Collection of Five Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. Objects
the collection including two fitted leather cases labeled "Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co., Made in Italy", h. 2" to 3", w. 7", d. 4-3/4" to 5", a cobalt molded glass trinket box labeled "Tiffany & Co., Made in Germany", and a cobalt molded glass paperweight labeled "Tiffany & Co., Made in Japan", both in the original Tiffany & Co. boxes, h. 1", w. 4-1/2", d. 3-1/4", along with a copy of Elsa Peretti, Fifteen of My Fifty With Tiffany (New York: Fashion Institute of Technology, 1990), nineteen loose 11" x 8" cardstock sheets (two folded, one double folded) in black cloth clamshell slipcase with "Tiffany blue" lettering, overall 11-1/2" x 8 -1/4". (The rare catalogue from the April 24-May 10, 1990 Fashion Institute of Technology exhibition celebrating Peretti’s fiftieth birthday and fifteenth year of collaboration with Tiffany & Co., including personal photos and numerous sketches of her most famous designs.)


Provenance: Estate of Marie Bel Fay Evnochides, Houston, Texas.

Proceeds from the sale of this lot will go to benefit the Fay School in Houston, Texas and the Marie Bel Fay Fund.

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