Chessy Rayner

Chesbrough Lewis Rayner (née Hall; September 25, 1931 – February 26, 1998) was an American interior decorator, socialite, fashion editor and writer.

Early life and family Rayner was born on September 25, 1931, in Perrysburg, Ohio, to Richard Brown West Hall (1897–1959) and Chesbrough Lewis (1912–2004). She attended finishing school and Briarcliff College. After her parents' divorce, her mother remarried Iva S. V. Patcevitch, the chairman of Condé Nast.

In 1967, she co-founded the interior design firm MAC II with Mica Ertegun (MAC being an acronym of "Mica and Chessy"). The firm focused on residential and commercial projects. MAC II's residential clients included Kenneth Noland, Bill Blass and Arnold Scaasi. Their commercial clients included Trade Development Bank, Banco Safra and the Carlyle Hotel. In 1997, Rayner published New York: Trends and Tradition, a book highlighting 27 interiors in New York City.

She was described as "one of the best-dressed and most-photographed fixtures of the Manhattan social scene."

In 2011, 750 items from her estate were sold on One Kings Lane.