In the Pink 2006
- From the 1930s to the 1960s, Dorothy Draper was
the most famous decorator in America. A pioneer
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, theaters, department
stores, and private homes. The first interior
designer to insist on taking control of every element
of a hotel project – from the menus
and matchbooks to the barware and braid on the bellhops’ uniforms – Draper
built her reputation as a “promotional stylist” on
properties such as the Hampshire House in New York
City, Arrowhead Springs in San Bernardino, California,
Quitandinha in Brazil, and the Greenbrier in White
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Weaving together words, memorabilia, and more than three
hundred photographs, many never before published, In
the Pink traces the career of the woman whose idiosyncratic
style, indomitable spirit, and inventive designs have
become an enduring legend. |
