David Mlinaric
David Mlinaric CBE (born 12 March 1939) is a British interior decorator.
Early life
Mlinaric is the son of an English mother and an Austro-Hungarian father, a furrier who had emigrated to England in 1912 from modern-day Slovenia.[1]
He was educated at Downside School and the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College, London.[2][3]
Career
His work ranges from commissions for private clients including Lord Rothschild and Mick Jagger to public galleries and museums – the National Gallery, London, the National Portrait Gallery, London and Victoria and Albert museum among them – as well as many buildings belonging to the National Trust. He has designed or decorated interiors from all over the world, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, houses and flats in England, Ireland and the United States, Italy, Corfu, and Mustique, and the British Embassies in Washington and Paris.[citation needed]
In 2009, he was awarded a CBE for services to Interior Design and Heritage.[2]
Personal life
In 1969, Mlinaric married Martha Laycock, daughter of Major General Sir Robert Laycock.[4] They have two daughters and one son:
- Jessica Rose Mlinaric (born 1970)
- Frances Josepha Octavia Mlinaric (born 1972), married Andrew Penn
- Nicholas Maximilian Mlinaric (born 1977), married Rewa O'neill
References
- ^ Kavanagh, Julie. "Inside Information". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ a b "David Mlinaric - Admiralty Arch". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ webmaster@vam.ac.uk, Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum, Web Team,. "David Mlinaric". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Cannell, Michael (24 December 2008). "A Designer of Castles, Living Simply". Retrieved 2 June 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
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