Elsie de Wolfe: A Decorative Life Book

Combines a colorful overview of contemporary interior design with the riveting life and times of the founding mother of the decorating profession. In a fresh format, engagingly written, and chockablock with photographs and color renderings of de Wolfe's own work and of contemporary rooms that echo her ideas, this book presents a stylish view of a truly unique woman. Illustrations.

A colorful overview of contemporary interior design combined with the riveting life and times of the founding mother of the decorating profession. Broadway star, decorating pioneer, international hostess, suffragette, and self-made millionairess de Wolfe mixed styles and periods and arranged seats for conversation's sake--innovative ideas that designers still employ. 75 full-color and 75 duotone illustrations.