Bunny mellon first husband
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The Mellons conducted this private, privileged life at their four-thousand-acre farm in Virginia and at various other houses and apartments in Paris, New York City, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Washington, D.C., and Antigua, their island paradise in the West Indies. They preferred to go quietly about their lives together, in the worlds of philanthropy and art, and separately—he in horse breeding and racing and she in books, gardens, and design.
The famed British photographer Derry Moore, the 12th Earl of Drogheda and Bunny’s son-in-law married to her daughter, Eliza Lloyd, commented that the Mellons’ houses “always surprised, which is incredibly rare.” He wrote me, “What I think was most remarkable about Bunny’s houses was their individuality. The Antigua house was quite different to Oak Spring, as was the Cape Cod house, which was also totally different to Antigua.” As far as colors, he added that the Cape Cod house was done in “blues and whites,” and the palette for Antigua was warm, with “oranges, browns, and greens. New York was different, too, although I’m not sure how I would char
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The Collection: Bunny Mellon
a rare glimpse into the tastemaker’s private life by way of her very public collections
Rachel Lambert Mellon, known as Bunny her whole life, was famously private. She was known for her exquisite style (Balenciaga made her gardening clothes), glamorous friends (Jackie Kennedy and Hubert de Givenchy), and style mantra, “nothing should be noticed.” Ironic since this tastemaker owned one of the most amazing jewelry collections, including almost 150 one-of-a-kind Schlumberger pieces. It wasn't until after her death on March 17, 2014 that the world got a glimpse at the Sotheby’s auction spanning five days and a four-volume catalog to sell off the vast quantities of art, jewelry, porcelain, and furniture. The $218 million in proceeds went to her most cherished legacy, a horticultural research center located on the Mellon family farm in Upperville, Virginia.
I picked up Meryl Gordon’s biography on her last year and have slowly become obsessed with her simple yet ultra extravagant life. Did I mention the Balenciaga garden clothes? I’m so fas
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Rachel Lambert Mellon
American horticulturalist and philanthropist (1910–2014)
Rachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon (August 9, 1910 – March 17, 2014) was an American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, and art collector. She designed and planted a number of significant gardens, including the White House Rose Garden, and assembled one of the largest collections of rare horticultural books. Mellon was the second wife of philanthropist and horse breeder Paul Mellon.
Background
Rachel Lowe Lambert, nicknamed Bunny by her mother, was the eldest child of Gerard Barnes Lambert, president of the Gillette Safety Razor Company and a founder of Warner–Lambert, and his wife, Rachel Parkhill Lowe.[2][3] Her paternal grandfather, chemist Jordan Lambert, was the inventor of Listerine, which was later marketed by her father.[4] She had a brother and a sister: Gerard Barnes Lambert, Jr. (1912–1947; married Elsa Cover), who died in a 1947 plane crash,[5][6] and Lily McCarthy (1914–2006; married twice, to William Wilson Fl
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