House of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III, Coolidge Point, MA, 1950s
Artist/Designer:
Sister Parish
Project Location:
United States
Figure 1: Sister Parish and the firm Parish-Hadley designed the interiors for the house of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III, on Coolidge Point, an area of Manchester-by-the Sea, MA. The Dining Room features bamboo chairs which represent a theme that is seen in other areas of the house.
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Photographer: image via Adam Lewis's book Albert Hadley: The Story of America's Preeminent Interior Designer, page 117. )
Figure 2: In the master bedroom at Coolidge Point, "a white bed is hung in handprinted silk in shades of shell pink on an off-white ground. The unusual Louis XV painted desk has a bevy of small drawers and cupboards. Also against the far wall are two pictures representing rooms in Mrs. Coolidge's former Georgian house in Brookline, MA."
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Photographer: photographer Hans Namuth. Image via the book The Finest Rooms by America's Great Decorators (1964) )
Figure 3: "A corner of the bedroom, showing a collection of blue and white Thomas Jefferson Lowestoft china and a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. The eighteenth-century chair is English." Mr. Coolidge is a direct descendent of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
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Photographer: photographer Hans Namuth. Image via the book The Finest Rooms by America's Great Decorators (1964) )
Figure 4: The Master Bathroom at Coolidge Point is a "large, luxurious bath and dressing room with painted furniture and flowery fabrics."
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Photographer: photographer Hans Namuth. Image via the book The Finest Rooms by America's Great Decorators (1964) )
Style/Period(s):
Revival Styles
Primary Material(s):
Fabric, Wood
Function(s):
Residential Structure
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1950-1959
Additional Information:
House of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge at Coolidge Point, part of Manchester-By-The-Sea, Massachusetts.
Tweed, Katherine, ed. and Russell Lynes. The Finest Rooms by America's Great Decorators (New York: The Viking Press, 1964). 112, 113.
Wood, Martin. Sister Parish: American Style (London: Francis Lincoln, 2011).
Lewis, Adam. Albert Hadley: The Story of America's Preeminent Interior Designer (Rizzoli, 2004).
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