The Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper
Why we picked it
Written by the man who ran Dorothy Draper's company for almost 60 years, this biography tells the story of the woman who essentially created the modern interior design profession through bold color, drama, and fearless reinvention.
Our review
Dorothy Draper lived a life as bold as her interiors: high society, reinvention, color-filled rooms that broke every safe decorating rule of her era. Carleton Varney, who ran Dorothy Draper and Company for almost sixty years and worked alongside her at the end of her career, wrote the only biography of her life. It is the story of the woman who invented the modern interior design profession and made drama a philosophy of design.
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Designer and interior decorator Dorothy Drapers color-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 Americas leaders in designa 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 With a new foreword by Varney, newly found photographs, recently discovered historical documents from a private collection, and archival ephemera from Drapers family, this beautiful tome reveals Drapers fascinating journey and the real stories behind her ground-breaking work.
Resource details
- Resource type
- Book
- Age ranges
- Middle School, High School
- Careers
- Interior Designer
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