How They Decorated: Inspiration From Great Women Of The Twentieth Century,New

How They Decorated Illustrates Some Of The Great Rooms Of The Twentieth Century, Whose Stylish Residents Influence Our Tastes Today.Gloria Vanderbilt Cleverly Noted, Decorating Is Autobiography. Reflecting That Truism, The Interiors In This Book Capture The Individual Approaches Of These Icons Of Style: Bunny Mellons Spare Allamerican Elegance; Hlne Rochass Refined Sophistication; Vanessa Bells Colorful Bohemianism; Mona Von Bismarcks Breezy Opulence; And Georgia Okeeffes Earthy Chic. Author P. Gaye Tapp Analyzes Each Of Her Subjects Refined Way Of Living, How She Embellished Her Residences (Or Left Them Elegantly Stark), And The Longlasting Effects On Todays Generation Of Designers And Connoisseurs Of Beauty.The Book Is Presented In Four Sections That Describe The Aesthetic Approaches That The Ladies Took In Decorating Their Abodes: The Fashionably Chic, The Unconventional Eye, In The Grand Manner, And Legacy Style. Each Interior Illustrates The Crucial Aspect Of The Ladys Definitive Taste. Some Worked Closely With Decorating Legends Such As John Fowler, Albert Hadley, Billy Baldwin, Syrie Maugham, And Jeanmichel Frank. Others Took To The Task Of Decorating Singlehandedlylike Pauline Trigre, Sybil Connolly, Vita Sackvillewest, And Fleur Cowles. The Interiors Of These Trendsetting Ladies Defied Their Time And Inspire And Delight To This Day. In How They Decorated, One Can Learn From The Most Notable Style Muses Of The Last Century.