"Harry Winston: The Ultimate Jeweler" 1988 KRASHES, Laurence (INSCRIBED) Dioramas/ Shadowboxes

"Harry Winston: The Ultimate Jeweler" 1988 KRASHES, Laurence (INSCRIBED) Dioramas/ ShadowboxesKRASHES, LaurenceWarmly inscribed on half title page [218] pp. Harry Winston, Inc. 1986Second Edition11 1 4" x 8 5 8"Laurence Krashes worked for Harry Winston in New York for over 12 years. Over the years, Mr. Winston purchased and had fashioned some of the finest rough diamonds ever discovered, including the Jonker, the Niarchos, the Taylor Burton, the Winston, the Star of Independence, and the Star of Sierra Leone. He also handled such famous

backed with vellum spine

and his paternal grandfather

Laverne Originals

characterised by an unstoppable creative flair that made him one of the most prolific figures of the 20th century

Stringer & Townsend

Meadow Brook was about its people—some powerful

The second is a selection of his photos taken in New York

Sz: 34 1/2" x 34"

and Margareta Hallin (Queen of the Night)

winning the 1879 National Hunt Steeplechase on Bellringer though he was unable to emulate his elder brother Henry who won the 1865 Grand National on the French-bred Alcibiade

1962Third Printing9 1/4" x 6 1/8"Jacket design by Douglas Gorsline

along with the repercussions of today's association of traditional crafts with modern technology