tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post2869745238259820692..comments2024-03-25T05:06:18.799-04:00Comments on Half Pudding Half Sauce: From Lobby to Peak - HallsHalfPuddingHalfSaucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-63281850461130367242012-08-19T23:37:00.909-04:002012-08-19T23:37:00.909-04:00Thanks, T.A.Thanks, T.A.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-59182294951870512012012-08-19T22:14:07.850-04:002012-08-19T22:14:07.850-04:00TDC --
To the best of my knowledge, Lady Mendl wa...TDC --<br /><br />To the best of my knowledge, Lady Mendl was the first *female* professional interior decorator. And it could be argued -- without much trouble -- that she did more to set the future course of the profession than any of her predecessors.<br /><br />The Herter Brothers, L C. Tiffany, Lockwood de Forest, Stanford White -- they were all either making, or contracting out, or buying the materials they used for interiors. I don't know enough about about EdW's business model to compare/contrast her with any of her predecessors. (Though I am curious at just how great her mark-ups were for Frick!)<br /><br />P.S. I have to repent what I said above about the Herter Brothers, as I've belatedly remembered that Leon Marcotte and Ringuet-Leprince were doing what amounted to "whole house interiors" in New York as early as the mid-1850s. (These were the years when Duncan Phyfe's handiwork was being banished to the attics of Washington Square in favor of something more "fashionable.")The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-19873888256756815422012-08-19T12:03:02.512-04:002012-08-19T12:03:02.512-04:00Everything I've ever read groups them in the p...Everything I've ever read groups them in the pioneer category.HalfPuddingHalfSaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-71536590394988994242012-08-19T11:02:23.780-04:002012-08-19T11:02:23.780-04:00Don't the Herter Brothers beat him out by a fe...Don't the Herter Brothers beat him out by a few years?<br /><br />The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-87400364263285203242012-08-18T21:15:10.342-04:002012-08-18T21:15:10.342-04:00Some say Elsie De Wolfe was the first professional...Some say Elsie De Wolfe was the first professional decorator as we know the vocation. But would that title go instead to Louis Comfort Tiffany?The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com