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Architecture + Design Elsie de Wolfe The American pioneer who vanquished Victorian gloom By Edgar Munhall December 31, 1999 Though dead for half a century, Elsie de Wolfe remains an icon to.
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SINCE her death in France in 1950 at the age of 85, Elsie de Wolfe has been variously remembered as the first interior decorator, the first ''lady'' to appear on a Broadway stage, the first.
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Elsie de Wolfe, also known as Lady Mendl, was born in 1865 in New York, lived a glamorous life as a well-known member of the European cafe society and earned the title of "grand dame of modern decorating". She is believed to be the creator of the interior design profession and called the 'first modern professional decorator' by many.
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A New York actress who dressed much better than she performed turned self-taught, headline-making, hard-nosed, ferociously Francophile aesthete, de Wolfe (a.k.a. Lady Mendl) personified.
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Elsie de Wolfe (born December 20, 1865, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 12, 1950, Versailles, France) American interior decorator, hostess, and actress, best known for her innovative and anti-Victorian interiors.. De Wolfe was educated privately in New York and in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she lived with maternal relatives.Through that connection she was presented at Queen Victoria's.
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Elsie de Wolfe, also known as Lady Mendl, was both a close friend of Isabella's and a pioneering interior decorator. Gardner—who had her own aesthetic—did not hire de Wolfe to design her homes. She likely bought the table as a way to support both a friend and a female professional. An Unlikely Friendship
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Elsie de Wolfe was born in New York in 1865. In her autobiography, she described herself as "an ugly child" who lived in "an ugly age." Her father earned a reasonable income as a doctor.
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by 1stDibs editors Elsie de Wolfe was a self-pronounced "rebel in an ugly world." Her revolt began early, when as a small girl she threw a temper tantrum at the sight of the hopelessly drab William Morris-style wallpaper with which her mother had covered the walls of her room.
Elsie de Wolfe
Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl ( née Ella Anderson de Wolfe; December 20, c. 1859 [1] - July 12, 1950 [2]) was an American actress who became a very prominent interior designer and author.
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Elsie de Wolfe (1865-1950) was the first professional interior designer in America. She believed in achieving a single, harmonious, overall design statement, and felt that the decoration of the home should reflect the woman's personality, rather than simply the husband's earning power.
Elsie De Wolfe (February 20, 1865 — July 12, 1950), American designer
Elsie de Wolfe sits within current concern for the domestic interior and is a welcome addition to the literature, contributing as it does a substantial analysis of the career of an early woman practitioner. This recent trend means that it is becoming less accurate to assert, as editor Mitchell Owens does in the opening to his foreword for.
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A Marriage of Convenience Photo: My Years on the Stage by John Drew (E. P. Dutton & Company, 1922) A December 11, 1897, New York Times article reports that Boldini was "finishing a large portrait.
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Known and revered as America's first decorator, Elsie de Wolfe's impact on interior design has been enormous. Even after her death, her legacy continues, as the casual feminine and airy style she introduced remains relevant today. Join me in discovering her story, her legacy, and some of her most important designs.
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Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl was an American actress who became a very prominent interior designer and author. Born in New York City, de Wolfe was acutely sensitive to her surroundings from her earliest years and became one of the first female interior decorators, replacing dark and ornate Victorian decor with lighter, simpler styles and uncluttered room layouts.