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In the Pink
Dorothy Draper Americas Most Fabulous Decorator
by Carleton Varney ; Dan Shaw
ISBN: 0972766189
ISBN-13: 9780972766180
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd
Published date: 2006
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 11 x 11.75 inches
Weight: 4.6 pounds
Pages: 216
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In the Pink: Dorothy Draper--America's Most Fabulous Decorator
Varney, Carleton
Pointed Leaf Press. Hardcover. 0972766189 Ships from PA, 15-day return for any reason. Fast Shipping, thank you for your order.brand new Wear on corners and edges . Fine. 1/25/2006. ( more information) Offered by Bookrascal LLC (United States)
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IN THE PINK Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator
Varney, Carleton
NY: Pointed Leaf Press, 2006. First edition. Large quarto. 216 pp; over 200 color & b/w photographs. Cloth with dj. Fine/Fine. A new copy. First illustrated monograph on this important American decorator, who shocked the design world in 1937 when she decorated the 37-story Hampshire House apartment hotel on Central Park South. To be published May 2006.. Hard Cover. New/New. ( more information) Offered by Carnegie Hill Books (United States)
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01-A. Brand new. From the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia and Quitandinha in Brazil to her important fabrics for F. Schumacher & Co. and her automobile and airplane interiors of the 1950s, Draper continues to influence designers today. ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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In the Pink (Qty: 3)
VARNEY, CARLETON
ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB LTD, 2006. Brand new. An illustrated monograph on Dorothy Draper, and American designer. ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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