Sister Parish by Martin Wood

Sister Parish by Martin Wood

Sister Parish was the grande dame of American twentieth-century decorators and is credited with developing the style of interior decoration known as 'American Country Style'. Parish-Hadley, the decorating firm she founded and ran with her business partner, Albert Hadley, was extremely successful and it produced a huge body of work, but Sister's most famous client was Jacqueline Kennedy, for whom she worked at the White House and at Glen Ora, a presidential retreat in Virginia.

In place of the prissy Regency Revival, she offered a relaxed old-money look, part opulent, part hand-me-downChippendale mirrors and Aubusson rugs were undercut by patchwork quilts and crocheted throws, and personalised by flashes of garish colour and painted floors. Above all, as Martin Wood shows, it was the approachability of her rooms - 'comfortable for forty, comfortable for four' - that saw her ferocious peke hold sway for so long. World of Interiors

Martin Wood is a designer of textiles, interiors and gardens who also has a winning way with words.

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ISBN 13	9780711232198
ISBN 10	0711232199
Title	Sister Parish
Author	Martin Wood
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2011-11-17
Number of pages	224
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