Agnes Garrett
(1845-1935), Interior designer and suffragistSitter in 1 portrait
Garrett established the first interior design business run by women, working with her cousin Rhoda Garrett. Initially intending to train as architects, the cousins tried for several years to become apprentices, being taken on by the architect J.M. Brydon in 1871. The Garrett's business included designing furniture and wallpapers aimed at middle-class customers with modest incomes, and they ran a school of interior design. With her sisters Elizabeth and Millicent, Agnes Garrett actively campaigned for votes for women, and with Rhoda joined the central committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage in 1871.
by Olive Edis
platinum print on card mount, 1900s
NPG x16323
Related People
- Sir Alan Garrett Anderson (nephew)
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (sister)
- Louisa Garrett Anderson (niece)
- Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett) (sister)
- Newson Garrett (father)
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