BIB_ID
454864
Accession number
MA 23840.1227
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 14.4 x 21 cm unfolded (14.4 x 10.5 cm folded)
Notes
Written on a notecard published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, depicting a Turkish ceramic dish from the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection.
The book Merchant mentions in this letter is Ivory's "Autobiography of a Princess, Also Being the Adventures of an American Film Director in the Land of the Maharajas" (1975).
The book Merchant mentions in this letter is Ivory's "Autobiography of a Princess, Also Being the Adventures of an American Film Director in the Land of the Maharajas" (1975).
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Letting her know that he met Edith in Los Angeles and gave her "three shirts for you which I bought in a very fancy store in New York"; describing how some potential shirts for Jhab looked "tacky" so he rejected them, but is sending "six pairs of socks for Jhab-- calf length-- blue and maroon-- I hope he will like them"; wondering why he has written her six letters and only received one reply; complaining that teh Princess film "keeps getting postponed" because of scheduling conflicts with Ralph Richardson; asking her about the accompanying book, which he knows Ivory wrote to her about; telling her about the jewelry Van Cleef & Arpels have loaned them for the film.
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