Cecily Adams b. 31 August 1910

Also known as nee Hindhaugh
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Cecily Adams was senior decorator at Beard Watsons, Sydney, later in private practice in Castlecrag. She was a founding member of the SIDA in 1951. Educated at Strathcona Melbourne, she relocated to Sydney in 1932 and studied art at the East Sydney Technical College under Rayner Hoff. Her book, "From the Diary of an Australian Decorator", published by Child and Henry in 1986 is a memoir of her career in interior design.
Name
Cecily Adams
Also known as nee Hindhaugh
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Birth date
31 August 1910
Birth place
Camperdown, Victoria
Death date
23 December 2003
Death place
Bowral, NSW
Residence
  • c.1940 - c.1990 Castlecrag, NSW (Prior to this Cecily lived at The Manor, Iluka Road, Clifton Gardens NSW and before that in Victoria)
Training
  • Art - with Rayner Hoff, c.1932 -