Книга: Apple Parish Bartlett, Susan Bartlett Crater, Bunny Williams «Sister Parish: The Life of the Legendary American Interior Designer»
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Производитель: "Неизвестный" Sister as she was always called by family and friends was born Dorothy May Kinnicutt into a patrician New York family in 1910 and spent her privileged early life at the right schools, yacht clubs, and coming-out parties. Compelled to work during the lean years of the Depression, Sister combined her innate design ability with her upper-echelon social connections to create an extraordinarily successful interior decorating business. The Parish-Hadley firm s list of clients reads like an American Who s Who, starting with Astors, Kennedys, Paleys, Rockefellers, and Whitneys. She helped Jacqueline Kennedy transform the White House from a fusty hodge-podge into a historically authentic symbol of American elegance. For her clients, she was an indispensable presence, both in their salons and designing them. Sister s style, marked by cozy, airy, colorful, but understated elegance, came to be known as `American country,` and its influence continues to this day. Compiled by Apple Parish Bartlett... ISBN:0865652945 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2012)
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