Read My Pins_ Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box - Madeleine Albright [37]
Ark with Doves, Langani/Keith Lipert Gallery.
Many pins lead inevitably to many thanks. In the process of preparing this book, I learned more about the provenance of my own pins and also about the history of jewelry. I am grateful to the curators, historians, and other experts who gave generously of their time, provided images, research, or advice. Contributors from the various branches of the Smithsonian Institution include Evelyn Lieberman, director of communications and public affairs; Dr. Jeffrey Post, National Gem and Mineral Collection, and Randall Kremer, National Museum of Natural History; Lisa Kathleen Graddy, Ann Burrola, and Debra Hashim, National Museum of American History; Eileen Maxwell and Christopher Turner, National Museum of the American Indian; and Lucy Commoner, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Others deserving of credit include Yvonne Markowitz, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Diana Pardue, The Heard Museum; Clare Phillips, Victoria and Albert Museum; June Hargrove, University of Maryland Art History Department; jewelry historians Diana Scarisbrick in London and Elise Misiorowski in California; researchers Emma Gieben and Andrea Wulf in London; Elizabeth Frengel, Society of the Cincinnati; Daphne Lingon, Christie's; Abby Kent Flythe, Abby Kent Flythe Fine Arts; Danusia Niklewics, Hallmark Research Institute; Ralph Destino, GIA Board of Governors/Cartier; Donna Baker, Kathryn Kimmel, and Amanda Luke, GIA; Matthew Runci, Jewelers of America; Cecilia Gardner, Jewelers Vigilance Committee; Bill Boyajian, Bill Boyajian & Associates; Renée Frank, Hélène Ribatet, Jacques Guyot, and Gaëlle Naegellen, Cartier; Stanislas de Quercize, Emmanuel Perrin, and Catherine Cariou, Van Cleef & Arpels; Annamarie Sandecki, Tiffany & Co.; Nadja Swarovski, Swarovski; David and Sybil Yurman, David Yurman; Ward Landrigan, Verdura; Christopher DiNardo, Liz Claiborne/Trifari; Christopher Sheppard, Kenneth Jay Lane; Phyllis Bergman, Mercury Ring; Patti Geolat, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company; Santa Fe artist Carol Sarkisian; London goldsmith Kevin Coates; Jim Rosenheim, Tiny Jewel Box; Ann Hand, Ann Hand Collection; and Keith Lipert, Keith Lipert Gallery. I also thank Stephanie Streett of the William J. Clinton Foundation, John Keller of the National Archives/William J. Clinton Presidential Library, James Thessin of the U.S. Department of State, Robert Pilon of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Other colleagues and friends who helped with this project include Brandon Berkeley, Tiffany Blanchard, Laura Brent, Micaela Carmio, Kristin Cullison, Laurie Dundon, Jean Dunn, Anne Fauvre, Wini Freund, Jessy Gelber, Steven Grey, Lauren Griffin, Rachelle Horowitz, Robyn Lee, Margo Morris, Natalie Orpett, Elizabeth Raulston, Lucia Rente, Michael Ross, Karen Scates, Anna Cronin-Scott, Wendy Sherman, Jamie Smith, Jay Steptoe, Dan Sullivan, Toni Verstandig, and Fariba Yassaee. Gary Hahn deserves special thanks for enabling me to use technology as an ally in organizing and describing my collection. With her inexhaustible supply of energy, Suzy George helped to manage various parts of this project. Jen Friedman performs diplomatic magic while handling all my press and book tours. Traveling as I do inevitably leads to damage; I extend my appreciation to the Urso family at Bert’s Jewelers in Washington, D.C., for keeping my pieces in good shape, especially those of the costume variety.
A book about pins requires, above all, pins. To those who have generously given me pins in the past, whether or