Restaurant, Metropolitan Museum of Art (1954) *

Artist/Designer: Dorothy Draper

Project Location: New York, United States

Figure 1: The MET Official Website. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Restaurant, (1950). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : December 27, 2015 | Photographer: MET Museum )

Figure 2: Redesigning the Met's Home for Greek and Roman Art. The New York Times. The Court Becomes A Restaurant, (2007). ( Source | Accessed : December 27, 2015 | Photographer: Pogrebin, R )

Figure 3: Redesigning the Met's Home for Greek and Roman Art. The New York Times. ( Source | Photographer: Pogrebin, R )

Figure 4: Redesigning the Met's Home for Greek and Roman Art. The New York Times. ( Source | Photographer: Pogrebin, R )

Figure 5: Redesigning the Met's Home for Greek and Roman Art. The New York Times. ( Source | Photographer: Pogrebin, R )

Style/Period(s):
Classical, Contemporary, Eclectic, Modern, Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Metal, Color, Wood

Function(s):
Hospitality, Restaurant

Related Website(s):

NY Times Article on Draper's Renovation of Resturant | Accessed : September 18, 2018

http://www.dorothydraper.com/

Owens book listed above: Dorothy Draper" Living Large" cited above | Accessed : September 18, 2018

Table d'hote and à la carte: The Museum's Restaurants | Accessed : October 8, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1954

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Draper, Dorothy. Decorating is Fun!: How to Be Your Own Decorator. New York: Pointed Leaf Press, 2006.
Lewis, Adam and Jeremiah Goodman. The Great Lady Decorators: the Women who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955.
New York: Rizzoli, 2010.
Varney, Carleton. The Draper Touch: the High Life & High Style of Dorothy Draper. New York: Shannongrove Press, 1988.
Varney, Carleton. In the Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator. New York: Pointed Leaf Press, 2006.
Owens, Mitchell. "Living Large: The Brash, Bodacious Hotels of Dorothy Draper." The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 25 (2005): 254-87. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40007726.

Building Address: 000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028

Significant Dates: 1954

Supporting Staff/ Designers:
Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler (Sculptor of "Dancing Girl")
Carl Milles (Sculptor of "The Fountain of the Muses")

Tags: Renovation, Restaurant, Neoclassical, Museum, Pompeian, Roman Style, Stone, Monochromatic

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