Erection date: /3/2015
Edward McKnight Kauffer 1890 - 1954, Marion Dorn, 1896 - 1964, designers, lived here in flats 139/141.
English Heritage
SW3, Chelsea Manor Street, Swan Court
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marion Dorn and Edward McKnight Kauffer
Textile designer. Born on Christmas day, probably at Menlo Park, near San Fra...
Artist and designer. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. As an...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Marion Dorn and Edward McKnight Kauffer
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
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