MODERN VISIONARIES WOMEN OF DESIGN - The Decorators Club

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 • Generously underwritten by CHARLOTTE MOSS
SUZANNE BELPERRON
BELPERRON: “MY STYLE IS MY SIGNATURE”
Presented by NICO LANDRIGAN, Verdura
Suzanne Belperron (1900 – 1983) stands apart as the twentieth
century’s only female master jeweler. Elegant and audacious,
she pioneered a new aesthetic in jewelry, yet never sought
recognition. Despite her discovery by style cognoscenti, her
celebration by the fashion press, and her profound influence over
the rest of the 20th Century's jewelry design, her name is little
known today. Asked once why she never signed her work,
Madame Belperron replied: “My style is my signature.”
Nico Landrigan, President of Verdura, is responsible for relaunching
the Belperron name and is writing the designer’s biography.
THE DECORATORS CLuB EDuCATION FuND, INC. 2012-2013 LECTuRE SERIES
MODERN VISIONARIES
WOMEN OF DESIGN
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VANESSA BELL
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BEATRIX FARRAND
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MARIA PERGAY
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SUZANNE BELPERRON
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RUBY ROSS WOOD
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
MARIA PERGAY
MARIA PERGAY: MASTER OF STEEL
Presented by Suzanne Demisch, Demisch Danant
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Generously underwritten by ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, J. POCKER & SON and CHERYL TAGUE FOR
CORE HOME COLLABORATIVE
RUBY ROSS WOOD
THE WIT, WISDOM, AND WORLDLY ROOMS OF RUBY ROSS WOOD
Presented by MITCHELL OWENS, Architectural Digest
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Since debuting her first collection in 1957, Maria Pergay’s
(b. 1930) sophisticated objects and furniture have been
sought after by such luminaries as Salvador Dali, Pierre Cardin
and the Saudi royal family. Her minimal, sculptural work with
stainless steel, such as the iconic Flying Carpet daybed, c. 1968,
represented a new era in interior decoration and positions her
as one of the most pioneering designers of the 1970s. Pergay,
now in her eighties, exhibits internationally, while continuing
to create pieces for a growing audience of major collectors.
Suzanne Demisch is the co-founder of the acclaimed 20th
century design gallery Demisch Danant, and the co-author
of Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957 – 2010.
Design journalist to top-drawer decorator, Ruby Ross Wood’s
(1880 – 1950) mantra of simplicity and “common sense” resulted
in words and rooms that continue to influence to this day.
After writing on decoration under her own name and as Elsie
de Wolfe’s ghostwriter, Wood put her words into practice and
created interiors distinguished by their crispness, comfort and
eclecticism. Owens will survey the colorful career of this
American tastemaker who was hailed by her protégé
Billy Baldwin as “The Finest Decorator Who Ever Lived.”
Mitchell Owens is the special projects editor of Architectural
Digest and an acclaimed writer on interiors, gardens, antiques,
architecture, and high style.