Chic Socialite Silk Chaise Daybed Bench-Ceruse Oak by Famed Sister Parish/Albert Hadley

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From Mars Palm Beach -By a Socialite for a Socialite! This is famed sister Parish/Albert Hadley custom one of a … Read more From Mars Palm Beach -By a Socialite for a Socialite! This is famed sister Parish/Albert Hadley custom one of a kind beautiful luxuriously comfortable chaise, daybed, bench- the lofty down and feather seat cushion is upholstered in a lustrous light celadon Scalamandre silk, the pillow fabric is a silk white on white trapunto design technique, (a rare embroidery technique, $1,200. per yd.). The unique designed sculptured base and legs are finished in a ceruse natural oak. The silk fabric is in good condition with some wear to corner. Provenance-Designed by Famed Socialite Decorator Sister Parish and Albert Hadley for the Edith Hale Harkness Estate in the late 1970s.Provenance-Designed by Famed Socialite Decorator Sister Parish and Albert Hadley for the Edith Hale Harkness Estate in the early 1980s. Sister Parish (1910-1994) was the last of America’s grand dame decorators — and arguably, she was the greatest of them all-decorating the White House family quarters for Jackie Kennedy. Parish continues to influence American notions of taste and style to this day. That is a legacy. Provenance-Assembled From Our Edith Hale Harkness EstateThe Harkness Family was Among America's First Society Philanthropic Families as financiers to Rockefeller and Flagler for the Standard Oil Corp. Our Private Family World-Wide Holdings include thousands of unique furnishings, art, objects and jewelry-Please consider us a trusted resource. Please call me personally for your unique requests. -Mars. See less