Ethel Dean papers probably 1925 - circa 1950s
Collection, KA0075
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Class notes and a clip book documenting decorative styles compiled by Ethel Epstein (who later used the surnames Dean and Evans) when she was a student at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts (later, Parsons The New School for Design) in the Interior Architecture and Decoration Department, around 1925-1926. Textile and wallpaper samples designed by her, probably dating from the 1950s. Also, a portfolio of her costume design drawings for the Broadway production, "The Laughing Woman" (1936).Related Archival Materials Note
A collection of Ethel Dean's work is held by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.Related object
Notes from a lecture by Eleanor McMillen at New York School of Fine and Applied Art titled "Business Practices in Interior Decoration"
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Guide to the Ethel Dean papersRelated people/organizations
New York School of Fine and Applied ArtEleanor McMillen Brown
Ethel Dean
Paris Ateliers
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