Margaret Lord b. 12 December 1908

Also known as Margaret Florence Lord
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Lord was an interior designer, journalist, colour consultant and author. She was an energetic promoter of Australian design and designers through her writings and other activities. She was the colour consultant to "The Berger School of Paintechnics", Burwood NSW. Her extensive archives and book manuscripts are in the Powerhouse Museum's collection.
Tags: colour consultant, interior design
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Name
Margaret Lord
Also known as Margaret Florence Lord
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Other Occupation
  • Secondary School Teacher (ANZSIC code: P) -
  • Author (ANZSIC code: 9002) -
Tags:
colour consultant
interior design
Birth date
12 December 1908
Birth place
Warnambool, VIC, Australia
Death date
1976
Death place
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1930 - 1976
Residence
  • 1908 - Warrnambool, Vic.
  • - Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1936 - 1940 London, England
  • 1940 - 1976 Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Art, - Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, Vic.
  • - the National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Languages
  • English

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Residences
  • 1908 - Warrnambool, Vic.
  • - Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1936 - 1940 London, England
  • 1940 - 1976 Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
  • 1908- Warrnambool, Vic.
  • unspecified date range Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1936 - 1940 London, England
  • 1940 - 1976 Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
Tags
  • colour consultant
  • interior design
Trainings
  • Art, - Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, Vic.
  • - the National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
  • Art, unspecified date range Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, Vic.
  • - the National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic., Australia