In turn, after 1979, when Jackie bought Red Gate Farm on over three hundred acres on Marthas Vineyard, Bunny cleaned up and edited the straggling old farm-scape without overmanaging it and guided Jackie to the well-known architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, who designed a plain, cedar-shingled Cape Cod house. Mac Griswold says, "I think her view is that he's a cute guy and he's allowed to fool around if he likes. With other estates on Antigua, Cape Cod, and Nantucket (the two Paris apartments and the New York townhouse have been recently sold), Mellon is experiencing that WASP nightmareliving on principal. No better armor than a watchful friend: Bunny Mellon quietly walks with Jackie Kennedy from Martin Luther King, Jr.s funeral at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, 1968. In 1932, she married Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr., a businessman and horse breeder. 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. From left: Jacqueline Kennedy with Rachel "Bunny" Mellon in Boston in 1961.; Bunny Mellon (left) with stepdaughter Eliza Lloyd (center) and husband, Paul Mellon, in 1964.; Senator John Edwards in at a rally in Iowa in 2007. Jackie Onassis, 19 years her junior, died in 1994; Paul Mellon died five years later after a lingering illness. Thats the story. The home was later restored in the 1970s and modernized. Through it all, she never sought publicity. ", 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. At the time, what kept most of us from seeing the dowdiness was the luster of glamour conveyed by Jackies trim, big-shouldered, athletic figure and then, in rapid hindsight, the burnished armor of tragedy. 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. Crocker would not reveal who the buyers were, only that they hadseveral other Cape properties and are extremely private. A jury later acquitted him on a campaign finance charge and deadlocked on five other felony counts. Lloyd, her grandson, says, "I don't think there's ever going to be a moment for her to sit back and reflect. Her art collection included a Rothko reportedly worth $125 million. After their divorce, she married his friend Paul Mellon at the time, reportedly, the worlds richest man. 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 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. In it she wrote: Bunnyon your birthday. [34] Following his indictment, the judge forbade Edwards to speak with any potential witnesses. [10] By this marriage, she became the stepmother of Timothy Mellon and Catherine Conover Mellon (later Mrs. John Warner and now known as Catherine Conover). 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. During Camelot, Mellon was ever-present at the White House, quietly underwriting Jackie's extravagant entertaining. 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. She was loyal beyond anything and we gave each other space. Most of her modern-art collection will be sold, along with three quarters of the acreage of the farm. The estate also holds a boathouse and a garage. Thats the antithesis of what her style would be, he said. It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.'?" She turned to her husband, a lifelong Republican, who said he certainly wasnt going to lend her his pen! . women hell-bent on making their daughters marriageable. She didnt think it trivialized Averyand if it did, that didnt matter, as it was hers. Stepping up to the polls with Paul, Bunny said, she found she didnt have anything to write with. Her death was confirmed by Alexander Forger, her personal attorney for the past 40 years, and her grandson Thomas Lloyd. Mellon spent some of her childhood at Carter Hall, an 18th century mansion in Virginias Shenandoah Valley. She soon began to support him with an increasing number of campaign contributions. "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. Through it all, she remains an enthusiastic defender of the former North Carolina senator. Then her daughter was fatally hit in a car accident, and she threw herself even deeper into her career. Starr. ", 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. . 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. She had endured worse, including the 2008 death of her daughter Eliza, who had been left quadriplegic when hit by a car years earlier. [17][10], Mellon designed landscapes for many of the Mellons' properties, including the French-inspired gardens of their estate, Oak Spring Farms. "She called and invited me to lunch.". 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. "[4][31] While investigating Edwards, the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed Mellon at Oak Spring on two occasions in 2010. As it was being built, the two women considered its furnishings. They would talk about flowers for hours, mesmerized by one another's company. 11:00 PM WARRENTON, Va. Rachel "Bunny" Mellon left a small island to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, a library to an unspecified charity, jewelry to a Mellon died of natural causes at her 4,000-acre estate in Upperville, Va., her lawyer told The New York Times. As far as we know, their intention is to keep it as the historic property it is and has always been, Crocker told the Cape Cod Times. Paul Mellon, a renowned art collector, philanthropist and thoroughbred breeder, died in 1999 at age 91. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, sat beside Mrs. Mellon during the funeral. [4][29] Caroline Kennedy, daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, sat beside Mrs. Mellon during the funeral. 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Im not sadnot really . After JFKs death and the subsequent assassination of Robert Kennedy, Jackie needed protection beyond what the Secret Service could provide for her and her young children, and she also needed a well-financed husband to support her in style. and the Environmental Movement, is required reading at a number of universities. [10][22], Mellon gathered a sizable collection of works by artist Mark Rothko, having purchased many of his 1950s works directly from his New York studio. 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. 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. She wanted visitors to her own gardens and the gardens she designed for others to feel transported to another world. Rachel Bunny Mellon was born 110 years ago on August 9th in New York, NY. This was the first time that Bunny clearly laid out her conviction that Schlumberger should be treated as an artist, not just a fashionable jewelry designer. Cristofaro Munari, attrib. 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 I want to come back to see you, and be near you again. 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. What extravagance, breathed Jackie, or so the story goes. In October 1946, as the Mellons were riding home together after fox hunting, Paul's wife, Mary, suffered a severe asthma attack, dying hours later. Her grandson, Stacy Lloyd IV, remembered Mellon as "Granbunny" and how she taught him to find beauty in everything. Old stone walls surround the sun-dappled rolling fields, which feature two enormous greenhouses and a football-field-size cutting garden with branches of fruit trees entwined in a not-seen-in-nature pattern. They could move, manipulate, and cutwith finality. For most of her 103 years, Rachel Bunny Lambert Mellon kept secret the intimate details of her life. Mellon sent checks to Huffman inside boxes of chocolate, and Huffman would direct them to the campaign, Young wrote. 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. The two women managed to make light of the issues in their own difficult marriages: Pauls relationship with Dorcas Hardin, and JFKs omnivorous promiscuity. I can't write, but I dictate, I talk to people. You are a poet like Emily Dickinson in your gardens, in your houses, in the way you see nature and all of life. For a woman who spurns publicity, this has been a rough year. [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. Courtesy Oak Spring Garden Library. I never wore it again. That funny, sharp-eyedand boldobservation was what won over the wary Bunny, and before long she agreed to help Jackie with her Georgetown house, with the White House Rose Garden, and with the restoration of the presidential mansion itself. The life she's led was all about that kind of thing. [18][10][19], In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Mellon to redesign the White House Rose Garden. She says she was drawn to him by "his very deep intelligence. It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions. [10] In a 1969 New York Times article with the Mellons, she proclaimed that "nothing should be noticed. Susan Zakin was born in New York City, where she attended the Brearley School and Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. All-Star and perfect game pitcher dead at 62 UPPERVILLE, Va. Rachel Bunny Mellon, a wealthy arts and fashion patron, friend of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Bunny tolerated his paramours, even inviting one mistress to join them at their Antigua estate. Just one week prior to his indictment, in late May 2011, Edwards visited Mellon at her Upperville estate. [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. Jackie, on the other hand, was an outright celebrity, and she quickly gained a new kind of celebrityor notorietywhen she married Aristotle Onassis. It's sad that he didn't. Thanks for contacting us. 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. 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 had not given an extended interview in more than a quarter century. [11] Her work was strongly influenced by French gardeners Andr Le Ntre and Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie. Her wardrobe was created by Spanish designer Cristbal Balenciaga until he retired, at which time French designer Hubert de Givenchy took over fashioning everything she wore, according to a 2010 Vanity Fair article. She had a son, Stacy Barcroft Lloyd III, and two step-children, Timothy Mellon and Catherine Warner. [31] During this period Mellon wrote a note to Young stating: "from now on, all haircuts, etc. [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. He was wise, he was clear, he was a very good person. 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. She kept her gift private from the world and so have you. Scarred by his parents' acrimonious divorce, Paul proved to be an emotionally remote husband with a wandering eye. Copyright 2022 by Mac Griswold. Calm it down, calm it down.". 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. Mac Griswold is the author of The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island, Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon, and The Golden Age of American Gardens. [25], On November 10, 2014, items from Mellon's collection of paintings, jewelry, furniture, and decorative objects were auctioned at Sotheby's in New York for a total of $158.7 million, including Untitled (Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange) by Rothko, which sold for $36.5 million, and another Rothko that went for $39.9 million. [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. Mellons family and her longtime personal attorney said she died of natural causes at her beloved 4,000-acre Oak Spring Farms in Virginias horse country, where she entertained royalty, stars and politicians but from which she rarely ventured. Sometimes Jackie became Bunnys advisor. Instead, they were subtly made to complete a special sense of place. She believed deeply in what he was saying.. The Strange Promise of a Genuine Squirrel Coat. 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. We've received your submission. At the time of her death, she had two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bunny Mellon was passionate about gardening, horses and art, all of which could be enjoyed at the Mellon family property, Oak Spring Farms, a 4000-acre estate, in Upperville, Virginia. She reportedly told friends the senator reminded her of John F. Kennedy, whose wife Jackie O. was a close friend, the Daily Beast reported. Her grandfather, Jordan W. Lambert, created Listerine. The two women took art lessons from Oliver Smith, the scenic designer for American Ballet Theatre who was most famous for his magical Broadway productions: West Side Story, Brigadoon, and in 1960, Camelot, the basis of Jackies enduring reimagining of her husbands brief presidency. The Fall of Feminism: Jessa Crispins Why I Am Not A Feminist. Every choice of a color was eloquent. Griswold has mined Bunny Mellons personal archives for journal entries, poems, and photographs. Mellon, now blind, lives in luxurious seclusion on her 2,000-acre Virginia farm, cosseted by a staff of 120 loyal retainers. On November 25, 1932, Lambert married Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr. of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, at Trinity Church, Princeton. 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. Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise by Mac Griswold (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is available online and in stores now. 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. 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. The following month, Mellon's lawyer told the Manhattan District Attorney's office that the transfer was never requested nor approved, the complaint says. My grandmother began a multi-year renovation of the main house beginning in 1978, Lloyd told House Beautiful. NYC's safest neighborhood is this off-the-radar slice of Q Todd Chrisley serving his time in one of America's cushiest prisons, John Leguizamo buys daughter a co-op on same NYC block as family house, Elon Musk auctions off 600 Twitter items at HQ, including $16K bird, Jen Shah posts, deletes cryptic message about the truth after prison sentencing, Kardashians are confused, concerned about Kanye Wests new marriage, Jinger Duggar grew up ruled by fear in cult-like religious family, Kitten born with same 'Zorro' mask as her father, Shakira allegedly discovered Gerard Piqu's cheating because of a jam jar, Carole Baskin claims her dead husband found alive but no one noticed last year. Young described how the campaign used the so-called Bunny Money to hide Hunter. [7] Her parents divorced in 1933, and both subsequently remarried. I don't mind being 100, I can cope with that, but not seeing is very scary." 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. 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. Both women shared a profound belief in the absolute ability of style to carry real meaning. 2023 Cohen Media Publications LLC. 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. Additionally, she added a guest house (referred to as the childrens barn), herb garden, vegetable garden and main formal garden. I have so much to do.". in 2005. that are necessary and important for his campaign please send the bills to me It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.. Her first book, Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! All rights reserved. MANHATTAN Listerine heiress and philanthropist Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon has preferred to shun the media spotlight since long before her financial largesse became tangled up in the John Edwards mistress scandal. 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 Jackie Kennedys home on martha's vineyard, known as red gate farm, would benefit from the guidance and expert gardening of bunny mellon. ", Her solace was her gardens, and she took enormous pleasure in designing gardens for herself and friends. Mellon lived a closely guarded life dominated by the arts, fashion, horses, rare books and extraordinary gardens. Small wonder that Bunny and Jackie Kennedy, introduced in 1957, would become confidantes. The two shared a childlike imagination and enthusiasm that, as Jackie herself said, seems to flicker out in so many adults. J. Bunny went on to sketch her friend as one who had a mischievous side& twinkle in her eye . Mellons Oak Spring Garden Library, which houses her collection of rare books, manuscripts, works of art and other pieces relating to her hobbies, is one of the largest repositories of horticultural information and is visited by scholars worldwide. 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. "[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. Her friend Bette Midler performed her hit song The Rose. Bunny was a society figure with an almost pathological dislike for publicity, a trait she shared with her husband. 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. Trescher mentioned how surprised hed been at first to find that Mrs. On June 3, 2011, Edwards was indicted on using campaign funds to help cover up an affair and pregnancy during the 2008 presidential campaign. Hidden from view is a separate library for her collection of 10,000 volumes on horticulture, a pool house designed by I. M. Pei, and the home that Bunny built 60 years ago. "I wish I could have 10 minutes in a room with John Edwards to explain that he's doing nothing but tarnish her legacy and really taking advantage of her," says Thomas Lloyd, her grandson, who testified before the grand jury. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. 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. The estate on the private islandof Oyster Harbors overlooksNantucket Sound and Marthas Vineyard. On Halloween in 1961 the Wildenstein & Co. Manhattan gallery opened a charity exhibition of Schlumbergers jewels, which included some of Bunnys pieces. She attended Foxcroft, a northern Virginia boarding school. Pei, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Diebenkorn, Katharine Graham. Given Paul and Bunnys emerging stature in philanthropy and the arts, and Jackies celebrity, when Bunny and Jackie joined forces for a cause, they invariably succeeded. Her social climbing didnt always follow an easy path. You dont even have to talk. [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). 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. The two women often celebrated their summer birthdays together. Jackie honored her friends creative achievementssomething that Bunny welcomed. Both she and Jackie were crowded by more people than they had time for. The Kennedys were aghast at her unwillingness to cultivate her myth as JFKs widow and even more upset that she would marry a Greek shipping magnate, Bunny told me. These resources reveal how many of her designs were derived from fairy tales. Huffman said his friend remained in good spirits despite the Edwards distraction. Her appetite for prestige, although ever discreet, only increased with her second marriage, to Mellon, in 1948. She lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Style included a great deal more than the cut of clothing or a period of interior decoration. ", 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. 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. Raphael, Sandra, Heins, Greg, Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi, and Willis, Tony. She also said that she ran interference with the Kennedys regarding Onassis before Jackies 1968 marriage to him. 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