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  2. Elsie de Wolfe - Wikipedia

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    Elsie de Wolfe, photograph from The House in Good Taste, 1913. According to The New Yorker, "Interior design as a profession was invented by Elsie de Wolfe". [3] [4] She was certainly the most famous name in the field until the 1930s, but the profession of interior decorator/designer was recognized as a promising one as early as 1900, [5] five years before she received her first official ...

  3. Leanne Ford Says Slowing Down Is the Secret to Great Design - AOL

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    Along with enthralling photos of the historic property, the book is filled with clever design tips, life reflections, and a healthy sprinkling of Elsie de Wolfe quotes—all of which are sure to ...

  4. Dorothy Draper - Wikipedia

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    Journal of Interior Design 34(1), 1–13.Lewis, Adam. (2010). The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955. Rizzoli, New York. ISBN 978-0-8478-3336-8; Owens, Mitchell, (2005). Living large: The brash, bodacious hotels of Dorothy Draper" in The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Issue 25. Published by the ...

  5. Maison Jansen - Wikipedia

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    Under Boudin's leadership, Maison Jansen provided services to the royal families of Belgium, Iran, and Serbia; Elsie de Wolfe, and Lady Olive Baillie's Leeds Castle in Kent, England. The firm's most published work was a project by Boudin and Paul Manno, the head of Jansen's New York office, for the U.S. White House during the administration of ...

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  7. Colony Club - Wikipedia

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    The interiors, which exist largely unchanged, were created by Elsie de Wolfe – later to become Lady Mendl – a former actress who had recently opened an interior-design business, and whose companion, the theatrical agent Elisabeth Marbury, was one of the club's founders.

  8. Dorothy Liebes - Wikipedia

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    Elsie de Wolfe Award (1948) Dorothy Wright Liebes (14 October 1897 – 20 September 1972) was an American textile designer and weaver renowned for her innovative, custom-designed modern fabrics for architects and interior designers . [ 1 ]

  9. The Decoration of Houses - Wikipedia

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    The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounce Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially rooms decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argue ...