The Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper

Varney, Carleton

ISBN 10: 013219080X / ISBN 13: 9780132190800

Published by Prentice Hall Press, New York, New York, 1988

The cover is red and beige. The front free endpaper has the author's signature, ending with a line for the "ney". Above the signature is a gift inscription from three people, with a date in 1993. Thirteen chapters; b/w photos on plates. DJ: Price clipped. The lamination has some sheen loss from shelf wear rubbing. The front and back panels each have a 3/8 in. wrinkle on a corner. Scans e-mailed upon request. Seller Inventory # 018817

Synopsis:

Traces the life of the influential interior decorator, looks at how she changed her profession, and describes her privileged background

Reviews: Varney heads Dorothy Draper & Co., founded by the late doyenne of interior design, whose life and career he describes in this scintillating biography. Himself an admired designer of famous places in the U.S. and abroad, the author tells Draper's story with fitting elan. Known as the "last grande dame," naturally imperious, Dorothy Tuckerman and her husband were descendants of the English who settled Newport, R.I., long before the "new money" typesVanderbilts, Astors, Morgansset foot on the social ladder. Anecdotes about socialites and celebrities add spice to the book, but the Draper history is the most absorbing. When she died in 1969 at age 80, Draper had created decorative wonders, among them the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan and the Greenbriar Hotel in West Virginia. Some remain symbols of elegance, but most, sadly, have been altered or razed by "developers."
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Draper Touch: The High Life and High ...
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press, New York, New York
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by the Authors