Fulco di Verdura [SEP] country of citizenship
Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of the famous novel "The Leopard". A biography of Fulco di Verdura was published by Thames & Hudson, authored by Patricia Corbett.
Beginnings.
Born in 1898 in Palermo, Italy, Fulco di Verdura grew up in aristocratic surroundings largely unchanged since the 1700s. During his early years, he developed a vivid imagination, wild sense of humor, and a love for animals that would later influence his jewelry designs.
Fulco gained the title of duke when, in August 1923,
Fulco di Verdura
Fulco di Verdura (20 March 1898 – 15 August 1978), or Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura and Marquis of Murata la Cerda, was an influential Italian jeweller. His career began with an introduction to designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel by composer Cole Porter. He opened his own jewelry salon, which he called Verdura, in 1939.
He was the last to bear the now-defunct Sicilian title of Duke of Verdura, and his cousin was a prominent Sicilian prince, Giuseppe