The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come.

She was partial to the understated English country house look and her combinations of Colefax and Fowler chintzes overstuffed armchairs and brocade sofas with such unexpected items as patchwork quilts four-poster beds knitted throws and rag rugs led to her being credited with uSister Parishring in what became known as American country style during the 1960s. Albert Hadley: "The decorators who came to work for Parish-Hadley learned a lot about out basic point of view and the philosophy that both sis and I had.

She was partial to the understated English country house look and her combinations of Colefax and Fowler chintzes overstuffed armchairs and brocade sofas with such unexpected items as patchwork quilts four-poster beds knitted throws and rag rugs led to her being credited with uSister Parishring in what became known as American country style during the 1960s. "
"She had her favorite way of doing things.