All Rights Reserved. Bunny considered white to be the most significant color. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. 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. The Strange Promise of a Genuine Squirrel Coat. Some may find the pacing too leisurely, and the book is at its best when Mellons curious personality comes out in full. They often painted together on Cape Cod: in the Garden Library at the bottom of stairs to Bunnys study hangs a summery watercolor of a pale blue hydrangea in a pot. As Jackie Kennedy's closest confidante, she helped decorate the White House, redesigned the Rose Garden, presided over the floral arrangements for JFK's bier, and remained an intimate to the first lady until Jackie's death. Mellon believed a ladys name should only appear in the newspaper three times: for her debut, her marriage and her obituary, Huffman said. 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. "It's hard being 100 and blind. She had been raised in a family that believed a woman should not advertise herself, and yet its clear that she wanted some sort of recognition for the importance of her work, especially for the Rose Garden. Susan Zakin was born in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School and Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. They divorced in 1948. 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. Rendered a paraplegic and unable to speak, Eliza was transported to her mother's farm for round-the-clock care, surviving for eight years. This could have made for a grim existence. Trescher mentioned how surprised hed been at first to find that Mrs. She turned to her husband, a lifelong Republican, who said he certainly wasnt going to lend her his pen! Gordon, a veteran journalist, is the author ofMrs. Jackie honored her friends creative achievementssomething that Bunny welcomed. Her father, Gerald Lambert, built a company that made everything from Dentyne to Schick razors before it was sold to Pfizer for $110 billion in 2000. Even before she married Paul Mellon a philanthropist, Mellon spent some of her childhood at Carter Hall, an 18th century mansion in Virginias Shenandoah Valley. Just plain bad." She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Travel + Leisure. [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. 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The aide used the money to pay expenses for Rielle Hunter and his own family, as they lived together during much of Hunter's pregnancy to maintain the charade. Shes not sitting around in velvet covered gold chairs. Jackie Kennedy excitedly attends the Princeton Librarys 1989 opening of. A family thats been in the area for a couple of generations purchased the property. A previous auction of Mellon possessions brought in $218.1 million in 2014 for the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation. But Mellon was back in the news on Thursday thanks to the alleged financial misdeeds of her long-time financier, Kenneth Starr. Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise by Mac Griswold (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is available online and in stores now. [15], Described as a resilient centenarian, a bout with cancer[35] and ongoing macular degeneration nonetheless slowed her activity. [4][30]:158, At the request of campaign operative Andrew Young, the commitment morphed to include underwriting Edwards' personal expenses. "'Just think!'" Situated on over 7 acres, it is also known as one of Cape Cods original homes. As an adult, her fluency with pencil and ink led her to illustrate her letters, underlining the emotions they expressed. Later that same first year of the Kennedy administration she sat at the presidents table at a state dinner for Puerto Ricos governor, and when the cellist Pablo Casals played after dinner, she knew she was witnessing a powerful blend of political power and high culture. It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions. Both women shared a profound belief in the absolute ability of style to carry real meaning. 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. ", Her solace was her gardens, and she took enormous pleasure in designing gardens for herself and friends. Rachel Lambert Mellon (August 9, 1910 March 17, 2014), often known as Bunny Mellon, was an American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, and art collector. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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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. Mellon eventually gave Edwards more than $6 million, Young said. She found both in Aristotle Onassis. Rendered a [10][17], As most of her assets were invested in trusts, it was difficult to estimate Mellon's wealth, but her family and husband's fortune and fixed assets suggest she was exceptionally wealthy. [21], After Jacqueline Kennedy left the White House, Mellon was asked to design landscapes for Kennedy's home in Martha's Vineyard, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, and River Farm, the headquarters of the American Horticultural Society. We talked for hourson nothing and never gossipped [sic]. Additionally, she added a guest house (referred to as the childrens barn), herb garden, vegetable garden and main formal garden. After Lambert divorced Lloyd, she and Paul Mellon were married on May 1, 1948. Although charming, its hardly a match for the other treasures on those walls, but it was painted by Jackie and was therefore another precious reminder of their times together. A jury later acquitted him on a campaign finance charge and deadlocked on five other felony counts. She is without the trappings someone would associate with an heiress.. 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. ", Another friend was Bryan Huffman, a 47-year-old North Carolina decorator who got to know Mellon after visiting a church she helped design and underwrite. 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 WarnerLambert, and his wife, Rachel Parkhill Lowe. In a 2010 interview, she spoke of having purchased a total of thirteen works by Rothko. Hers is a regime of no tolerance for the mediocre. She had little patience for those she considered superficial or boring and chose her friends carefully. On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted on using campaign funds to help cover up an affair and pregnancy during the 2008 presidential campaign. A Cape Cod estate formerlyowned by socialite Rachel Bunny Lambert Mellon has been sold for $19 million. She designed the guest house specifically for my two older half-sisters.. "[4][31] While investigating Edwards, the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed Mellon at Oak Spring on two occasions in 2010. The two women often celebrated their summer birthdays together. When she was around 5 years old, her father let her have a little garden at home, planting the seed for her lifelong love of horticulture, he said. Novelist Jane Stanton Hitchcock, who with her mother, Joan Alexander, alerted authorities to Starr's scam, explains, "The Mellons were the gold standard of integrity, and my parents felt that Ken would live up to their trust. One soon realized that her social graces masked tremendous awareness, an all-seeing eye, ruthless judgment, and a steely purpose., The two women enjoyed dismissing people who thought they had the right to intrude on their friendship and privacy. "She called and invited me to lunch.". You dont even have to talk. I don't mind being 100, I can cope with that, but not seeing is very scary." Even as a child, Bunny had depicted her surroundings in sketches and paintings. Astor Regrets. Mellon, who passed away in 2014 at 103, was famously known for her significantlydesigned gardens, including her most heralded 1962 creation of the White House Rose Garden. Bunny Mellon, in her Oak Spring Garden Library. . His affairs were an open secret. Even now she is making improvements. that & her sense of humor.. Lloyd, who was questioned by the grand jury about whether she was coerced, says with a laugh, "You can't tell my grandmother what to do. I want to come back. Another note from Jackie that Bunny inserted into one of her little blue daily datebooks went the other way, with Jackie comforting her friend about some problem and telling her, Dont worry, we will just beat the world back again., When in 1989 Jackie looked back at their years as friends, she wrote, Ever since Ive known you (33 years ago this spring) you have meant as much to me as any person in my life. Thanking Bunny for her love and care, her wise and strong support, and for all she had meant to the Kennedy children, Jackie closed with, I want you to be as happy as you make me.. Mac Griswold's new book I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise offers rare insight into one of history's most compelling pairings. Huffman introduced Mellon to John Edwards in 2006. 1533before 1588) A Young Daughter of the Picts, ca. MANHATTAN Listerine heiress and philanthropist Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon has preferred to shun the media spotlight since long before her financial largesse became Her appetite for prestige, although ever discreet, only increased with her second marriage, to Mellon, in 1948. [4] She had a brother and a sister: Gerard Barnes Lambert, Jr. (19121947; married Elsa Cover), who died in a 1947 plane crash,[5][6] and Lily McCarthy (19142006; married twice, to William Wilson Fleming and John Gilman McCarthy, respectively). Jackies wardrobe of state clothing, as she called it, was like that of Queen Elizabeth II in its clear, solid colors and off-the-face hats but modernized with cleaner lines and greater ease of movement. Her interests in gardening were first cultivated while watching Olmsted Brothers gardeners tend her family's New Jersey home. . Billy Baldwin, who saw Bunny at work at Oak Spring, wrote about her affectionately but clearly: You know that she loves every chair, you know that she feels tenderly about every single blossom, and you know that she rips out anything that she doesnt like, not with violence or cruelty but with the simple determination to eliminate it. 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. ", 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. [7] Her parents divorced in 1933, and both subsequently remarried. The 35-year-old Lloyd, a Washington investment adviser, adds, "As I explained to the jury, imagine a very handsome man who is well liked and respected, and there are two women vying for his affections.". A 350 year old house, the main property consists of seven bedrooms and five full baths with270 degrees of water views, the listing states. Mellon comes across as a woman with her faculties fully intact. In going through her papers in the months after her death, I found that she had wrapped many important keepsakes, such as gifts from her Grandpa Lowe, in white paper and tied them up with a blue ribbon, using the two colors as signals to show how precious the things were to her. 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. I know the coats history, so much larger than onewomans, and I can give it a proper send-off. Eliza spent the remaining eight years of her life under round-the-clock care at Oak Spring Farms, and died in 2008. Then she adds, "I'm very busy. Rachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon, who died at age 103 on March 17 of this year, was renowned as a style icon, an influential garden designer (she helped plan the White She had not given an extended interview in more than a quarter century. Jackie and Bunny sometimes looked for happiness together on real estate adventures, finding the escape they dreamed of. [22], She maintained homes in Antigua, Nantucket and Oyster Harbors, Cape Cod, two apartments in Paris, and a townhouse in New York City. This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 15:10. Beginning in May 2007, Mellon contributed more than $725,000 to John Edwards' personal accounts over an eight-month period, writing checks disguised as furniture purchases. [26] Three of her most important paintings, two by Rothko and one by Richard Diebenkorn, were sold privately before the Sotheby's auction for a reported $250 million. 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. 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 had a son, Stacy Barcroft Lloyd III, and two step-children, Timothy Mellon and Catherine Warner. Her recent collection isWaiting for Charlie: Mercenary Soldiers, Failed States, and the Love That Means More Than Money. She believed deeply in what he was saying.. Mellon, a woman whose acquaintances and the press had led him to believe was distant and cold, was in fact warm & funny once he got to know her. 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. She has always cared greatly beyond herself., Her grandson, Lloyd, said, I think she was trying to help (Edwards) for the right reasons, believed in him, and I think frankly he just took advantage of a lot of opportunities that she gave him.. This could also lead her astray: late in life, hoping to try her hand at politics, she bet on the wrong horse with handsome John Edwards, only to find herself entangled in an unsavory state of affairs. She'd long since given up being upset. Daughter of the president of the Gillette Safety Razor Co. and granddaughter of the inventor of Listerine, Rachel (Bunny) Lambert was born into money and groomed for social success. [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 Mellon was born 110 years ago on August 9th in New York, NY. Robert Isabell, the talented New York floral designer who worked on Caroline Kennedy's 1984 wedding, became an integral part of Mellon's life. Every item on this page was chosen by a townandcountrymag editor. Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellons mother gave her the pet name, Bunny, which stuck with her throughout her life, Huffman said. ", The centenarian's friends view her tolerant attitude to John Edwards's affair as an outgrowth of her own marital experiences. She had been an admirer from afar, buying an ad in her local newspaper three years earlier trumpeting Edwards's candidacy. [18] Mellon created more open space for public ceremonies and introduced American species of plants, as well as Magnolia soulangeana. Excerpt from I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: A Life of Bunny Mellon by Mac Griswold, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. After prosecutors learned that Edwards had visited Mellon on May 26even as his lawyers were conducting unsuccessful plea-bargain negotiations prior to the indictmenthe was banned from contacting his benefactor. . Shes a remarkable person, said her friend, interior designer Bryan Huffman of North Carolina. John F. Kennedy and Bunny Mellon together on Cape Cod. [17][10], Mellon designed landscapes for many of the Mellons' properties, including the French-inspired gardens of their estate, Oak Spring Farms. "He would have been a great president," insists Mellon, who has been interviewed by the FBI but is not expected to testify. For a woman who spurns publicity, this has been a rough year. 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. "He and I were great friends. But so great a talent could not remain forever hidden and neither will yours. But there was more to the story: her gardens were an escape. Once the war ended, as Paul Mellon wrote in his autobiography, Reflections in a Silver Spoon, both men found it difficult to resume married life. 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. In somewhat of a taste of what was to come, Mellon was visited by the FBI as part of a federal grand jury probe into Edwards' handling of campaign funds, and was reportedly thrilled by the experience. [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. Through it all, she never sought publicity. [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. 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. Little did she suspect that the money would later allegedly be used to fund Edwards increasingly tawdry exploits with his mistress, the Daily Beast said. [31] During this period Mellon wrote a note to Young stating: "from now on, all haircuts, etc. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Yet Bunny Mellon cheerfully carries on. And what a past it was. After spending most of her life trying to avoid the spotlight, she was thrust into it when Edwards was indicted in 2011 for using what prosecutors alleged was campaign money, including $750,000 from Mellon, to hide mistress Rielle Hunter and their child during Edwards 2008 Democratic presidential bid. Edwards aide Andrew Young, who wrote about Mellon and Edwards relationship in his tell-all book The Politician, said Mellon became so distraught when the media attacked Edwards over a $400 haircut that she sent him a letter offering to help. Bunny opined that ones bed was important, because it held so many thoughts. Jackie agreed, saying, It is a celebration, a bed, and then Bunny decided they should design one for her. Rendered a paraplegic and unable to speak, Eliza was transported to her mother's farm for round-the-clock care, surviving for eight years. 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. Outspoken: Bunny Mellon (left) is seen here with her stepdaughter Eliza Lloyd in 1964. "They were on the same wavelength," says one of Isabell's friends. 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. I want to come back to see you, and be near you again. Young described how the campaign used the so-called Bunny Money to hide Hunter. He was wise, he was clear, he was a very good person. 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. "[14] Although this remark was made in reference to garden design, it has frequently been taken to encapsulate her attitude toward personal privacy and lifestyle choices. [11] Her work was strongly influenced by French gardeners Andr Le Ntre and Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie. Paul Mellon, a renowned art collector, philanthropist and thoroughbred breeder, died in 1999 at age 91. Lloyd, her grandson, says, "I don't think there's ever going to be a moment for her to sit back and reflect. More prosaically, Jackie and Bunnys shared foundation of WASP taste and attitudes included a dedication (an idealized postWorld War I preoccupation) to husband and home, an attitude that reached its apogee in America in the 1950s. She described that trip to a friend, who told me: "Paul and Bunny slept apartShe was very funny about it. She lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He said Mellon wrote in her letter, from now on, all haircuts, etc. Raphael, Sandra, Heins, Greg, Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi, and Willis, Tony. Bunny was a society figure with an almost pathological dislike for publicity, a trait she shared with her husband. [7][36] Her funeral was held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, which the Mellons had gifted to the community in 1960. Mellon's family and her longtime personal attorney said she died of natural causes at her beloved 4,000-acre Oak Spring Farms in Virginia's horse country, where she Crocker would not reveal who the buyers were, only that they hadseveral other Cape properties and are extremely private. B. Be kind. She was 103. women hell-bent on making their daughters marriageable. [18][10][19], In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Mellon to redesign the White House Rose Garden. Her grandfather, Jordan W. Lambert, created Listerine. These resources reveal how many of her designs were derived from fairy tales. . They reportedly had homes in Antigua, Paris, New York, Washington, Nantucket and Cape Cod, and a mile-long runway for their private jet. . 20 (Yellow Expanse), completed in 1955 was considered one of the largest Rothko works in private hands. Zenas Crocker of Robet Paul Properties held the listing. She didnt think it trivialized Averyand if it did, that didnt matter, as it was hers. She was forced to give up gardening by 2011, although she continued to swim, do Pilates, and give the rare interview. Mellon, who passed away in 2014 at 103, was famously known for her significantly designed gardens, including her most heralded 1962 creation of the White "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. Jackie found a parent who suited her better than her own mother, the socialite Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss, while Bunny gained a daughter very different from Eliza. Calm it down, calm it down.". The daughter was married to former U.S. Sen. John Warner. 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 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. Sally Bedell Smith quotes Jackie as telling a journalist right after the election that she would describe Jack as rather like me in that his life is an iceberg. Mellon was not accused of breaking any laws. She laughs, saying, "Oh, you're bad. It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.'?" What extravagance, breathed Jackie, or so the story goes. ", The events of the past five yearsthe death of her daughter, Ken Starr's betrayal, the indictment of Edwardsmight leave less hardy souls reaching for Prozac. After his death in 1975, it was probably no accident that Jackie turned to Bunnys lawyer, Alexander Forger, to secure $200 million, far more than Onassis had My grandmother began a multi-year renovation of the main house beginning in 1978, Lloyd told House Beautiful. One day these gems may turn up, but my take is that the fantastical yet practical Bunny might just as likely have given Jackie a solid gold Schlumberger box of real paints. The doyenne of high society is the widow of Paul Mellon, a billionaire art patron and racehorse breeder. Sandra Lees Revenge Romance Takes a Twist, Mugrabi Divorce Settled: "She Asked for $100 Million", Gianna Reisen is Transforming the NYCB, One Step at a Time, Kai Thomass Debut Novel is Historical Fiction at its Best, Janet Malcolm Finally Covers the One Subject She Avoided: Herself. 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