Mary Eristavi

Mary Eristavi (Georgian: მერი ერისთავი-შერვაშიძე; née Shervashidze; 1888 – January 21, 1986) was a Georgian aristocrat, fashion icon, and one of the earliest models of Coco Chanel. She held a respectable position in Georgian high society, as well as the Russian Imperial court for the last few decades of its existence. Mary is sometimes believed to be the hopeless infatuation of Galaktion Tabidze, one of the leading Georgian poets of the time.