Marion Hall Best b. 1905

Also known as Marion Burkitt
  • Artist
Interior designer and decorator whose work and achievements exemplify the best of the many dynamic and significant advances that occurred within Australian modernism in the post-war years. Hailed as an interior design 'legend', Marion Hall Best was a leading local arbiter of style who was also recognised internationally for her avant-garde modernism.
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decorator, was born in rural NSW, one of three talented Burkitt sisters (another was Dora Sweetapple ).

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Date written:
1995
Last updated:
1992

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Other occupations
  • Decorator
  • Decorator
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Related people
  • Sweetapple, Dora (associate of)
  • Sweetapple, Dora (sibling of)
  • Burkitt, Muriel (sibling of)
  • Sweetapple, Dora (associate of)
  • Sweetapple, Dora (sibling of)
  • Burkitt, Muriel (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Society of Interior Designers of Australia (associate of)
  • Society of Interior Designers of Australia (associate of)