Diana Phipps
Nee countess Sternberg, interior designer
About Diana Phipps
Lived 1936 – 2024 (aged 88). Diana Phipps was an English interior designer, designer and interior architect.
Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg (22 February 1936 – 31 July 2024) was a Czech noble woman, interior designer, and philanthropist.
Biography Diana Franziska Alice Mary Guadeloupe Sternberg was born on 22 February 1936 in Vienna, Austria to Leopold Sternberg (1896–1957) and Countess Cecilia Reventlow-Criminil (1908–1983).
Sternberg married Henry Ogden Phipps, an American financier, at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Kingston, Jamaica on 23 April 1957. They had one daughter, Alexandra Hardegg.
She published Affordable Splendour in 1981, which covers low-budget interior decoration methods through photographs, step-by-step instructions and DIY projects.
Sternberg lived in London, England until the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Sternberg died in Vienna on 31 July 2024, at the age of 88.
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Who was Diana Phipps?
nee countess Sternberg, interior designer (1936–2024)
When was Diana Phipps born?
Diana Phipps was born on 22 February 1936 in Vienna.
When did Diana Phipps die?
Diana Phipps died on 30 July 2024 in Vienna.
What was Diana Phipps's occupation?
Diana Phipps was an interior designer, designer and interior architect.
What nationality was Diana Phipps?
Diana Phipps was English.
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· DBpedia: Diana Phipps Sternberg
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