Elsa Peretti was an Italian jewelry designer, philanthropist, and fashion model. Vogue described her as “arguably the most successful woman ever to work in the jewelry field”. Her jewelry and design pieces for Tiffany & Co. are included in the 20th-century collection of the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Among her most popular pieces are Bean, Bone Cuff, and the Open Heart pendant which she said: “incorporated organic forms with an appreciation of the human body”.