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| Ailsa Mellon Bruce |
I was reading my copy of "sister the life of legendary American interior decorator Mrs. Henry Parish the second" and came across an interesting quote from the late Mark Hampton- (paraphrase) "Mrs. Mellon Bruce was sitting in Sisters drawing room wearing a purple brocade suit and tons of Rubies like an inanimate object while everyone waited on her" - ! I found this to be such a provocative remark that I had to find out more about Mrs. Bruce- Turns out when she died she was known as the richest woman in America- as she was the daughter of Andrew Mellon and the sister of Paul Mellon who married Rachel Lambert Lloyd (Bunny Mellon)- Apparently Mrs. Mellon Bruce had an apartment in the same building as Mrs. Parish- nice neighbors! DF
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