Grief felt for tragic socialite

THE town of Southampton was in shock Sunday after the death of beloved socialite and artist Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord Hamm, Page Six has learned.

The exact cause of death is unclear, but her family told us that it’s believed to be related to complications with Lyme disease. She died Saturday at 41.

Reached for comment, her father, the famed luxury goods and jewelry designer Barry Kieselstein-Cord, told us that his daughter had suffered severely with the illness for more than a decade.

“Lyme never leaves, it appears in one form or another, it is an insidious and miserable disease,” he said. “Despite various treatments over the years, it continued to manifest itself in countless ways. Regardless, Elisabeth fought it, and continued on in her many creative endeavors.”

He added: “Our entire extended family is crushed by the loss of our daughter, who was one of the most caring, brightest and talented personalities ever to be a proud New Yorker. The loss to us, and to her close friends, and those who knew Elisabeth on a world stage, is quite palpable.”

She was married to Edward Hamm and had no children or siblings. Her mother is the artist and socialite Cece Kieselstein-Cord.

Stunning beauty Elisabeth had been a fixture on the social scene since around 2001, and was dubbed an It Girl and the “Manhattan Minx” in a profile in the Observer that year.

According to her IMDB bio, Elisabeth was an artist and musician and worked in high fashion either as a model or in magazine editorial. She appeared in American and Italian Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. She also worked as an illustrator for her father’s design firm and became a co-creative director there.

When she was 17, Elisabeth appeared in Woody Allen’s Oscar-nominated 1997 movie “Deconstructing Harry” as the sister of a character played by Annette Arnold.