Design Ideas | May 6, 20081 Comment
Dorothy Draper Colors
Sensational Color has a nice post on the favorite colors of famed interior decorator, Dorothy Draper. I thought you’d enjoy reading it.¬† As writer Kate Smith says, “Dorothy Draper was the Grand Dame of using bright, bold color and texture combinations in her day and thought to be quite outlandish. While they are bold by today‚Äôs standards these colors don‚Äôt seem all that unusual.”¬†
Draper changed the interior design world beginning in the 1930′s – primarily by breaking away from the strict use of period styles. Her work remains influential. You can visit her site, which offers books and other information here.
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How fantastic to have this color compilation: thank you! It isn’t just the colors that were bold in her time, is it? It’s how they were used. Pink and green living rooms? Red powder rooms? Unheard of.