Albert Hadley, high society interior designer from Middle TN, dies at 91

Albert Hadley, high society interior designer from Middle TN, dies at 91 To see art, books and sketches from Albert Hadley"s personal collection, see The Zen of Seeing: Selections from the Albert Hadley Interior Design Collection, on view through June 3 at the Main Library Art Gallery (first floor), 615 Church St. But he was, above all, such a gentleman," said Susan Basham, who will be a commissioner with Watkins and an interior designer in Nashville. He once sketched out a plan for the foyer of her house and sent it signed, "To Libby and Ben, Happy New Year. , on Nov. He studied drawing at the then-Watkins Institute as a teenager in the 1930s before heading to Parsons School of Design in New York City. His most famed collaboration was with New York designer Sister Parish in the 1960s, but he returned to Nashville "always around Christmas and Mother"s Day," Page said. The first time I met him was 35 years ago at a party. "Going through design school, I had always been familiar with Mr. It was like meeting design royalty. 18, 1920. He received an honorary doctorate degree from Watkins College of Art, Design ades and exhibits that Mr. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. No visitation is planned at this time. "I remember one time he came to Nashville from New York to visit my mother. " I worked with the library on the party for the exhibit in February, and Albert came and just loved it," remembers Page. He was 91. "Only in the South, of course, but I got to know Albert because his mother and my mother-in-law were in the same garden club. He went over to their home and helped pick out paint colors with them," Page said. Albert Hadley, high society interior designer from Middle TN, dies at 91 Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 03/04/2012