Lucy D. Taylor

Lucy D. Taylor. Author, educator, and leading authority on interior decoration during the first half of the 20th century.

Lucy D. Taylor (died 1965) was an author, educator, and authority on interior decoration during the first half of the 20th century. She was active in the field professionally, taking on leadership roles in organizations including the Decorators' Club,[1] and served on President Hoover's housing committee as a home decoration expert.[2] Throughout the 1920s and 1930s she was a contributing editor at House Beautiful, House & Garden, and Arts & Decoration.[3]

Career

Taylor lectured widely on the subject of interior design and had an active teaching career. She served as Head of the Teachers’ Training Department[4] and Instructor in Home Furnishing at the Massachusetts Normal Art School,[5] Boston, and taught courses at Vassar College, Cornell University, Yale University, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2][6][7] She also served as the Vice Chairman and Research Executive of the Committee on Home Furnishings under President Hoover's Conference on Home Building Ownership.[2] Taylor was on the faculty of the New York School of Interior Design from 1928 to 1950.[3] She was a distinguished instructor of Color and Room Composition, and had been a pupil herself of Albert Munsell, creator of the Munsell Color System.[3]

Articles and publications

Taylor was a frequent contributor to several magazine of home furnishings. From 1922 to 1935, Taylor was a contributing editor of House Beautiful, co-writing several articles with architect Verna Cook Salmonsky.[8]

Taylor authored three books on interior design:

  • Know Your Fabrics by Lucy D. Taylor. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951[9]
  • Your Home Beautiful: a manual of interior decoration. Suggestions to fit your means. New York: George H. Doran, 1925[10]
  • The Simple Art of Wall Decoration, published by Baeck Wallpaper Co., circa 1910.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Brooklyn Daily Eagle 22 Jan 1929 - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  2. ^ a b c "19 Sep 1932, Page 30 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  3. ^ a b c "NYSID Institutional Archives | New York School of Interior Design Library". library.nysid.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  4. ^ Magazine of Art. American Federation of Arts. 1921-01-01.
  5. ^ National Painters Magazine. Schnell Publishing Company. 1920-01-01.
  6. ^ "Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History". hearth.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  7. ^ "Calendar of Lectures". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 24 (1): 33–35. 1929. JSTOR 3255800.
  8. ^ Taylor, Lucy D. (November 1922). "Furnishing the Room: The arrangement of the furniture in relation to its uses and the shape of the room". House Beautiful. New York: Hearst Corporation. pp. 438–439.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. ^ Taylor, Lucy D (1951-01-01). Know your fabrics; standard decorative textiles and their uses. New York: Wiley. OCLC 1466022.
  10. ^ Taylor, Lucy D (1925-01-01). Your home beautiful; a manual of interior decoration, suggestions to fit your means--to suit your taste--to express your individuality. New York: George H. Doran Company. OCLC 2159371.
  11. ^ Taylor, Lucy D (1890-01-01). The simple art of wall decoration. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Baeck Wallpaper Co. OCLC 33956010.