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Lobby, Venetian Room, The Fairmont (1941)*

Artist/Designer: Dorothy Draper

Project Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Figure 1 ( Source | Accessed : October 6, 2016 )
Figure 2: Lobby, The Fairmont, SF
Decorator Dorothy Draper
( Source | Accessed : October 6, 2016 )
Figure 3: Lobby, The Fairmont, Decorator Dorothy Draper ( Source | Accessed : October 6, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Modern

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Textile

Function(s):
Hospitality

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1906, 1907, 1941

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

"Varney, Carlton. the Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper." Interior Design [USA] 60, no. 7 (05, 1989): 302.

Singh, Karen D. "And so to Bed." Interior Design 80, no. 8 (06, 2009): 112.

“The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco.” Historic Hotels of America. Accessed March 09, 2020.

Building Address: 950 Mason Street San Francisco, California

Supporting Designers/Staff: Original Building Design : Reid & Reid Architects; Building Completed in 1907 under direction of Architect and Engineer Julia Morgan, Interiors redesigned in 1941 by Decorator Dorothy Draper.

Significant Dates: Earthquake damaged 1906; Opening 1907; Significant interior remodel 1941

Associated Projects: Quitandinha(Rio de Janiero, Brazil),

Tags: Beaux-Arts, Dorothy Draper, Julia Morgan, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

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