In the Pink : Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator
by Varney, Carleton
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About This Item
New York: Pointed leaf Press, 2006. Square quarto (12"). 216pp. Index and bibliography. Photographic dust jacket with white spine lettered in pink and black, over decorative boards with pink lettered white spine. Profusely illustrated with photographs and ads in color and black & white. A fine, as new copy.
The author of this work, Carleton Varney, is a world-renowned decorator and author who worked with Draper and purchased her company on the 1960s. Dorothy Draper (1889-1969) was, for her time, the most famous decorator in America. A pioneering businesswoman and expert colorist, she used her trademark cabbage-rose chintz and neo-baroque plasterwork to create innovative and cheerful interiors for apartment houses, hotels, restaurants, theatres, department stores and private homes.
Contents: Introduction -- She'll take Manhattan -- Ask Dorothy -- Go for Baroque -- Get well soon -- Living it up -- Bolts of inspiration -- All aboard -- My Dorothy.
The author of this work, Carleton Varney, is a world-renowned decorator and author who worked with Draper and purchased her company on the 1960s. Dorothy Draper (1889-1969) was, for her time, the most famous decorator in America. A pioneering businesswoman and expert colorist, she used her trademark cabbage-rose chintz and neo-baroque plasterwork to create innovative and cheerful interiors for apartment houses, hotels, restaurants, theatres, department stores and private homes.
Contents: Introduction -- She'll take Manhattan -- Ask Dorothy -- Go for Baroque -- Get well soon -- Living it up -- Bolts of inspiration -- All aboard -- My Dorothy.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51166
- Title
- In the Pink : Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator
- Author
- Varney, Carleton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pointed leaf Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Interior decoration, early 20th c. American interiors
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