Elsa Peretti (1940 to 2021) was an Italian jewelry designer, philanthropist and former fashion model whose jewelry and design pieces for Tiffany and Co. are held in the twentieth century collections of the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She arrived at Tiffany in 1974 already known as a fashion model, and her modern jewelry designs, including the Bean, Bone Cuff and Open Heart pieces, went on to account for as much as ten percent of the company's business. She was also a philanthropist who privately funded the restoration of the historic village of Sant Marti Vell in Catalonia, Spain.
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In 1969, Peretti began creating new jewelry styles for a handful of fashion designers in Manhattan.
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was an Italian jewelry designer and philanthropist as well as a fashion model
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