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Tessa Georgina Kennedy (born 6 December 1938) is a British interior designer, whose clients include multi-national corporations, royalty, celebrities, and European hotels, restaurants, and clubs. Her elopement with society portrait painter Dominick Elwes made headlines in 1957.
Nov 6, 2017 · From being serenaded by Frank Sinatra at her wedding (when she eloped to Cuba at age 18) to working with some of the richest and most demanding clients in the world - meet Tessa Kennedy and get a tour of her incredible home.
Mar 17, 2016 · Learn about Tessa Kennedy's life and work, from her elopement with a painter to her award-winning projects for celebrities and royalty. Discover her signature style of grandeur and theatre in her own homes and commissions, such as the Rivoli Bar at the Ritz.
May 26, 2021 · Tessa Kennedy, sister of Caroline Kennedy, married Dominick Elwes, a young artist, in 1957 against her parents' wishes. They fled to Havana, Cuba, where they met Hemingway and Meyer Lansky, and had a quickie wedding.
Mar 19, 2014 · The collection of interiors items belonging to decorator Tessa Kennedy, whose clients included George Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor, took 'more than' double the original estimate at auction yesterday, confirmed Christie's.
Feb 25, 2016 · Tessa Kennedy's living room in Knightsbridge. That phrase again, like a mantra. She repeats it again later, when I ask her what advice she would have for anyone decorating a bog-standard...
Feb 28, 2019 · The designer, who styled the homes of celebrities, is accused of negligence after a tree in her estate fell on a car and killed a former soldier. The tree was on private land and the council blames the owner for its maintenance.
