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Constance Spry OBE (née Fletcher, previously Marr; 5 December 1886 – 3 January 1960) was a British educator, florist and author in the mid-20th century.
British floral expert Constance Spry (1886–1960), 1953. Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images. For Spry, always an arbiter of taste and a keen enthusiast of elegance and grace, the complexities and messes and her unprejudiced eye were perhaps the secrets to her not-so-secret success.
Mar 8, 2019 · Spry was the first 'domestic goddess' – the author of thirteen books, responsible for the flowers at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation and the famous 'Coronation Chicken'. She was also a revolutionary figure whose approach to aesthetics, gender, and sexuality was, perhaps, more in-line with the decade she just missed out on.
May 24, 2021 · Inspired by 16th- and 17th-century Dutch flower paintings Spry would raid both hedgerow and vegetable patch, incorporating grasses, wildflowers and ornamental kale into gravity-defying fans of sweeping abundance, themselves worthy of a still-life.
Dec 20, 2022 · ‘Do what you please, follow your own star; be original if you want to be and don't if you don't want to be,’ said society florist Constance Spry in 1940. A woman whose visionary work led to her becoming lauded as the first ‘domestic goddess’, Spry’s keen eye for floristry as an art form inspired generations of haute homemakers.
May 11, 2021 · It is not exactly a story of rags to riches, but Constance Spry, the daughter of a railway clerk, reached the pinnacle of society through trade and art.
Feb 19, 2013 · British florist Constance Spry’s image is at odds with who she was: a revolutionary flower decorator and intensely creative teacher, gardener, cook, and friend.
Jul 16, 2021 · Constance Spry, the high-society florist who never wilted. A new exhibition at London’s Garden Museum salutes the indefatigable woman whose manifold roles also included cook and educator....
Jun 24, 2021 · The fashion for flowers: Constance Spry. An exhibition at London’s Garden Museum celebrates Spry’s taste for modernity. Bust with a necklace of lilies by Constance Spry, c.1935. (Image...
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Sep 1, 2011 · Along the way she escaped a violent marriage, had a lengthy affair with a cross-dressing lesbian artist, and built a hugely successful flower business—a pioneer for working women at a time when few women had careers. Sue Shephard tells her extraordinary story with insight, wit, and flair.
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