Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish

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Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish, better known as Sister Parish, was a pioneering American interior decorator celebrated for her influential, homey yet elegant style and for co-founding the Parish-Hadley design firm.

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Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
interior decorator ⓘ
interior design firm ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYears 1930s–1990s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sister Parish ⓘ
businessPartner Albert Hadley ⓘ
coFounded Parish-Hadley Associates ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-07-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-09-08 ⓘ
fieldOfWork interior design ⓘ
foundedBy Albert Hadley ⓘ
Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasRelative Apple Parish Bartlett ⓘ
Henry Parish II ⓘ
Susan Bartlett Crater ⓘ
heritage American upper-class social background ⓘ
influenced American interior decorating in the mid-20th century ⓘ
influencedBy English country-house style ⓘ
inspired Sister Parish Design (later family design firm) ⓘ
legacy considered a founder of the American country-house look ⓘ
major influence on late 20th-century American decorators ⓘ
memberOf Parish family ⓘ
name Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish ⓘ
notableClient Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ⓘ
John F. Kennedy ⓘ
notableFor co-founding Parish-Hadley Associates ⓘ
homey yet elegant decorating style ⓘ
pioneering American interior decoration ⓘ
notableWorkCharacteristic comfortable, lived-in rooms ⓘ
layered patterns and textures ⓘ
use of chintz fabrics ⓘ
occupation businesswoman ⓘ
interior decorator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Morristown, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dark Harbor, Islesboro, Maine, United States ⓘ
residence Islesboro, Maine, United States ⓘ
linked to: Islesboro, Maine

New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
style country-house style ⓘ
informal but elegant interiors ⓘ
traditional American interior design ⓘ
workedOn White House decoration during the Kennedy administration ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sister Parish → alsoKnownAs → Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish ⓘ
Sister Parish → alsoKnownAs → Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish ⓘ
subject linked to: Mrs. Henry Parish II
Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish → name → Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish ⓘ
Parish-Hadley Associates → foundedBy → Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish ⓘ
subject linked to: Dorothy Kinnicutt Parish