Hilda Abbott b. 1 January 1890

  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Abbott was an interior designer and an early member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia. Working with the architect, Robert Maclurcan, she was responsible for the interior design of the 1950s remodelling of the Wentworth Hotel. Associated with broadcasting in the 1950s, she also designed rooms in the Canberra Motel, the Metropole Hotel and the interiors of the Governor's Residence, Darwin.
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exhibited at
Exhibition. Society of Interior Designers, Woollahra Arts Centre, 1953
Date
1 September 1953 - 16 September 1953
Place
Woollahra Arts Centre, Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

Exhibition. Society of Interior Designers, Woollahra Arts Centre, 1953 (catalogue, unpaginated). This was the Society of Interior Designers of Australia’s first exhibition. It included work by Hilda Abbott, George Korody, Cecily Adams, Bruce Tebbutt, Joyce Tebbutt, Marion Best, Donald Shaw, Ruth Sloane, Stuart Low and interior design student members from East Sydney Technical College: Barbara Hansen (architecture student, Sydney Univ), Lois Dawson (Anthony Horderns), Vivienne Chaffer (colour consultant Sterling Paints) , Yvonne Bush (Dykes-Johnston) and Jill Townsend.

profile of each exhibitor included in catalogue. Her studio is recorded as 153 Queen St, Woollahra

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References [<ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1953), '"Gay colours not only at home."'. Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1953>, <ExternalResource: Hilda Abbott (1 January 1959), '"Local Colour is a Good Hotel Attraction."'. Hotel and Cafe News, May 1959, pps.14-15>, <ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1957), '"Specialist in a Professional Line."'. Hotel and Cafe News, February 1957, pps.16-17>, <ExternalResource: anon."The Qantas Corroboree Room." Hotel and Cafe News, September 1954, pps.12-13>, <ExternalResource: David Carment, 'Abbott, Hilda Gertrude (1890–1984)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1993>, <ExternalResource: "Honor for Country Hotel." Hotel and Cafe News, March 1954, pp30-31 (illus)>, <ExternalResource: "Banyal Suka." interior design for Ellice Nosworthy, Aust. House and Garden, June 1959, pp.16-17, 65-66. (illustrated)>] [<ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1953), '"Gay colours not only at home."'. Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1953>, <ExternalResource: Hilda Abbott (1 January 1959), '"Local Colour is a Good Hotel Attraction."'. Hotel and Cafe News, May 1959, pps.14-15>, <ExternalResource: anon (1 January 1957), '"Specialist in a Professional Line."'. Hotel and Cafe News, February 1957, pps.16-17>, <ExternalResource: anon."The Qantas Corroboree Room." Hotel and Cafe News, September 1954, pps.12-13>, <ExternalResource: David Carment, 'Abbott, Hilda Gertrude (1890–1984)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1993>, <ExternalResource: "Honor for Country Hotel." Hotel and Cafe News, March 1954, pp30-31 (illus)>]