4AUK8yUbytPH32uJPmL2ewPOO3x_n3TwPh9l0VzvwJyEk9854VJq57a1ubNWNuwCc3EtgObLCTUGavJUzSTyQ/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-18-study.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The rococo Gothic-style embrasures in Paul Mellon’s study were joined and carved by Oak Spring estate carpenters from timber cut on-site. The Meissen draft horse standing among flowers and the punch bowl and punch pot—all on the next-to-bottom shelf—speak to Paul Mellon’s wit and his highly articulated love of England, sport, and good times in the countryside."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item17_18" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSFVAUhl8oNKkXUlCdpuXN9mtuk74dnfi3rVx6bdxswPk6OYbt95jV8sRsTpsiR6USIGB-bLFMJYPCEUEg3oG409UmwHGEcnpRX-yOkZmpzQ72bOkACTfjfcjEXkzJ1rcqbUy4qzxszk/s1600/item18.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-19-horse-figurine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSFVAUhl8oNKkXUlCdpuXN9mtuk74dnfi3rVx6bdxswPk6OYbt95jV8sRsTpsiR6USIGB-bLFMJYPCEUEg3oG409UmwHGEcnpRX-yOkZmpzQ72bOkACTfjfcjEXkzJ1rcqbUy4qzxszk/s1600/item18.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-19-horse-figurine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Meissen figure of a cart house - circa 1750"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  5,000 — 7,000  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 690</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.690.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpkj95cpoSh7FVaCa9vf5iYf4548jquBlXnFJhFpWjNOIfl0ASh7cLaJxXGanVjHM5kluiBruZW5hcj1_IM9R665ZOSpDy08FSMN5SHpvGppl2m0VJT3Cd_55pWVr0JoKVqpoRROjrxs/s1600/3e5057ab3b486fb935572c8fea3368e6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpkj95cpoSh7FVaCa9vf5iYf4548jquBlXnFJhFpWjNOIfl0ASh7cLaJxXGanVjHM5kluiBruZW5hcj1_IM9R665ZOSpDy08FSMN5SHpvGppl2m0VJT3Cd_55pWVr0JoKVqpoRROjrxs/s1600/3e5057ab3b486fb935572c8fea3368e6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Understatement and comfort set the note in the dining room, from the handsome but unmatched caned armchairs that invite a diner to lean back, converse, and sip, to the Nicholas de Stael painting of a salad over the sideboard. The dinner plate armorials showing two little topiaries per plate could have been painted for Bunny Mellon—she was a fan of dotting her gardens with topiary designs—but in fact date from 1800. The pumpkin tureen table centerpiece and the knobby cauliflowers on the sideboard are rarities; the dusky portrait near the window of a woman reading is a Gwen John. The other works of art—an O’Keefe, a Diebenkorn—are more immediately recognizable."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item14_15" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Regency mahogany two-pedestal dining table"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 508</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.508.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk-MpUMX1kyQnx5VBpxMnbxtK_AcIiHztrPdiWKzLh2joUxjB0J-L8a5E3wc9l4VN1u_Z0ieJTvqng69brde9FayDZKm9IDQPQlomKBkMhfidqYgVY7s8Xn1an3MQseuMrCzqy2fBA04/s1600/9ff5017d38fb360cf05e78296fc3b219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk-MpUMX1kyQnx5VBpxMnbxtK_AcIiHztrPdiWKzLh2joUxjB0J-L8a5E3wc9l4VN1u_Z0ieJTvqng69brde9FayDZKm9IDQPQlomKBkMhfidqYgVY7s8Xn1an3MQseuMrCzqy2fBA04/s1600/9ff5017d38fb360cf05e78296fc3b219.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rare Dutch Delft pumpkin tureen and stand"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa 1760</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Het Oude Moriaenshooft factory, Geertruy Verstelle, naturalistically modelled resting on a leaf-form stand, the stand with GV:S mark in blue.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Length of stand 15 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">38.1 cm</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  10,000 — 15,000  USD</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 474</span><br /><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.474.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Photo</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> via Sotheby's website.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a photo of the Georgia O'Keeffe painting that hung in Bunny Mellon's dining room:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigl8eChGYK2_MSVXAqJfi29fK3qjVAe562Yll5-SLybOTrDDRBY20XvF9ZllO6MjNQGBulucLXrQLCLlcXRnfkR_F4l_bXSiLjopfgO9yU2ksueAvKEAaAKLaAHaOxMozTPNDj5d52tUw/s1600/455cc0b78e6d72e3e2d39eddb8f7ce97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigl8eChGYK2_MSVXAqJfi29fK3qjVAe562Yll5-SLybOTrDDRBY20XvF9ZllO6MjNQGBulucLXrQLCLlcXRnfkR_F4l_bXSiLjopfgO9yU2ksueAvKEAaAKLaAHaOxMozTPNDj5d52tUw/s1600/455cc0b78e6d72e3e2d39eddb8f7ce97.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia O'Keeffe</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1887 - 1986</span><br /><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White Barn (White Barn, No. 1-Canada; Barn No. 2; White Barn Canada #1; White Barn No. III</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signed with initials within the artist's star device and inscribed by Alfred Stieglitz “White Barn No. 1 [III written above 1 by Doris Bry]—Canada—1932 / by Georgia O’Keeffe / An American Place / 509 Madison Ave—New York, N.Y.” on the original backing</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 1/8 by 30 1/8 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">41 by 76.5 cm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  1,500,000 — 2,500,000  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - Lot 16</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245/lot.16.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia O'Keeffe's <i>White Barn</i> reminded me of this horse barn at Oak Spring Farm:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_11QfqulMk285-WYus1X_ZelzfTkKjERvYZT-6B0YHu52LJePP903qN5FpelhfTvQghfCBN2nzgiR0reH7PF0JcXWenbKQvdOsECeCJYbn9huBX3KZL3R9CsHgU4RL7dGqOPQY66dT70/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-04-horse-stables.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_11QfqulMk285-WYus1X_ZelzfTkKjERvYZT-6B0YHu52LJePP903qN5FpelhfTvQghfCBN2nzgiR0reH7PF0JcXWenbKQvdOsECeCJYbn9huBX3KZL3R9CsHgU4RL7dGqOPQY66dT70/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-04-horse-stables.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Once home to 150 horses, including Sea Hero—the 1993 Kentucky Derby winner—the farm has extensive equestrian facilities."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2,000-acre Oak Spring Farm, Bunny Mellon's home in Upperville, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Washington Fine Properties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Tzeses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2014/bunny-mellon-oak-spring-farm-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm is on the Market</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcONZ0Ci07GzLX4TB44w5G1AgDs-3eG60FJQaT6TseZIUggAYDVeYb-xuRLLRIHzA3dPFmbiUm4W8Eg7R4BqX9QfL0L5Ya6Va3d-4ku7UuiHAzs66ozzwRLal5uSPbcA5gAtRiuvpQ-d4/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-02-exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcONZ0Ci07GzLX4TB44w5G1AgDs-3eG60FJQaT6TseZIUggAYDVeYb-xuRLLRIHzA3dPFmbiUm4W8Eg7R4BqX9QfL0L5Ya6Va3d-4ku7UuiHAzs66ozzwRLal5uSPbcA5gAtRiuvpQ-d4/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-02-exterior.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The main residence, known as the Brick House, was designed in 1941 by architect William Adams Delano of Delano and Aldrich. The neo-Georgian-style home was later turned into a gallery to showcase Paul and Bunny Mellon’s world-renowned art collection. It features wide-plank floors, nine fireplaces, three levels, and a spacious two-bedroom apartment. Just off of the main house is an enclosed pool with his-and-her cabanas."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2,000-acre Oak Spring Farm, Bunny Mellon's home in Upperville, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Washington Fine Properties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Tzeses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2014/bunny-mellon-oak-spring-farm-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm is on the Market</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN_f4ADCmd8AU2xJsLXPvvL0OsPmZU1YJQzF2nXRgBkpLfyY5VNzci5tkoFIc4Q8t9jmJbg28s8h0ki18mHqiZIRYn4AobvMEhpzLtHyomMbiFmZ5bcVwAPjD1kzFT276r4C-8KgGmas/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-01-property.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN_f4ADCmd8AU2xJsLXPvvL0OsPmZU1YJQzF2nXRgBkpLfyY5VNzci5tkoFIc4Q8t9jmJbg28s8h0ki18mHqiZIRYn4AobvMEhpzLtHyomMbiFmZ5bcVwAPjD1kzFT276r4C-8KgGmas/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-01-property.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"More than 2,000 acres of rolling green pastures form Oak Spring Farm. The historic property, originally 400 acres, was purchased in 1931 by financier Andrew Mellon for his wife. The couple’s son, Paul, bought the farm with his wife, Bunny, in 1936 and expanded it to include neighboring farms. Located in Upperville, Virginia, some 50 miles from Washington, D.C., the farm showcases distant views of three mountain ranges: the Blue Ridge, Cobbler, and Bull Run Mountains."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered for $70 million by <a href="http://www.wfp.com/" target="_blank">Washington Fine Properties</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Washington Fine Properties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Tzeses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2014/bunny-mellon-oak-spring-farm-slideshow" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm is on the Market</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUobnzR2JR7XXOKoFxmpfyqTPGh-P0OSNEFc86VXJtFjmrGuf3wdREsON7Z5uY1spx0D_9yz9nKYAZVsEfgRic5UHWhIaDe5xB_yPUjV4N5qbEvfIakbuddYbU7QJPRP_9K-UE8JW5hU/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-main-blog480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUobnzR2JR7XXOKoFxmpfyqTPGh-P0OSNEFc86VXJtFjmrGuf3wdREsON7Z5uY1spx0D_9yz9nKYAZVsEfgRic5UHWhIaDe5xB_yPUjV4N5qbEvfIakbuddYbU7QJPRP_9K-UE8JW5hU/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-main-blog480.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A hardy orange tree flanks Oak Spring’s library, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Credit Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=3" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>" by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/t-magazine/index.html" target="_blank">T Magazine: The New York Times</a> (June 12, 2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjoj2YtZItnkqDs5_A6yAGAr6epQTBk31yYCLCxX1oEva33cqPAIFyefipQ1PuM3uSeYv2OlgNplQ8HXLgubcGsHGVDhx6muvDWjJ2ZUBE8S8FJDXJZBwB0v3CSUjqmt-vGD_7MoCak8/s1600/dc4b354340d0151e0032333e81b2f2d9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjoj2YtZItnkqDs5_A6yAGAr6epQTBk31yYCLCxX1oEva33cqPAIFyefipQ1PuM3uSeYv2OlgNplQ8HXLgubcGsHGVDhx6muvDWjJ2ZUBE8S8FJDXJZBwB0v3CSUjqmt-vGD_7MoCak8/s1600/dc4b354340d0151e0032333e81b2f2d9.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Untitled (Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange), Mark Rothko, 1970; estimate $20 million to $30 million.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purchased by Mrs. Mellon herself in 1970, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange glowed in the second floor gallery of her Oak Spring Garden Library in Upperville, Virginia."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin48skKtE1xCiP3iGRr1iT82cm3sxVr6t-GQJ9WmFLxvReN8bvV2kTbmijBJOCf-vot4SDTmHehEU7E_IQGqFjylHaLdEXlSdSEr68X7Lt9ocRiefkmydWwggXmw72YRsXLgVKBY5jg60/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-15-oak-spring-garden-library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin48skKtE1xCiP3iGRr1iT82cm3sxVr6t-GQJ9WmFLxvReN8bvV2kTbmijBJOCf-vot4SDTmHehEU7E_IQGqFjylHaLdEXlSdSEr68X7Lt9ocRiefkmydWwggXmw72YRsXLgVKBY5jg60/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-15-oak-spring-garden-library.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the library, a 1954 Mark Rothko work glows against a wall of painted stone."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Spring Garden Library.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_3" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This work will not be offered in Sotheby's auction because it was sold privately earlier this year. </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A second Rothko in the private sale "was a 1957 8-foot-tall vertical, blue canvas <i>No. 14 (White and Greens in Blue)</i>, which was previously owned by Nelson A. Rockefeller. . . .</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deal is significant because it’s one of the largest transactions in the art market and may have set personal records for the two postwar artists [A work by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Diebenkorn sold privately in addition to the two Rothkos</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.] It also gives a glimpse into private sales, a secretive part of the opaque $66 billion art industry. Unlike auctions, where final prices are public, private sales are confidential, making them unknown to most market outsiders." ("</span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-05/why-mellon-s-250-million-rothkos-aren-t-in-n-y-auction.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon’s $250 Million Rothkos Sold in Private Sale</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Katya Kazakina, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>, September 5, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjjuMNUjcnZUHj1jb13UCyYJ4pCUxcT3JOnGXPL3R7HJcStclVn13NvmyJyWowBtFCitbOFJT4WoU_e90KoSRXvyKB8IlmgwB1V8sQXYW2nZQ7aaV18GCNWAYX0qFZkszX5QvL7K9Iqo/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-16-oak-spring-garden-walkway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjjuMNUjcnZUHj1jb13UCyYJ4pCUxcT3JOnGXPL3R7HJcStclVn13NvmyJyWowBtFCitbOFJT4WoU_e90KoSRXvyKB8IlmgwB1V8sQXYW2nZQ7aaV18GCNWAYX0qFZkszX5QvL7K9Iqo/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-16-oak-spring-garden-walkway.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At Oak Spring, ‘Mary Potter’ crab apples are cordoned over a pergola that leads from the walled garden to the greenhouses (doors shown)."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Oak-Spring-Residence_16" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (June 2014).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnyKPq9hwp_PxgnlidSIDzka05U63EKGehKlJ8rI63tsohgJss-McnbeFEVPxoJ6b5lIpTagb6ZKrgu4wn0Sb5lUEvtgmtSxODM2f5Jhxm4Fyr4dSCue4tIzWI31DDDRrx163yhQpY9o/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-06-verdura-jewelry+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnyKPq9hwp_PxgnlidSIDzka05U63EKGehKlJ8rI63tsohgJss-McnbeFEVPxoJ6b5lIpTagb6ZKrgu4wn0Sb5lUEvtgmtSxODM2f5Jhxm4Fyr4dSCue4tIzWI31DDDRrx163yhQpY9o/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-06-verdura-jewelry+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Verdura 14K-gold, platinum, diamond, and ruby brooch designed as an espaliered apple tree; estimate $2,500 to $3,500."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item5_6#" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (October 2014).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yUCTLB_GtHRIRMh5mWnNuEbKg6FFykeNPCrfgzoiFbNc1CA3jgtLRK9crxaKUMAYJbB6QuIOGOa287plToGMxOqGcUqXggD3KSEjU3Ix4M3MI6ttktcnLhy6FyDK4if2Y2hCcSkfHFc/s1600/_Bunny_Mellon_Bunny_Statue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yUCTLB_GtHRIRMh5mWnNuEbKg6FFykeNPCrfgzoiFbNc1CA3jgtLRK9crxaKUMAYJbB6QuIOGOa287plToGMxOqGcUqXggD3KSEjU3Ix4M3MI6ttktcnLhy6FyDK4if2Y2hCcSkfHFc/s1600/_Bunny_Mellon_Bunny_Statue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A cast metal rabbit by Jane Sage Canfield."</span><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></div></div><div><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><i>The Mellon auctions will commence on 10 November with an evening sale dedicated to a curated selection of Mrs. Mellon’s fine art, which encapsulates her sophisticated eye and approach to collecting. The pieces on offer in the Masterworks auction span four centuries, led by two incredible paintings by Mark Rothko that are estimated at $20,000,000-30,000,000 and $15,000,000-20,000,000, respectively. Sotheby’s will present Mrs. Mellon’s collection of Jewels and Objects of Vertu in a dedicated auction beginning in the evening of 20 November – featuring a spectacular Fancy Vivid Blue diamond that is estimated at $10,000,000-15,000,000 – and continuing the morning of the 21st. The series will culminate in a three-day Interiors sale from 21 – 23 November, offering fine art, furniture, porcelain, silver, glassware, decoration and more from the Mellons’ residences, providing an intimate portrait of their daily lives.</i></span></span></div><div><i style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif;">The more than 2,000 individual items on offer in the November auction series are drawn from the Mellons’ residences in the United States and abroad, and were acquired over a lifetime. Together the auctions are estimated to achieve in excess of $100 million. Proceeds from the sales will benefit The Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, a charitable entity established by Mrs. Mellon in memory of her father. The Foundation supports horticultural and educational endeavors.</i></div><div><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/specials/property-from-the-collection-of-mrs-paul-mellon/2014/10/auction-details.html" target="_blank">Auction</a> details from the Sotheby's website</span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;">For additional photos, please visit my July 2014 blog post - <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2014/07/from-garden-of-bunny-mellon.html" target="_blank">From the Garden of Bunny Mellon</a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Revisiting Bunny Mellon

This November, Sotheby’s will devote three separate auctions to the [Bunny] Mellon collection, encompassing some 2,000 items, including pain...

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From the Garden of Bunny Mellon

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rachel Lambert Mellon, Listerine heiress and widow of Paul Mellon, son of one of the world's richest financiers, died on March 17, 2014 at the age of 103. According to the <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/sothebys-to-auction-paul-and-bunny-mellon-estate/" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://www.sothebys.com/" target="_blank">Sotheby's</a> will begin auctioning the Mellon family's collection of art, jewelry, and furniture in November. Mr. and Mrs. Mellon made many gifts to the <a href="http://vmfa.museum/" target="_blank">Virginia Museum of Fine Arts</a> during their lifetimes, and visitors to the museum in Richmond can see several examples of jewelry and French art that the couple contributed to VMFA's permanent collection.  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMcGS8flrWdjl0xzJuXnwWOot4Q8UX6HStH_eAkZXsapvH501BXXcVzzSOKUglxuDJxSAbHHf8ShcPpYh0k5gsdf94qeph8y5zfwJXuGGPeX1m_tncbHNVqRUsTN6B6GLSAnlf0K8rk0/s1600/July72014+070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMcGS8flrWdjl0xzJuXnwWOot4Q8UX6HStH_eAkZXsapvH501BXXcVzzSOKUglxuDJxSAbHHf8ShcPpYh0k5gsdf94qeph8y5zfwJXuGGPeX1m_tncbHNVqRUsTN6B6GLSAnlf0K8rk0/s1600/July72014+070.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jean Schlumberger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French, 1907 - 1987</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Flower Pot</i>, 1960</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amethyst, emeralds, diamonds, black-garnet ore, terracotta, and 18-, 20-, and 22-karat gold</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, 99.18</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The terracotta pot incorporated in the base was from Mrs. Rachel Lambert Mellon's garden. The jewel in the center of the sunflower is detachable and can be worn as a brooch."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vmfa.museum/" target="_blank">Virginia Museum of Fine Arts</a> (Richmond, Virginia)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo by Kathleen Sams Flippen (July 7, 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjqsi9X56fYtBR34WU3DU1q6-WuRPyQ8umpPx8TiZ0WPVTB1KoZ7zcYwD3uD7okB59SLnWPxK7qm8KFxNiopMbTzsdoLxDtzLfKT_c2LtnU_brvN8nRjTFIfm4fdZTrIw-t0rg9P7eWo/s1600/July72014+073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjqsi9X56fYtBR34WU3DU1q6-WuRPyQ8umpPx8TiZ0WPVTB1KoZ7zcYwD3uD7okB59SLnWPxK7qm8KFxNiopMbTzsdoLxDtzLfKT_c2LtnU_brvN8nRjTFIfm4fdZTrIw-t0rg9P7eWo/s1600/July72014+073.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jean Schlumberger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French, 1907 - 1987</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Flower Pot</i>, 1960</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amethyst, emeralds, diamonds, black-garnet ore, terracotta, and 18-, 20-, and 22-karat gold</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, 99.18</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The terracotta pot incorporated in the base was from Mrs. Rachel Lambert Mellon's garden. The jewel in the center of the sunflower is detachable and can be worn as a brooch."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vmfa.museum/" target="_blank">Virginia Museum of Fine Arts</a> (Richmond, Virginia)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo by Kathleen Sams Flippen (July 7, 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjR71WIrI_YJ4ZGo6eUTZSkyZiQ6ShyJmouYTRYVt_jhE_TCGSbJauPXfBvbf2nf0yoFzf4-_IxTy4mHAYkoyxtTBHS-TvexmJp5513EzfxEP0L_j6u3-KBuM6cop_nTIHYJCJuCjF_E/s1600/July72014+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjR71WIrI_YJ4ZGo6eUTZSkyZiQ6ShyJmouYTRYVt_jhE_TCGSbJauPXfBvbf2nf0yoFzf4-_IxTy4mHAYkoyxtTBHS-TvexmJp5513EzfxEP0L_j6u3-KBuM6cop_nTIHYJCJuCjF_E/s1600/July72014+074.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jean Schlumberger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French, 1907 - 1987</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Flower Pot</i>, 1960</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amethyst, emeralds, diamonds, black-garnet ore, terracotta, and 18-, 20-, and 22-karat gold</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, 99.18</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The terracotta pot incorporated in the base was from Mrs. Rachel Lambert Mellon's garden. The jewel in the center of the sunflower is detachable and can be worn as a brooch."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vmfa.museum/" target="_blank">Virginia Museum of Fine Arts</a> (Richmond, Virginia)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo by Kathleen Sams Flippen (July 7, 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“As a child, all I wanted was to go into the field nearby and pick flowers, so I asked my father for a small plot,” she told me. “It was decided that I would have a plot about 15 by 15 feet outside the dining room. I was 7 years old. I realized what gardening was like — I was going into a world of my own.”</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bunny Mellon, as told to Charlotte Moss</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=2&" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>,<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" </span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">T, The New York Times Style Magazine</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs. Mellon was famous for her good taste and her gardens, including the Rose Garden which she designed while the Kennedy family was in the White House. The following photos offer a peak into the very private gardener's personal spaces . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3eLKvbuDjaO129mn_ZpmmfWXOxx5R8D2phuEXBkERy6CnSffpcXnM0Ytv8UzYiRe-BfB3tFCzoxa_oBRMe65FWShL1njsfHCrk7igWFh2ZH_UOWy1js2-CwZNGiiXeVw9OA3TQ0CeIQ/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-05-manhattan-residence-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3eLKvbuDjaO129mn_ZpmmfWXOxx5R8D2phuEXBkERy6CnSffpcXnM0Ytv8UzYiRe-BfB3tFCzoxa_oBRMe65FWShL1njsfHCrk7igWFh2ZH_UOWy1js2-CwZNGiiXeVw9OA3TQ0CeIQ/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-05-manhattan-residence-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the home’s pink living room, John Singer Sargent’s 1882 Miss Beatrice Townsend hangs above the mantel, which displays a Jean Schlumberger jeweled tree."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_3" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNl3jw0OJJrFWnfcaWp8-8r39mONobxEw4W1_0UTMtglzor4r9q77PLvYUc6c9u2sMQgkA57nC8EZB6JWRdaSApWribcerBZ7IPIeyvmvPLDUiXDs-xFyH3KaqNJCpO7WGpSCSBv_t3TA/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-1VTZ-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNl3jw0OJJrFWnfcaWp8-8r39mONobxEw4W1_0UTMtglzor4r9q77PLvYUc6c9u2sMQgkA57nC8EZB6JWRdaSApWribcerBZ7IPIeyvmvPLDUiXDs-xFyH3KaqNJCpO7WGpSCSBv_t3TA/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-1VTZ-jumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of [Bunny] Mellon’s many tableaus, featuring her daughter’s mug and a model boat, a gift from Tony Willis."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography and text by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=2&" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">T, The New York Times Style Magazine</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrqOa8HPMtOrWPxNJsuqJyJdJfo14Q3agKbu0YGVNBv0nKDZGxlmDa6YZ_KTB9sABNzBPQWlKGB_vNG12sv0Yeqtv9DClOGZs1Hjwk0A0sEnl2VQkOH4dCR6uTVasVFNy4b75CrKY8Fk/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-G2UE-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrqOa8HPMtOrWPxNJsuqJyJdJfo14Q3agKbu0YGVNBv0nKDZGxlmDa6YZ_KTB9sABNzBPQWlKGB_vNG12sv0Yeqtv9DClOGZs1Hjwk0A0sEnl2VQkOH4dCR6uTVasVFNy4b75CrKY8Fk/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-G2UE-jumbo.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painting of fritillaries that Hubert de Givenchy found in a Loire valley pharmacy."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography and text by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=2&" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">T, The New York Times Style Magazine</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BMnEWg8ySfDXeFBh4A7G74_nMogIa7kUFvf2CYUMXJiQoAGnpjDLCdxXuRmFBh7b4h3z-Z594O2cBVXSQe5UGZadakbdXg3OCuLXPw9TA0dTGgca4PhbQVKdIq-6NaDptQrEabJ8M6U/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-02-manhattan-residence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BMnEWg8ySfDXeFBh4A7G74_nMogIa7kUFvf2CYUMXJiQoAGnpjDLCdxXuRmFBh7b4h3z-Z594O2cBVXSQe5UGZadakbdXg3OCuLXPw9TA0dTGgca4PhbQVKdIq-6NaDptQrEabJ8M6U/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-02-manhattan-residence.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Giorgio Morandi still lifes cluster over a parcel-gilt banquette at Bunny and Paul Mellon’s Manhattan residence, a 1966 French Provincial–style townhouse by architect H. Page Cross; it was decorated with Paul Leonard, William Strom, John Fowler, Bruce Budd, and others."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_2" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATLMo8F2MIaU0JfFySkyCbn4gBanfOrhyi65uchf5t04GUWH1N1dwAq7RTN_5y2g9zsmYB9xJliSQw49iSUxpc4ezU7S4pYouNBPLX6wT0xC_s7ZQzXQoNc-6lHyNaaALjEJUlFd8N34/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-06-manhattan-residence-dining-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATLMo8F2MIaU0JfFySkyCbn4gBanfOrhyi65uchf5t04GUWH1N1dwAq7RTN_5y2g9zsmYB9xJliSQw49iSUxpc4ezU7S4pYouNBPLX6wT0xC_s7ZQzXQoNc-6lHyNaaALjEJUlFd8N34/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-06-manhattan-residence-dining-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Édouard Manet’s circa-1879 George Moore in the Artist’s Garden overlooks the dining room, created by [John] Fowler and his assistant, Imogen Taylor, in 1966; Leonard crosshatched the walls with lapis lazuli–blue paint, Bunny Mellon conceived the tablecloth’s embroidered tree, and Fowler designed the carpet."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan residence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_4" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JpiNTu2hTr19qrvUtT5wBmHl1PKMrhd9YI2-jDkpU2u1qlD_u-jRmUDt-AXm-VuGUW94QgqOH5H-Bvkq3HS2KTIXsP8-RRQeHlExhbu2Nx4-2FAbCU5L226QVhN8sblRsSBiBe-eaEg/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-slideshow-04-osterville-massachusetts-home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JpiNTu2hTr19qrvUtT5wBmHl1PKMrhd9YI2-jDkpU2u1qlD_u-jRmUDt-AXm-VuGUW94QgqOH5H-Bvkq3HS2KTIXsP8-RRQeHlExhbu2Nx4-2FAbCU5L226QVhN8sblRsSBiBe-eaEg/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-slideshow-04-osterville-massachusetts-home.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At [Bunny] Mellon’s house in Massachusetts, country-style flowers, including goldenrod and cosmos, fill a stoneware vessel atop a painted table; positioned beneath the table are bird sculptures that reference the wildlife in the area."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2014-06/bunny-mellon-design-inspiration-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Another Look: Bunny Mellon's Gardens and Homes</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gt6Scz04ClVE3qwsBlzn-L1jZd1ZFQd5NPVZbuNK4dp6YzwlG2YKWcJBsyRkfSJq0z4PUJCfhZaueMMbCbW1P-uJrbEmLilIX6zjZH6X8J7CI9FXKPCdFMQeBQTh3ofSS1wPXlQHBB4/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-slideshow-03-osterville-massachusetts-bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gt6Scz04ClVE3qwsBlzn-L1jZd1ZFQd5NPVZbuNK4dp6YzwlG2YKWcJBsyRkfSJq0z4PUJCfhZaueMMbCbW1P-uJrbEmLilIX6zjZH6X8J7CI9FXKPCdFMQeBQTh3ofSS1wPXlQHBB4/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-slideshow-03-osterville-massachusetts-bedroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bunny Mellon’s bedroom at her 26-acre estate in Osterville, Massachusetts, which is now owned by businessman William I. Koch. The enameled-metal bed with a ruffled canopy was a model that she specified often for her homes; several were kept in storage for future use. Regional expressions were frequent in her interior decoration, including the seascapes, swan figure, and boat models shown here."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2014-06/bunny-mellon-design-inspiration-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Another Look: Bunny Mellon's Gardens and Homes</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqZxXgYhY6uW0THW0-eJvIfD3QNW9GFA58PBE0qcVYLjSbnjhY2Ki6x3uc9oIZN3YPG9fAMMJJfA2iJuBZ6wB0pGOsZTLWttwmzYgcSMQNyr_cIteVWEriEoTlob2gNcKqCiZyMHHRFw/s1600/item16.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-17-oak-spring-main-house-entrance-hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqZxXgYhY6uW0THW0-eJvIfD3QNW9GFA58PBE0qcVYLjSbnjhY2Ki6x3uc9oIZN3YPG9fAMMJJfA2iJuBZ6wB0pGOsZTLWttwmzYgcSMQNyr_cIteVWEriEoTlob2gNcKqCiZyMHHRFw/s1600/item16.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-17-oak-spring-main-house-entrance-hall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The main house’s entrance hall is graced by a 1912–13 Roger de La Fresnaye painting of garden equipment."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Spring residence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Oak-Spring-Residence_17" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdlC5uwzzs2q676NufOBxow4gf9tlTGzoFuhnxWuSAgmplSl5fn6rGp-Wf3FRN6FSPo8-_y5VPncb-VPUjHmYBXNRwZ0wCLOQQu7Nx1If-9SjuNKWgLOg82ZmZ9JwY1FE5NbYOTo133o/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-12-antigua-villa-terrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdlC5uwzzs2q676NufOBxow4gf9tlTGzoFuhnxWuSAgmplSl5fn6rGp-Wf3FRN6FSPo8-_y5VPncb-VPUjHmYBXNRwZ0wCLOQQu7Nx1If-9SjuNKWgLOg82ZmZ9JwY1FE5NbYOTo133o/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-12-antigua-villa-terrace.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A terrace features an Henri Rousseau landscape."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Antigua residence of Bunny Mellon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Antigua-Residence_13" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_cfedjFlgUQYIwBR4922iRN17QmlmyTbmU6WRP5tkyRKOl4F7onFBhg7cn_kn8_0lg0u83Hs099R1g_7L729OSPd3i6uW5ivm29Wq2tqYRI1U8TeZXtu74Bv8_4mAcKQ74BhJyf7Uxg/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-09-osterville-massachusetts-toolshed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_cfedjFlgUQYIwBR4922iRN17QmlmyTbmU6WRP5tkyRKOl4F7onFBhg7cn_kn8_0lg0u83Hs099R1g_7L729OSPd3i6uW5ivm29Wq2tqYRI1U8TeZXtu74Bv8_4mAcKQ74BhJyf7Uxg/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-09-osterville-massachusetts-toolshed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The privies at Mount Vernon inspired a toolshed."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oyster Harbors residence of Bunny Mellon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Oyster-Harbors-Residence_10" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeucmRb0PST1bkAMr6ZWCteFBaKfBoTWUwi5FSHPJWL7D52wCSh3Ww1VRMqxosGVVy2mLZmJLSx4GoFfDj4Mml8jvNhQmR2WXI6-YFw7Tun1CkvgEzKpuV7JvmzP48otHztMW_FKZL-8/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeucmRb0PST1bkAMr6ZWCteFBaKfBoTWUwi5FSHPJWL7D52wCSh3Ww1VRMqxosGVVy2mLZmJLSx4GoFfDj4Mml8jvNhQmR2WXI6-YFw7Tun1CkvgEzKpuV7JvmzP48otHztMW_FKZL-8/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss01.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The greenhouse in the garden of Bunny Mellon’s Oak Spring estate, in Upperville, Virginia, which features trompe l’oeil murals by Fernand Renard."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonathan Becker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/08/bunny-mellon-garden-slide-show-201008" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Estate</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a> (August 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKBeZl9jd8VFAq1KNtbqaPVWC7KIYFFeIk9cXcTdXyy_bW0OJoPbEdlb10Sh-diiwSoFp6ssORjSdgKmfrrem5ZeuxOuQ7rrDFh2YAqBl51pWDnEJhMBzGDyDi1LmVICff0CYNbyv4AQ/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-LWMA-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKBeZl9jd8VFAq1KNtbqaPVWC7KIYFFeIk9cXcTdXyy_bW0OJoPbEdlb10Sh-diiwSoFp6ssORjSdgKmfrrem5ZeuxOuQ7rrDFh2YAqBl51pWDnEJhMBzGDyDi1LmVICff0CYNbyv4AQ/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-LWMA-jumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The doors of the [Fernand] Renard mural conceal [Bunny] Mellon’s potting tools."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography and text by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=2&" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">T, The New York Times Style Magazine</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IKQPxDIeechi-7-PinFJo3BFvWQ1PATQeumXHU9148U3kf4j4RavCJEZnD5FNex_w4A47Nz-dJMdB12xqLYA2MqW-FgpvJMNSNVVRoTpBd3PRrPovZyuhYt_Xk19qi6QN9wU720Z0ME/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-L08B-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IKQPxDIeechi-7-PinFJo3BFvWQ1PATQeumXHU9148U3kf4j4RavCJEZnD5FNex_w4A47Nz-dJMdB12xqLYA2MqW-FgpvJMNSNVVRoTpBd3PRrPovZyuhYt_Xk19qi6QN9wU720Z0ME/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-L08B-jumbo.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A detail of the Fernand Renard trompe l’oeil mural in her gardening shed. The peach is a nod to a favorite book, <i>Le Jardin Fruitier</i> (1821)." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography and text by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=2&" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">T, The New York Times Style Magazine</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlUuFDLwUrtseY4nXzzQ2VIrcYorRonUPLC4ARyHXMzmiFn6YKTM06LBGhNIwoPSkqBduUZocHLyu31xd9dh4pKhi2OZmS44eGctvWlKOvCz-3zeXBen-Kl50ZKWCDErgG5XDMgeD4LQ/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-DBB8-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlUuFDLwUrtseY4nXzzQ2VIrcYorRonUPLC4ARyHXMzmiFn6YKTM06LBGhNIwoPSkqBduUZocHLyu31xd9dh4pKhi2OZmS44eGctvWlKOvCz-3zeXBen-Kl50ZKWCDErgG5XDMgeD4LQ/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-slide-DBB8-jumbo.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Fernand Renard's] </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">composition draws from various inspirations in . . . [Bunny Mellon's] world. Here, a gardening book, her wedding rings tied in twine, leeks, bachelor’s buttons and a well-used trowel. Small iron pulls are shaped like hands."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography and text by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=2&" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">T, The New York Times Style Magazine</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLwD9XsXfDnvZj_ora8PgHfpHGaEsAcsmSVLc0Wilm-05yQiCo-h8vK5R-jmt90n1gDKFCEV6GVg3EfK0ln27NWuo9CkzZP9iHttxn43fWnF5xIo_ACq3_fjPtCJrj40aem9cXXrMlBA/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLwD9XsXfDnvZj_ora8PgHfpHGaEsAcsmSVLc0Wilm-05yQiCo-h8vK5R-jmt90n1gDKFCEV6GVg3EfK0ln27NWuo9CkzZP9iHttxn43fWnF5xIo_ACq3_fjPtCJrj40aem9cXXrMlBA/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss05.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A detail from the [Fernand] Renard mural in the greenhouse."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonathan Becker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/08/bunny-mellon-garden-slide-show-201008_slideshow_item4_5" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Estate</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a> (August 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt3BZMr13BoxhZaRJzeKGLXVJtrjByAudOf03NogZ7it5z4Ij2L3yGkNAhKj7wtxLDn9B5AWs7lHFenVHyS7V0FzBR9p3RWwIBfvJdoecPDyDGQA-aaArz9SLLss__MVL7RJRFACcZnU/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-slideshow-09-virginia-greenhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt3BZMr13BoxhZaRJzeKGLXVJtrjByAudOf03NogZ7it5z4Ij2L3yGkNAhKj7wtxLDn9B5AWs7lHFenVHyS7V0FzBR9p3RWwIBfvJdoecPDyDGQA-aaArz9SLLss__MVL7RJRFACcZnU/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-slideshow-09-virginia-greenhouse.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A detail of Fernand Renard’s trompe l’oeil cabinets at the Virginia greenhouse complex, showing the tools of a gardener’s trade—among them, baskets, twine, and a watering can. At right is a potted myrtle tree manicured into a tidy sphere, a form that [Bunny] Mellon cultivated and popularized, having been inspired by illustrations of similar trees in medieval manuscripts."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2014-06/bunny-mellon-design-inspiration-slideshow_slideshow_item8_9" target="_blank">Another Look: Bunny Mellon's Gardens and Homes</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCvJo20CdbMKxgdLTDiwLrI0xtE_rM_l4qOya7BE89JhrxZclN_SVzNv0W7RHSdFz27DOMrNelI7OBAvOwkCD6HsXVbVt2eSsNuqAdPHIH8rFP4Ba1TLSPymRJ7_F2LhmYCufG1_tzvk/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCvJo20CdbMKxgdLTDiwLrI0xtE_rM_l4qOya7BE89JhrxZclN_SVzNv0W7RHSdFz27DOMrNelI7OBAvOwkCD6HsXVbVt2eSsNuqAdPHIH8rFP4Ba1TLSPymRJ7_F2LhmYCufG1_tzvk/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss07.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The arbor as seen from the greenhouse."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonathan Becker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/08/bunny-mellon-garden-slide-show-201008_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Estate</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a> (August 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dCjxtxZpReHF2AA_y6Im0RWguS2Y-VUvZz0ijjk-qmpq0BmqjH_LcCqDl2oTgRFv7WS-O1zCg9cSXkPZpijjM-egki9CCzcI1fVN4o3wN5R28Y3gf37YyS6-XNsSiSaEGafxakwx7Kc/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-16-oak-spring-garden-walkway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dCjxtxZpReHF2AA_y6Im0RWguS2Y-VUvZz0ijjk-qmpq0BmqjH_LcCqDl2oTgRFv7WS-O1zCg9cSXkPZpijjM-egki9CCzcI1fVN4o3wN5R28Y3gf37YyS6-XNsSiSaEGafxakwx7Kc/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-16-oak-spring-garden-walkway.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At Oak Spring, ‘Mary Potter’ crab apples are cordoned over a pergola that leads from the walled garden to the greenhouses (doors shown)."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Spring residence of Bunny Mellon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Oak-Spring-Residence_16" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMXYIrYR0cCwUiEQkPGIJ1Ngn46qs-vXEj4gbEVXStaFdBJdWVjXhKD9Cdh7Kstg6qEC6DdjECMQlA196dE9pdVN-gDRef9tGdTvlulKRRdW9MQioIgxE4rGusPAVhKwS477eCKQ4n9A/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-01-bunny-mellon-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMXYIrYR0cCwUiEQkPGIJ1Ngn46qs-vXEj4gbEVXStaFdBJdWVjXhKD9Cdh7Kstg6qEC6DdjECMQlA196dE9pdVN-gDRef9tGdTvlulKRRdW9MQioIgxE4rGusPAVhKwS477eCKQ4n9A/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-01-bunny-mellon-portrait.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Garden designer, stylesetter, and philanthropist Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon in the 1980s, at Oak Spring, her Virginia farm; she stands amid the herb topiaries she popularized (shown here are common myrtles)."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Portrait by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast Archive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60inaJ5O9Lr_7FCk7oshUmNLcjQg6uFy3E1PitFsPD2n9hBEcepkzh6qSDGJkyf5jMBjfVq8nv-w3_Pd-tlFBANDmj5lPu5CZfVrp6xlwSv7QUP2c5mL5HyX0MCSRx-4oyc-DpLePb-c/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-slideshow-01-portriat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60inaJ5O9Lr_7FCk7oshUmNLcjQg6uFy3E1PitFsPD2n9hBEcepkzh6qSDGJkyf5jMBjfVq8nv-w3_Pd-tlFBANDmj5lPu5CZfVrp6xlwSv7QUP2c5mL5HyX0MCSRx-4oyc-DpLePb-c/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-slideshow-01-portriat.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bunny Mellon, at Oak Spring Farms, her 4,000-acre estate in Upperville, Virginia, in the 1980s.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The heiress, who died on March 17th at age 103, was known for her design acumen. She gave so much attention to what she wore, how she lived, and what she planted; she even had her gardening apparel custom made by two favorite couturiers: Cristóbal Balenciaga and, after his death, Hubert de Givenchy."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times/Redux.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2014-06/bunny-mellon-design-inspiration-slideshow" target="_blank">Another Look: Bunny Mellon's Gardens and Homes</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW8sYTWjOHDVKv94q0H4hsd33GHqwKIaqNHG2P8dodpfq7R-m-imH14PLAf1MkT5jmyne20MQpJibMomUrwnKuhchLGK6Oz_pmG6sy0k93EGLxByhyphenhyphenXSQx454DV0hHb58NjXt6bqLCYA/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW8sYTWjOHDVKv94q0H4hsd33GHqwKIaqNHG2P8dodpfq7R-m-imH14PLAf1MkT5jmyne20MQpJibMomUrwnKuhchLGK6Oz_pmG6sy0k93EGLxByhyphenhyphenXSQx454DV0hHb58NjXt6bqLCYA/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Though it might appear that nature is sometimes running riot, [Bunny] Mellon allows only favored flowers to sprout up, such as these spiderworts (Tradescantia virginiana) in a quiet corner of the garden."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonathan Becker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/08/bunny-mellon-garden-slide-show-201008_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Estate</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a> (August 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3S_ZUfgA-3Gu90fa7BVT7XrdR-bMwjEwOjqnHW222cKosQCZ7ssYtUU_G7p2djVfL5wesQYBY4J_c1lfK5b8XuYb4OEjqVltkQU2a3uB4oUSfgnqgRaCB-lVrnOfDkXn5mI5SuVmKpo/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3S_ZUfgA-3Gu90fa7BVT7XrdR-bMwjEwOjqnHW222cKosQCZ7ssYtUU_G7p2djVfL5wesQYBY4J_c1lfK5b8XuYb4OEjqVltkQU2a3uB4oUSfgnqgRaCB-lVrnOfDkXn5mI5SuVmKpo/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-ss12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Bunny] Mellon, photographed by Henri Cartier-Bresson in her Oak Spring garden, 1962."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonathan Becker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/08/bunny-mellon-garden-slide-show-201008_slideshow_item11_12" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Estate</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a> (August 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

From the Garden of Bunny Mellon

Rachel Lambert Mellon, Listerine heiress and widow of Paul Mellon, son of one of the world's richest financiers, died on March 17, 2014 ...

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