Marion Hall Best b. 1905

Also known as Marion Burkitt, née Burkitt Marion Hall Best
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Interior designer and decorator whose work and achievements exemplify the best of the many dynamic and significant advances that occurred within Australian modernism in the post-war years. Hailed as an interior design 'legend', Marion Hall Best was a leading local arbiter of style who was also recognised internationally for her avant-garde modernism.
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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

curator of
7 Designers
Date
30 September 1948 - 15 October 1948
Place
David Jones Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of Australian designers curated by Marion Hall Best in her new position as director of the David Jones Art Gallery. (30 September – 15 October, 1948) The exhibitors included James A B Linton (metalsmith), Frances Burke, Gordon Andrews, Steven Kalmar, Richards and Buchanan (fabric), Allan Lowe (potter) and Professor George Korody (Artes Studio). Images and expanded entry available from http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=161627#ixzz2uthdRnSG
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Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=161627&utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=828f4d948d537cf

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References [<ExternalResource: Quinn, Catriona (1993), 'Sydney Style', Historic Houses Trust catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Richards, Michaela (1993), 'The Best Style', Roseville East, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Marion Best, Interior Designer.' Art and Design 1, Ure Smith, 1949, pp.22-23>, <ExternalResource: Robert Bell, Nordic Wave, a Study of the Reception and Influence of Scandinavian Design In Australia, ANU PhD thesis, 2007 (summary)>] [<ExternalResource: Quinn, Catriona (1993), 'Sydney Style', Historic Houses Trust catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Richards, Michaela (1993), 'The Best Style', Roseville East, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Marion Best, Interior Designer.' Art and Design 1, Ure Smith, 1949, pp.22-23>]