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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.
- 1940–present
- Interior designer
- 6 December 1938 (age 84), Guildford, England
17 mar 2016 · March 17, 2016. TESSA KENNEDY – BRITAIN’S BOLDEST INTERIOR DESIGNER. “Everything I do is over the top,” says Tessa Kennedy. The celebrated interior designer has been going over the top since she was a teenager in the Fifties, eloping with a society painter who was nearly 10 years older than her.
6 nov 2017 · 6 November 2017. With clients including George Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor (not to mention two very famous sons), interior design legend Tessa Kennedy's Knightsbridge flat is a testament to her fascinating life and opulent, eclectic style.
At age 26, Elwes met and wished to marry 19-year-old shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy, daughter of Geoffrey Ferrar Kennedy and Daška Ivanović. Kennedy's parents, however, disapproved of the relationship and instituted wardship proceedings.
- Paintings, elopement scandal
- Amberley, West Sussex
- Simon Elwes (father)
26 mag 2021 · The Runaways – When Dominick Elwes and Tessa Kennedy Shocked The World - Flashbak. Caroline Kennedy tells the story of a scandalous love affair in the 1950s. “Caroline, your sister’s run away with Elvis!” a voice screamed down the hall.
19 mar 2014 · By Alaina Vieru. 19 March 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.
Tessa Kennedy is an international award- winning decorator to the stars who for the last 50 years has created interiors with a sense of grandeur and a hint of theatre for an impressive list of elite clients including Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, George Harrison, Pierce
