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Dorothy Draper (November 22, 1889 – March 11, 1969) was an American interior decorator. Stylistically very anti-minimalist , she used bright, exuberant colors and large prints that encompassed whole walls.
Dorothy Catherine Draper was born 6 August 1807 in St. Helens, Lancashire in England, [5] to John Christopher Draper (1777–1829), a Wesleyan clergyman and Sarah (née Ripley) Draper (1773–1834). She was baptised on 2 November 1807 by Revd. Dr. Thomas Coke . [ 6 ]
John William Draper was born May 5, 1811, in St. Helens, Lancashire, England, [3] to John Christopher Draper, a Wesleyan clergyman, and Sarah (Ripley) Draper. He also had three sisters, Dorothy Catherine Draper (August 6, 1807 – December 10, 1901), [4] Elizabeth Johnson, and Sarah Ripley.
Before her death in 1942, [12] they were the parents of three children, including: Dorothy Draper (1920–2017), a graduate of DePauw University who married Lt. James R. Wagner, USNR, who was killed In action in the European theatre of World War II. [13] She joined WAVES and later married Phillips Hawkins in 1947. [14] [15]
Dorothy Draper Co., Inc. has offices located in New York, Palm Beach, White Sulphur Springs, and London. [8] Varney's design work includes private homes of celebrities and world leaders, hotels around the world, castles in Ireland, yachts, ships, private, and public buildings. [ 9 ]
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Her father was a successful Manhattan stockbroker. Her aunt (her father's sister) was the decorator Dorothy Draper. [2] She had a sister, Cynthia Tuckerman Gay (died 2014) and a brother, Roger Tuckerman. Her nephew John Gay Jr., married Deborah Hearst, of the Hearst family.
Draper is a surname, taken from the occupation (a draper was a merchant in cloth or dry goods). It is the 1365th most common name in the USA, with approximately ...