Art Deco and the rise of the Interior Decorator

     This was the time period that had the rise of the decorator in it. Decorators focused on ensemble, choosing objects, combining objects and in doing do making aesthetic choices. The job of the "Interior Decorator" was to fully furnish an interior. This would include the obtaining of furniture, art, accessories, floor coverings and any other aspect of creating a cohesive interior design plan.
     Elsie de Wolfe was educated in New York and always despised Victorian design. She was an actress at first than became an interior decorator. She helped women become a separate entity from architecture. She proposed that the residential home should reflect the woman of the home's personality. Her design style was a blueprint of modern residential style. She used quality lighting, white walls and furniture, exotic animal prints, small scale French furniture, and the use of chintz fabric. Hew quote she lived by was, "I am going to make everything around me beautiful." 
     Dorothy Draper was an American interior designer. She had no form of training and used traditional furniture used in non-traditional ways. She opened the first ever interior design firm. She liked the clear vivid colors and the modern baroque styles. Her focus was on public design and even mized stripes and the chintz fabric. She believed "I always put in one controversial item, it makes people talk." "If it looks right, it is right."
     Petra Blaisse is a British designer who specialized in interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, and textiles. She started her own firm in 1991 called "Inside Outside". She focused on bringing the outside inside and making that barrier disappear. This is why her firm was named the way it is.
     Clodagh is and American designer from Ireland with no formal training. She loves a tranquil setting with natural materials. She had her designs spread all over the world. She works a lot in Florida.
     Laura Day was educated at the New York school of Design. She was on the show Trading Spaces on HGTV. Her style was fresh and her focus was on flipping houses.

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