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Hollywood Regency: Dorothy Draper

Published November 17th, 2007

We get lots of questions and comments about the dresser our lamps are photographed on. The dresser is an original Dorothy Draper dresser from her Espana series for Heritage. They are highly sought after by collectors as one of the icons of the Hollywood Regency period. Here is a 1stdibs listing for one at Capitol Furnishings in New York City. The price is listed as “contact dealer” but they generally sell for $4,000 to $7,000 depending on condition.

The plaster urn lamps pictured above were designed by Dorothy and are also listed on 1stdibs at Capitol Furnishings for $6,200. The white dressers are from her Viennese Collection and are for sale at Downtown in Los Angeles for $16,000 for the three.

Dorothy was born to a wealthy family in Tuxedo Park, New York. She actually started the very first interior design firm in America in 1923. Although it was ground breaking to professionalize interior design, it was even more progressive for a woman to start a business in 1923.

There is a wonderful book about Dorothy Draper written by Carleton Varney titled In The Pink. You will notice reading this blog, that I’m really not a writer…. therefore I will link to articles and or refer readers to google when there is more information available…. usually written by someone who knows how to write. So in this case I suggest you start here.

On the really fun side of things…. Just discovered that Dorothy Draper designed Christmas Gift Tags. Here is an eBay listing for two packs.

Enjoy!