Nancy Lancaster

Nancy Lancaster (9 September 1897 – 19 August 1994) was a 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, an influential British decorating firm that codified what is known as the English country-house look.

Read more about Nancy Lancaster:  Biography, Design Theory, Death

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