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 Fall at The Frick
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Sweeping up the fallen leaves in Central Park. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH. |
10/21. Brisk and sunny Monday in New York. Busy day in New York. Over at the Mandarin Oriental the Center for Advancement of Women hosted its fifth annual benefit luncheon honoring Abby Disney, Pat Mitchell of the Paley Center for Media, Dr. Nancy Snyderman and the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Allan Rosenfield, Dean Emeritus of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia, presented by Faye Wattleton.
Last night the Lenox Hill Hospital held their event at the Waldorf. Gods Love We Deliver held its 2nd annual Golden Heart Awards Celebration at the Frank Gehry designed IAC Building honoring Harry Slatkin and Roz Gilbert. Lighthouse International held its gala, Light Years: The Lighthouse Salutes the Arts, honoring Michael Feinstein, Katherine Oliver and Mario Buatta at Cipriani 42nd Street. The Whitney Museum held its Gala and Studio party at the museum.
I began the night over at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th and Park Avenue where Tiffany was hosting a cocktail party for its Design Director John Loring and yet another of his multi-volume history of Tiffany and its amazing collections of jewelry and silver, entitled Tiffany Style; 170 Years of Design. |
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| The cover of John Loring's new book. Click image to order. |
Paloma Picasso wearing her gemstone necklace with her signature diamond X's celebrating her fifth anniversary at Tiffany's in 1985. |
| Necklace of 893 diamonds weighing a total of 72.56 carats designed by Jean Schlumberger in the late 1950s for Betsey (Mrs. John Hay) Whitney. |
| Necklace and bracelet from Tiffany for Mary Todd Lincoln's seed pearl parure that she wore to the Inaugural Ball on January 20, 1861. |
In the crowd, Frannie Scaife and Tom McCarter, Mary McFadden, Anka Palitz, Chris and Grace Meigher, Carmen Dell Orefice, Ian and Ellen Graham, Lyn Paulsin, Pat Kerr Tigrett.
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| Andree Birnbaum, Lyn Paulsin, and Mary McFaddden |
John Loring and Carmen standing before a photograph of Anna Gould, the Duchess of Talleyrand and her daughter. |
| Dana Stubgen and Dr. Patrick Stubgen |
Anka Palitz, Edwina Sandys, Richard Kaplan, and Carmen Dell'Orifice |
Eleanora and Michael Kennedy |
From the Armory I went over to The Frick Collection where they were holding their annual Autumn Dinner. This dinner has been named one of the “Parties of the Year” by the Times. I like it because 1. It is held in the Frick with two long tables occupying the entire West Gallery surrounded by its masterpieces, and 2. It is very low-key and elegant.
There is nothing and no one who outshines this magnificent museum. To be present there is to have one’s mind put at ease however briefly, and everyone responds.
It is a very quiet but grand evening. Black tie for men and women in long dresses. Cocktails are held in the atrium. Galen Lee, the Collection’s in house designer/landscape artist devised a HOT HOT tropical plant and flower shceme of orchids, bold colors such as orange and magenta amid silver candelabra.
273 attended and more than $1 million was raised to help support the museums programs including educational and curatorial initiatives as well as The Frick Art Reference Library.
This year’s dinner honored Countess Giulia Maria Mozzoni Crespi, founder of FAI, the National Trust for Italy. Countess Crespi was unable to fly at this time, for reasons of health, and her award was accepted by her son Luca Crespi.
This year’s chairs were Ambassador Daniele Bodini, Donna Josey and Pilar Crespi Robert. Patrons for the evening were John and Constance Birkelund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eberstadt, Marchesi de’Frescobaldi, Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II, Agnes Gund, Christian K. Kessee, Strategic Real Estate Advisors and Aso O. Tavitian.
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| Anne Poulet of The Frick and Steve Schwarzman |
Christina Snylyk |
| Among the guests were Candace and Frederick Beinecke, Luciano and Giancarla Berti, Edward Lee Cave with Duane Hampton, Peter and Sofia Blanchard, Elise Frick and John Garrity, Marlene Hess and Jim Zirin, Henry Arnhold, KK Auchincloss, Elizabeth and Patrick Gershel, Geoffrey Hoguet, Kasper, Christina Snylyk, Christian K. Kessee, Konrad Kessee, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, Anthony and Cetie Ames Bona Frescobaldi, Marvin and Mary Davidson, Robert Couturier, Beatrice Stern, Luca and Vannozza Crespi, Barbara Cates, Mimi Setafford Bob Kerry, Audrey and Enriquillo del Rosario, Margo Langenberg, Alexia and David Leuschen, Sarah Medofrd, Caroline and Jerimiah Milbank, Ann and Bill Nitze, John and Nanch Novogrod, Anthony Paduano, Howard and Mary Phipps, Anne and Francois Poulet, Steve and Christine Schwarzman, Suzeette de Marigny Smith, Annalu Ponti, Alice and Tom Tisch, Charlotte and Adam Van Doren, Svetlana and Herb Wachtell, Tom Kranz, Fred Koch, Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson, Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini, Elizabeth and Stanley Scott, Bridget Restivo. |
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| John Garrity, Elise Frick, and Peter and Sofia Blanchard. |
Guy Robinson and friends |
| Kasper and Elizabeth Stribling |
Duane Hampton and Edward Lee Cave |
Giancarla and Luciano Berti |
| Photographs by DPC/NYSD.com |
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