Decorative Designers AKA "DD" (1895–1931) was an American firm of artists, each of whom designed various aspects of books and other publications, "an early example of division of labor in creative work." The "DD" monogram appears on more than 25,000 book covers, dust jackets, and text decorations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Members
* Henry W. Thayer (1867-1940), co-founder
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* Emma Reddington Lee Thayer (1874-1973), co-founder
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Charles Buckles Falls (1874-1960)
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Jay Chambers (1877-1929)
* Rome K. Richardson
* Adam Empie
See also
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Charles Buckles Falls
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Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
In 1894, he began ...
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John Espey
John Jenkins Espey (15 January 1913 – 26 September 2000) was a novelist, memoirist and literary scholar, born in Shanghai where his parents were Presbyterian missionaries. Espey returned to the United States to study at Occidental College in 1 ...
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American Pre-Raphaelites
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Morris & Co.
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American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen
References
External sources
Smithsonian Decorative Designers (Firm)
University of Pennsylvania Decorative Designers. bdd
of Decorative Designers work
of Richard Minsky
American art movements
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