The purpose of the Iris Foundation is to advance education in the decorative arts and to promote the understanding and appreciation of the decorative arts of all cultures. The Foundation is named for Iris Weber, the mother of Susan Weber Soros. The Iris Foundation Awards were created in 1997 to recognize scholars, patrons, and professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the study and appreciation of the decorative arts as expressions of taste, ideology, and cultural aspirations.
The Twelfth Annual Iris Foundation Awards luncheon will take place on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from Noon until two-thirty at
583 Park Avenue (East 63rd Street)
2008 Honorees
Phyllis Lambert
Robert Hillenbrand
David Crowley
Special Award
Philippe de Montebello
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Past Honorees
1997
Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, GCVO
Harold M. Williams
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2002
James R. Houghton
Dr. Geoffrey Beard
Dr. Valerie Steele |
1998
Jayne Wrightsman
Graham Hood
Pamela Robertson
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2003
Hélène David-Weill
Simon Jervis
Thomas P. Campbell
The Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts & Letters: Henry Luce III |
1999
Lord Rothschild
Peter Thornton C.B.E., F.S.A.
Ellen Lupton |
2004
Lily Safra
Hugh Honour
Paola Antonelli
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2000
James Biddle
Anne L. Poulet
Edward S. Cooke, Jr. |
2005
Mitchell Wolfson, Jr.
Jane C. Nylander
Evelyn Welch |
2001
The Duchess of Devonshire
Jules David Prown
Craig Glunas |
2006
John H. Bryan
Jonathan Fairbanks
Dianne Harris
The Fine Arts Society |
2007
Liliane H. Stewart
Henry Hawley
Barry Bergdoll
Eric N. Shrubsole |
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