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Bold Whimsy.(decorator Dorothy Draper)(Brief article)
Byline: Laura Jacobs
Cross manners matriarch Emily Post with clever couturiere Elsa Schiaparelli and whom would you get? Interior decorator Dorothy Draper, that's who. Like Post, Draper was a rich girl from Tuxedo Park, New York, raised to society but working to reach the masses through her best-selling books and bites ("If it looks right, it is right"). Like Schiaparelli, Draper had a deep feeling for the surreal, an unblinking eye that saw above and beyond. It was Dorothy Draper who dominated American decorating through the 30s and 40s, her disciplined flamboyance not only rousing housewives in Podunk but influencing high-end commercial interiors, which was a first. She was so much the last word that the press eventually made her a word-a verb, no less: "to Draperize." From May 2 to August 27-with vintage photographs, drawings, company designs, original furniture, and a 1957 television interview with ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 2006 700+ words
...design business, Dorothy Draper was a true pioneer...not only in New York but also nationally...High Style of Dorothy Draper retrospective...of the City of New York on May 2, 2006...offering two Dorothy Draper packages, available...
- The last words: the Museum of the City of New York has a new show celebrating...
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful June 1, 2006 700+ words
...world are the ones that are made up entirely of 'interesting people.'" Dorothy Draper preferred everything extra-large-jumbo, like IN THE PINK: DOROTHY DRAPER, AMERICA'S MOST FABULOUS DECORATOR. As outsize, theatrical, and fabulous...
- SCENE.(Mockingbird Hilton is now Hotel Palomar Dallas)(Tillman's restaurant...
- Magazine article from: WWD Castex, Sonya Haber, Holly Williamson, Rusty January 10, 2007 700+ words
...Legendary Life of Dorothy Draper," running through...Hampshire House in New York, and the exuberant...between the museum, New York's Carleton Varney...bought Draper's New York-based design...Legendary Life of Dorothy Draper," The Women...
- Personalities: Carleton Varney, president, Dorothy Draper & Co., Inc.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Lodging Hospitality Michaelides, Stephen November 1, 2001 700+ words
The venerable New York City design firm that Carleton Varney heads up, Dorothy Draper & Co., invents...He talks of the Dorothy Draper dynamic of swashbuckling...floor. Editor: And Dorothy Draper under the aegis of Carleton...
- 20th-century glamour: designs by Dorothy Draper, a midcentury decorating star,...
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful Greene, Elaine September 1, 2004 700+ words
...Twentieth Century, Dorothy Draper's decorating projects...Hampshire House in New York, and the Greenbrier...Furniture is adding eleven Dorothy Draper pieces to its Varney...BACK IN PRINT Designer Dorothy Draper (above left), though...
- Book recalls bold design diva Dorothy Draper Old bold.
- News wire article from: News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) June 17, 2006 700+ words
...didn't exist until Dorothy Draper hit the scene, in...Hampshire House hotel in New York in jaw-dropping...released. "In the Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most...doyenne of home design, Dorothy Draper (see related story...
- In The Pink.(In the Pink: Dorothy Draper)(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Library Bookwatch July 1, 2006 700+ words
...Leaf Press 1100 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10028 0972766189 $95.00 pointedleafpress.com In The Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator...interior designer and decorator Dorothy Draper, a woman far ahead of her age...
- Dorothy Draper's fondness for bold looks leads an appreciative revival of her...
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) April 3, 2007 700+ words
...floral patterns are signature Dorothy Draper. A new book about the early...famous interiors curated by Dorothy Draper & Co. president Carleton...author of "In the Pink: Dorothy Draper _ America's Most Fabulous...
- Dorothy Draper & Co. to design condo lobby.
- Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly February 14, 2007 700+ words
...World-renowned interior designer, Dorothy Draper & Co., has been retained to...and Greenbrier in West Virginia, Dorothy Draper & Co. brings a new level of...time they pass through this signature Dorothy Draper & Co. lobby." Led by Andrea...
- The Greenbrier: Dorothy Draper & Co. continues a longstanding relationship with...
- Magazine article from: Interior Design Abercrombie, Stanley February 1, 1989 700+ words
Dorothy Draper & Co. continues a longstanding relationship with the legendary...the rambling resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and Dorothy Draper. Their relationship goes back to 1946, when Mrs. Draper was hired...
