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Biography

Catriona Quinn works as a research consultant on 20th century interior design history. From 1990 to 2001 Catriona was a curator at the Historic Houses Trust of NSW and worked on many exhibitions, publications and acquisitions relating to historic interiors, in her role at the Resource Centre, now known as the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection. Her 1993 exhibition, Sydney Style - Marion Hall Best Interior Designer, was the first museum retrospective of an interior designer's work held in Australia. Recent and current research projects include the early work Fred Ward for the Casey family; a previously unseen Sydney collection of Krimper furniture; the Les Godden Collection of Adrian Feint paintings; the work of Melbourne architect and interior designer, Noel Coulson; and Sydney furniture designer John Duffecy.