First Lady Jacqueline’s Bedroom, White House (1961) *

Artist/Designer: Sister Parish

Project Location: Washington, D.C., United States

Figure 1: KN-C21506. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Bedroom, White House.
Courtesy of the special collections at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125 ( Source | Accessed : September 17, 2018 | Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1929-1989 )

Figure 2: Courtesy of the special collections at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125 ( Source | Accessed : September 17, 2018 | Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1929-1989 )

Style/Period(s):
Colonial Revival, Eclectic, Renaissance, Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Fabric, Textile, Plaster, Color

Function(s):
Government, Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Jackie's Dressing Room

Kennedy Renovation

President John F Kennedy Online Library & Museum

Wikipedia Entry for Sister Parish

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1960, 1961

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts/ in Print :

Abercrombie, Stanley. "Color for Interior Design." Interior Design 76, no. 7 (2005): 324.
Albert Hadley President of Parish-Hadley Associates, the Interior Decorators. "SHARED EXPERIENCES." New York Times (1923-Current File) (New York, N.Y.), 1985.
Caroline Seebohm. "Two Decorators Stress Charm in New Homey Hotels." New York Times (1923-Current File) (New York, N.Y.), 1982.
"IT'S CURTAINS... and Coffee Tables at Albert Hadley's Posh Retirement Sale. By Christopher Petkanas." New York Times (1923-Current File) (New York, N.Y.), 2011.
Parish, Henry, Hadley, Albert, and Petkanas, Christopher. Parish-Hadley : Sixty Years of American Design. First ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
"SPRUCING UP AGING WALLS." New York Times (1923-Current File) (New York, N.Y.), 1988.

Building Address:
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500

Significant Dates: Renovation of Bedroom 1960 for Jacqueline Kennedy, Building Construction 1792

Supporting Staff/ Designers:
James Hoban (Architect)

Tags: Oval Office, Government, Parish-Hadley

Sister Parish is a design firm initially started to resurrect the process of utilizing wallpaper and prints. Following and inspired by the Parish Hadley Style Patterns, the firm specializes in fabric and textiles in interior design.
Today, the Sister Parish's work are still ongoing with her granddaughter Susan Crater, daughter Apple Bartlett, and great granddaughter Eliza Crate.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy invited Sister Parsih in 1961 when Jacqueline arrived at the White House, following President John F. Kennedy's election.

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