Dorothy Catherine Draper
Dorothy Catherine Draper (6 August 1807–10 December 1901) was an artist, educator and chemist notable for being the subject of the earliest existent daguerreotype portrait made in the United States.Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper
National Museum of American HistoryH. W. Lanier, The Marvels of Photography. ''The World's Work'', Vol. XI, No. 3, Jan. 1906, pp. 7163-7173.Joan Marans Dim and Nancy Murphy Cricco
''The Miracle on Washington Square: New York University''
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Early life

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Dorothy Draper
Dorothy Draper (November 22, 1889 – March 11, 1969) was an American interior decorator. Stylistically very minimalism, anti-minimalist, she would use bright, exuberant colors and large prints that would encompass whole walls. She incorporated black and white tiles, rococo scrollwork, and baroque plasterwork, design elements now considered definitive of the Hollywood Regency style of interior decoration. Early life She was born into the upper-class Tuckerman family in Tuxedo Park, New York, Tuxedo Park, NY, one of the first gated communities in the United States. Her parents were Paul Tuckerman (1856–1940) and Susan (née Minturn) Tuckerman (1866–1956). In addition to the house in Tuxedo Park, the family had a Manhattan townhouse and a summer cottage in Newport, RI. Her brother Roger was the father of Nancy Tuckerman, the 12th White House Social Secretary who was appointed by Jackie Kennedy. Her maternal grandparents were John Wendell Minturn (son of Robert Bowne Minturn ...
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