Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. The voice on the phone was frail but clear, with a hint of Southern gentility. 1700 Oil on canvas. Her interests in gardening were first cultivated while watching Olmsted Brothers gardeners tend her family's New Jersey home. Tales straight out of A Thousand and One Nights, some true, some apocryphal, gathered around the pair and their friendship. "I have to tell you, my dear, I hate publicity," said Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. The indictment quotes a note from Mellon: "I was sitting alone in a grim mood, furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. She specifically designed it for our family dynamic, Lloyd, who grew up spending time at the home told House Beautiful. Two women sitting close together overlooking Gloucester Harbor while one sketches and the other looks on admiringly became Jackie and I on the Dock. Or, to say it more simply, Bunny enjoyed the thought of their friendship when she looked at the painting. But there was more to the story: her gardens were an escape. Even as a child, Bunny had depicted her surroundings in sketches and paintings. Write it nice, friendly, nongossipy. Courtesy Oak Spring Garden Library. After nearly four months on the market for the listing price of $19.8 million the Osterville, Massachusetts, estate, whichincluded some of the last gardens designed by Mellon, found a buyer. [18] Mellon created more open space for public ceremonies and introduced American species of plants, as well as Magnolia soulangeana. Scarred by his parents' acrimonious divorce, Paul proved to be an emotionally remote husband with a wandering eye. Yet now the private Mellon, who turns 101 on Aug. 9, has become front-page news for her unwitting involvement in two unrelated criminal cases. [34] Following his indictment, the judge forbade Edwards to speak with any potential witnesses. The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.Read the press release here. Huffman said his friend remained in good spirits despite the Edwards distraction. Each also found in the other a sister more compatible, loyal, and loving than her own. Outspoken: Bunny Mellon (left) is seen here with her stepdaughter Eliza Lloyd in 1964. The estate also holds a boathouse and a garage. Just one week prior to his indictment, in late May 2011, Edwards visited Mellon at her Upperville estate. The estate on the private islandof Oyster Harbors overlooksNantucket Sound and Marthas Vineyard. She was 103 years old. Ever since she married Paul Mellon in 1948, she has been consumed by turning his Virginia farm into a magnificent showcase. He said Mellon wrote in her letter, from now on, all haircuts, etc. "They were on the same wavelength," says one of Isabell's friends. For most of her 103 years, Rachel Bunny Lambert Mellon kept secret the intimate details of her life. ", The centenarian's friends view her tolerant attitude to John Edwards's affair as an outgrowth of her own marital experiences. [18][10][19], In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Mellon to redesign the White House Rose Garden. [10] In a 1969 New York Times article with the Mellons, she proclaimed that "nothing should be noticed. According to the indictment, Huffman signed over the checks to Young. Stressing that her sympathies have always been with Edwards rather than his wife, who died last year from cancer, she confides, "You know that John had a hard time with Elizabeth." "We have no idea at the moment what exposure she has to this," said lawyer Alexander Forger, who represents Mellon's family office, Oak Spring Farms. [25] Proceeds from the sales benefited the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, a charitable entity established by Mellon in memory of her father. I remember my earliest summer memories swimming off the dock of the house. Both women shared a profound belief in the absolute ability of style to carry real meaning. When Jackie Kennedy decided to revive the grounds surrounding the White House, she reached out to her friend and horticulturalist Rachel Bunny Mellon to carry out the redesign. Rachel Lambert Mellon (affectionately nicknamed Bunny) was the heiress to a mouthwash fortune. UPPERVILLE, Va. Rachel Bunny Mellon, a wealthy arts and fashion patron, friend of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and political benefactor who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former presidential candidate John Edwards that was used to hide his mistress, died Monday. I know the coats history, so much larger than onewomans, and I can give it a proper send-off. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Lisa Marie Presley was never the same after sons suicide in new home, James Cordens abandoned mansion heads a step closer to demolition, Hugh Jackman puts his dream minimalist Hamptons home up for rent, Barbara Walters daughter sold her Fla. getaway after dementia diagnosis. Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise spans the full 103 years of Bunny Mellons life. Jackie Kennedys home on martha's vineyard, known as red gate farm, would benefit from the guidance and expert gardening of bunny mellon. She kept her gift private from the world and so have you. Her rarefied style sometimes reached a point where the real people in her life, such as her children, seemed to become doll-like figures for her to mold and shape. Just plain bad." [10][17] A longtime friendship with the Kennedy family was initiated by a 1958 visit to Oak Spring Farms by Jacqueline Kennedy, whom Mellon later advised on fine arts and antiques during the Kennedy White House restoration. Her recent collection isWaiting for Charlie: Mercenary Soldiers, Failed States, and the Love That Means More Than Money. John F. Kennedy and Bunny Mellon together on Cape Cod. During World War II, Lloyd and Mellon roomed together in London, where both worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the CIA. [28] Shortly thereafter, in May 2000, her daughter Eliza was hit by a truck while crossing a Manhattan street, causing a severe brain injury and full-body paralysis. Shes a remarkable person, said her friend, interior designer Bryan Huffman of North Carolina. Rendered a paraplegic and unable to speak, Eliza was transported to her mother's farm for round-the-clock care, surviving for eight years. Raphael, Sandra, Heins, Greg, Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi, and Willis, Tony. Bunnys eye for space and proportion and what could be made of them was matched by Jackies discernment about people and events and how best to employ and frame them. My grandmother began a multi-year renovation of the main house beginning in 1978, Lloyd told House Beautiful. She next began to work on the White House's East Garden, but her work was interrupted by Kennedy's assassination. [4][30]:158, At the request of campaign operative Andrew Young, the commitment morphed to include underwriting Edwards' personal expenses. in 2005. In May 2000, Bunny's daughter from her first marriage, Eliza Lloyd, was crossing the street in Manhattan when she was hit by a truck, suffering a severe brain injury. Mellon also was known for her exquisite taste both in fashion and in decorating. At debutante balls, fundraisers, and art openings, Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise shows how Mellon became a tastemaker. Jackie Kennedy and Bunny Mellon in Paris together in the 1960s. I agreed but said, But she had to dress for Peoria. Wendy, who knew Jackie well, shot back, She didnt know there was a Peoria.. Calm it down, calm it down.". Only Bunny could have thought of the perfect finale: as dinner finished, Jackies beloved White House chef, Ren Verdon, who had been secretly flown up to cook the birthday feast, appeared like a rabbit pulled out of a hat. She was not looking for an ambassadorial appointment, Huffman said. Bunny considered white to be the most significant color. She had not given an extended interview in more than a quarter century. In it she wrote: Bunnyon your birthday. Bunny Lloyd made a condolence call; Mellon wrote that she was "very kind and understanding over my distress." [4][23] Her main residence, Oak Spring Farms, was a 4,000-acre (1,600ha) estate in Virginia, that had its own 1-mile (1,600m) long airstrip to accommodate her Falcon 2000. Rachel "Bunny" Lambert Mellon 29, one of Foxcrofts oldest and most illustrious alumnae, died Monday (March 17) at her home in Fauquier County, VA. She But so great a talent could not remain forever hidden and neither will yours. She turned to her husband, a lifelong Republican, who said he certainly wasnt going to lend her his pen! They would talk about flowers for hours, mesmerized by one another's company. Bunny went on to sketch her friend as one who had a mischievous side& twinkle in her eye . "I don't think she's been gullible." From Tuxedo Park to Virginia to the White House, Griswold escorts us through Mellons life as we meet icons of culture, fashion, and politics: Queen Elizabeth and Jackie Kennedy, Givenchy and Balenciaga, JFK and I.M. (Italian, 1667 1720) A quince, an apple, two lemons, and three blue and white cups], ca. After Lambert divorced Lloyd, she and Paul Mellon were married on May 1, 1948. One small but bracing example that Bunny related to me was about the renowned poet Robert Lowell, who ran into the two women one afternoon Bunny didnt say whereand asked, Could I have dinner with you girls? clearly imagining that of course they would want to do so, as almost anyone else might have. She was loyal beyond anything and we gave each other space. "He's done a very good job of maintaining the sense that 'Bunny, I want to be your friend; Bunny, feel sorry for me in this predicament, we'll get through this together,'" says Lloyd. I can't write, but I dictate, I talk to people. During Camelot, Mellon was ever-present at the White House, quietly underwriting Jackie's extravagant entertaining. Jackie had, in fact, quickly come to understand that she had become a piece of public property and that there was a pressing need to have what she wore in the White House years be a uniform. With only a high school education, she frequently had to play catch-up in the sophisticated circles in which she moved, often cultivating powerful men to achieve her goals. Jackie wore hers so often that the press dubbed them Jackie bracelets. But was a paint box filled with rubies, sapphires, and emeralds instead of pigments another Bunny gift? Until recently the philanthropist, whose net worth exceeds $400 million, was primarily known as a passionate gardener and discreet woman with a discerning eye. She had been an admirer from afar, buying an ad in her local newspaper three years earlier trumpeting Edwards's candidacy. July 25, 2011, 10:10 AM. Sometimes Jackie became Bunnys advisor. Copyright 2009-2018, DNAinfo. "I'm going along on very weak wheels." According to Bunny, Jackie said coolly, Absolutely not. Lowell then said, Well, what are you going to do? Jackie answered him by saying, Well, weve got it all planned, and that was that.. [17] Mellon amassed a large collection of horticultural books and was regarded as an authority on American horticulture. She had endured worse, including the 2008 death of her daughter Eliza, who had been left quadriplegic when hit by a car years earlier. Until she neared 100 she practiced pilates daily, which she learned from the master Joseph Pilates in the 1950s. "If you are 100 years old, you get to like who you like," says gardening writer Mac Griswold, Mellon's friend for a half century. However, her best and dearest families were made up of friends who shared her passions and tastes. He claims, "Bunny and I were the last people on earth who knew about the girlfriend and the baby. ", Her solace was her gardens, and she took enormous pleasure in designing gardens for herself and friends. He gave her a life of infinite luxuryThe Washington Post once pronounced Bunny the "Most Envied Hostess in the Country Today"but at a cost. UPDATE: Netscape billionaire Jim Clark and his Australian model wife Kristy Hinze have bought Bunny Mellons New York townhouse for $37 million Curbed has the goss. She is building what she calls a "memory house," a building that will feature artwork by her daughter, Eliza, who died in 2008, as well as photographs and objects from a lifetime of gracious living. A family thats been in the area for a couple of generations purchased the property. Jane Stanton Hitchcock says, "Jackie told me that she thought Bunny was a visual genius." The last standing true American aristocrat.. (The Kennedy biographer Sally Bedell Smith quotes Jackie as saying to Ted Kennedys wife, Joan, All Kennedy men are like that . Mellon believed a ladys name should only appear in the newspaper three times: for her debut, her marriage and her obituary, Huffman said. The historian William Seale, a longtime observer of Executive Mansion occupants in his post at the White House Historical Association, remarked, Jackie didnt have money. The estate, known as Scallop Path, includes three separate structures, including the main property, the guest house and a chimney house. Thats the antithesis of what her style would be, he said. As an adult, her fluency with pencil and ink led her to illustrate her letters, underlining the emotions they expressed. Eventually I will get rid of it, if only because the thought of someone else carting it to a secondhand shop after my own death is too depressing. And what a past it was. Bunnys actual reimmersion in politics had come in November 1960 in the presidential election, when she voted as a Virginian for Kennedy, although she apparently didnt change her party affiliation and become a Democrat until she met Richard Nixon in 1972. [19][20] Mellon completed her work on the garden in close collaboration with Irvin Williams who, among other responsibilities, she tasked with finding and introducing magnolia trees to the garden. Mellon described in the 37-page federal criminal indictment as "Client 5, an elderly heiress" nearing her 100s "had not the slightest inkling" that anything was wrong with her investments with Starr, who had been a friend and financial advisor for three decades, her lawyer said. This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 15:10. Then her daughter was fatally hit in a car accident, and she threw herself even deeper into her career. A previous auction of Mellon possessions brought in $218.1 million in 2014 for the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation. You are a poet like Emily Dickinson in your gardens, in your houses, in the way you see nature and all of life. Through it all, she remains an enthusiastic defender of the former North Carolina senator. Bunny poured her nesting urge into the creation of many perfect houses for Paul and the children. Wendy Gimbel, a biographer, critic, and redoubtable interpreter of the meaning of fashion, remarked that the clothes in the 2002 Metropolitan Museums Costume Institute show, Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years, were dowdy. But it inspired me: 'From now on, all haircuts, etc., that are important for his campaign, please send the bills to me. . . Mrs. Mellon had exquisite taste, and what Jackie admired most of all was the way she taught other people.". Although she grew up in a world where horses were thoroughbreds, society was glittering, and marriage was eventually to Paul Mellon, as fellow decorator Bunny Williams put it, she was no Brooke Astor, entertaining twenty-four for dinner three nights a week, but, rather, a sculptor, sculpting space She created an American vision of English country house style.. His view of his grandmother's relationship with Edwards? [10][24] The painting measured 10 by 15 feet. She classed her deception as fun, and with a Why not? air she dismissed Edwardss infidelity to a dying wife as the sort of thing one might expect from an attractive man like him. When Jackie left her straw hat on Nantucket after one of their lunches, Bunny sent the plane straight back from Cape Cod to fetch it. Bunny Mellon, ne Rachel Lowe Lambert, was not just a social figure. Mellon's second husband, Paul Mellon, died in 1999, aged 91. I know youll hate . . Trescher mentioned how surprised hed been at first to find that Mrs. Tiffany & Co.s Pierce McGuire recalled that Mrs. Mellon described how she and Schlumberger had collaborated on the design for his famous paillonn enamel bangle and that she had given Jackie the first one. she told a friend after the visit from the feds, Daily Beast reported. Bunny and Jackie dined at Johnnys small clapboard house on East 92nd Street before heading to the gala, the proceeds of which would support the preservation of Newport, Rhode Islands trove of 18th- and 19th-century architecture. ", Her birthday plans are uncertain but are likely to mimic last year's modest festivitiesa lunch at the farm for family members plus Caroline Kennedy, Huffman, and Forger. Her grandson, Stacy Lloyd IV, remembered Mellon as "Granbunny" and how she taught him to find beauty in everything. According to Griswold, Paul Mellons very public affair with Dorcas Hardin, for one, caused his wife such pain she distracted herself with increasingly bigger and bolder projects the expansion of the National Gallery of Art, the flourish of the Kennedys White House Rose Garden. In 2004 in the opening essay for the Metropolitan Museums exhibition Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., who was Jackies friend and ally, wrote that underneath a veil of lovely inconsequence she developed a cool assessment of people and an ironical slant on life. She was eulogized by her friend Frank Langella, who described himself as "a rough Jersey kid" whom Mellon taught "how to listen, dress, never be vulgar, respect all people, be humble, avoid hubris, write thank-you notes, never boast, be curious and 'above all, be loyal'". Like Bunny Mellons daughter, I spent much of my life estranged from my mother. "It was just terrible because I trusted him, and we're in sort of a hole because of that, and it hasn't been returned," admits Mellon, who is in danger of losing another $6 million in investments made by Starr that are now underwater. The Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts. "[32] The funds were secretly used to support Rielle Hunter, a campaign videographer with whom Edwards had an extra-marital affair and child. Mellon has not been accused of wrongdoing (she even paid gift taxes), but Edwards was indicted in June for violating campaign-finance laws. that & her sense of humor.. [30]:157 She was an early financier of Edwards' 2008 Democratic primary run, offering an initial US$1 million commitment to his campaign, and eventually contributing more than $3.5 million to organizations supporting his candidacy. She was born into a well-to-do Princeton family. Even before she married Paul Mellon a philanthropist, When Mellon became aware of the use of her funds for this purpose, she reportedly came to regret the donations, but maintained that Edwards "would have been a great president. Prosecutors have charged that she gave $725,000 to former presidential candidate John Edwards in 2007 and 2008, which he used to conceal his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter and the existence of their child. She's going to do what she wants, and that's the way it's going to be.". Initially blocked from doing so by the National Park Service, Williams secretly removed the trees from the Tidal Basin and transported them to the White House himself. A jury later acquitted him on a campaign finance charge and deadlocked on five other felony counts. [4][14], On March 17, 2014, Mellon died at her Upperville, Virginia, home of natural causes. Her death was confirmed by Alexander Forger, her personal attorney for the past 40 years, and her grandson Thomas Lloyd. While .css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Bunny was coming to grips with the changes in her marriage, she met the woman who would become her best friend, Jackie Kennedy, wife of the dashing junior senator from Massachusetts. As the second wife of financier Paul Mellon, she helped him amass a renowned art collection, hundreds of works ranging from Czannes to Rothkos, either donated to the National Gallery in Washington or still hanging on her walls. [2][3] Her paternal grandfather, chemist Jordan Lambert, was the inventor of Listerine, which was later marketed by her father. The guest list entailed flying in many of the D.C. and New York regulars who had danced at Elizas coming-out party; the band played foxtrots from the Great American Songbook before moving on to rock and roll; and the food was deliciousstriped bass, lamb, string beans, salad, peaches. I have so much to do.". If true, its also possible to look at it as just one more example of both Bunnys fierce determination to finish a thing, to make it perfect, and her determination to go the distance for her friend. Yet when Sam Kasten of Nantucket Looms, a company that wove custom fabrics for her, wrote her that his visit to the Garden Library at Oak Spring was a life-changing event, she called him in tears. A donation from Mellon in 1977 helped make the home the headquarters for Project Hope, the worldwide medical outreach organization. Repeatedly in her letters over the years, Jackie apologized for the attention that being her friend brought Bunny. Bunny Mellon, in her Oak Spring Garden Library. 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