Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper
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Designer and interior decorator Dorothy Draper's colour-filled life story is one of high society, money, gossip, and throughout it all, reinvention. Carleton Varney has owned and directed Dorothy Draper & Company, Inc., for almost 60 years. He worked with Mrs. Draper at the end of her illustrious career, and wrote the only biography of her life, The Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper, in 1988. In the book, Varney sets the scene and defines the milieu that Draper was born into in 1889 and from which she escaped to become one of America's leaders in design - a true visionary entrepreneur. Thirty-three years later, Shannongrove Press is releasing this deluxe edition of The Draper Touch. With a new foreword by Varney, newly found photographs, recently discovered historical documents from a private collection, and archival ephemera from Draper's family, this beautiful tome reveals Draper's fascinating journey and the real stories behind her ground-breaking work. AUTHOR: Carleton Varney grew up in Nahant, Massachusetts. He graduated from Oberlin College, with studies at the University of Madrid and throughout Europe. Upon returning to New York in 1961, he earned a master's degree in education from New York University and later joined the decorating firm of Dorothy Draper & Company, Inc., where he has been the owner and president for almost 60 years. In 1966, he hosted one of the first television shows dedicated to decorating: Inside Design aired every day on CBN. He has designed and decorated private homes, hotels, other commercial venues, and events in locations around the world, such as Florida, Hawaii, Ireland, and New York. He served as design consultant to the White House for the Carter Administration. In 2018 he was nominated as a member of the National Council on the Arts, and he is currently on the National Council of the White House Historical Association. Varney holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Charleston in West Virginia. He has published 35 books on decorating and penned two novels. Varney writes a regular syndicated column that appears in the Palm Beach Daily News. He is the father of three sons, Nicholas, Seamus, and Sebastian and has one grandson, Bowie. SELLING POINTS: . A must have for those fascinated with the history of the interior design business as well as the history of New York City, where Draper lived and designed some of her most famous projects such as the Carlyle Hotel . Features personal and archival photographs by fashion and society photographers Edward Steichen, Cecil Beaton and Andre Kértéz whose images were published in the 1920s in Vogue magazine . Insightful texts are based on interviews with Draper's family, former staff of the company and the author's personal memories of Dorothy Draper who was referred to as the 'Duchess of Decorating' . Extensive appendices that include never-before-seen Draper documents 45 colour, 59 b/w illustrationsFormat: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper
Author: Carleton Varney
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