John C. S. Parcher (November 10, 1845-June 6, 1903) was elected to The Lambs as a non-resident member on February 9, 1893. Parcher was based in Boston and was well-known as a pioneer “ladies tailor” with his own operation in the city.
John Clayton Stanfield Parcher was born in Minot, Maine. He trained in tailoring. He was the partner of painter and world traveller Frank Alfred Bicknell. Parcher, a costumer and dressmaker, had traveled the world from Japan to Europe, and in the 1890s occupied an eclectically-furnished apartment and studio in the tower designed by Lamb Stanford White for New York’s Madison Square Garden. There, they hosted receptions and concerts that garnered notices in the city papers, as had their travels: “Mr. Bicknell’s studio has been the scene of some most delightful entertainments, both artistic and musical, and an invitation to one of his Monday afternoons is greatly sought for by society and artists alike.”
On June 6, 1903, Parcher, a globetrotting businessman, died on a train bound for Boston from Manhattan. He was 57. He is interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery.