The Amusing Style Selections from the Collection of Pavel Zoubok and Paul A. Baglio Jr. 
24 July 2019
The Amusing Style Selections from the Collection of Pavel Zoubok and Paul A. Baglio Jr. 
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Dorothy Draper

Carlyle table from The Greenbrier Hotel

USA, c. 1947
lacquered wood 14½ h × 54 w × 20 d in (37 × 137 × 51 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
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provenance: The Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
literature: In the Pink: Dorothy Draper America's Most Fabulous Decorator, Verney, pg. 162

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The Old White

Dorothy Draper Reinvigorates a Classic

In 1947, when Dorothy Draper was chosen to revive The Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, she was already a well-known New York society designer. This impressive undertaking—restoring a historic hotel after it had been used as a temporary hospital for wounded veterans—took her just sixteen months to complete, with an unprecedented budget of $4.2 million. The design was described as "thoroughly American and traditionally Southern in that all important quality, hospitality" and a "veritable home-away-from-home for those who seek pleasure and rest."

The Greenbrier Hotel's interiors were outfitted with exuberant, over-sized floral prints, luxurious gilt and marble surfaces and details, and large, airy spaces that created an atmosphere of elegance and ease.
 

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