The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955 by Adam Lewis Healthy Pasta ruby red rhubarb is roasted

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The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955 by Adam Lewis Healthy Pasta ruby red rhubarb is roastedMixing gorgeous interiors with sparkling social history, this is the first book on the visionary women whose work gave us the timeless, essential principles of modern interior decorating. In 1904, Elsie de Wolfe was given a contract to design the interiors of the Colony Club. Their success launched de Wolfes career and the entire field of professional interior decoration. Soon other women followed, known collectively (for their privileged backgrounds)