1990s Jewellery

David Nelson Wren started his career as a newspaper reporter and features writer in his native Texas. A darling of the Dallas social scene, he moved to Philadelphia in the late 1980s and soon found himself at Ardrossan as a guest of Hope Montgomery Scott. In short order he was welcomed into the tight-knit world of Philadelphia society, becoming involved in local charities and community organisations. By the late 1990s the idea for a book about Ardrossan was conceived, and Wren, by then a trusted Montgomery friend, was given unfettered access to the family archive. Since 2013, Wren has lived in Trumansburg, New York. He writes a column for the Ithaca Journal and together with his partner of twenty-three years operates Halsey House, noted as one of the best inns in the Finger Lakes region. Ardrossan represents the culmination of almost two decades of research.

• Hans Schullin: Foreword; Sophie Beer: 1990s Jewellery; 1991: Fritz Maierhofer; 1992: David Watkins; 1993: Giampaolo Babetto; 1994: Gijs Bakker; 1995: Susanne Hammer; 1996: Gerd Rothmann; 1997: Erico Nagai; 1998: Onno Boekhoudt.