Start Reading In The Pink: Dorothy Draper: America's Most Fabulous Decorator Drafted By Carleton Varney Formatted As Bound Copy

Most people don't realize the enormous impact of Dorothy Draper on the history of interior decorating in the US, I think her work chronicled here is a good appraisal, It would have been great to get a stronger sense of what else was going on around her as her work has often been criticized for being derivative of queer decorating of the time.
Regardless, her legacy is worth reckoning with, Really enjoyed this book and the history on Dorothy Draper, oh to have been there and seen her designs in the flesh would have been magnificent! Had no idea that all that stuff we did at Bendel's came from her! Love!!! Dorothy Draper is the original Martha Stewart.
She made the's fabulous and full of glamore, poor midamerican housewives Awesome designs, Just wish more of the photos were in color, Carleton Varney presents this illustrated monograph on Dorothy Draper, and American designer, .