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Lot Essay
Costume jeweller and renowned friend to the stars, Kenneth Jay Lane designed for Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Kennedy among others. His life and joie de vivre have recently been celebrated following the sad news of his death last year.
Audrey Hepburn was photographed wearing the earrings in this lot at an evening event which Getty Images cite as at Burlington Hotel, Dublin, 1 October 1988.
We are grateful to Eduardo Damasceno Sousa for his assistance in researching this lot.
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Kenneth Jay Lane ear pendants - good condition - some minor small chips and rubbing to paste surfaces - clip fittings in good working order Other paste clips - overall condition good-fair - Some tarnish to setting - some surface wear to pastes - hinged brooch fittings attached latterly to paste clusters with glued foam pads
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Lot 115Sale 16438
KENNETH JAY LANE, 1980s A PAIR OF PASTE PENDANT EARRINGSEstimate: GBP 500 - 800
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