Description: Pair of "Dorothy Draper Espana" signed tables, both marked Heritage underneath with brass trim work on the sides of each table. A circular centerpiece is emblazoned in the middle of each.

History: Dorothy Draper (November 22, 1889 – March 11, 1969) was an American interior decorator. Stylistically very 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. In May 2006, the Museum of the City of New York held an exhibition of Draper's work, curated by Donald Albrecht and designed by the Manhattan studio Pure+Applied, called "The High Style of Dorothy Draper." He has said, “Taking an eighteenth-century chair normally done in wood and making it in clear plastic is a Dorothy Draper kind of thing. And she is a fascinating person. All of her tips must have been really great for housewives in the fifties. To have this woman telling them, ‘Don’t be afraid! Paint the door green!’” Draper-designed furniture was lent by The Greenbrier Hotel and The Arrowhead Springs resort—two of her best-known projects. A 9-foot-tall (2.7 m) white "bird-cage" chandelier that Draper designed for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Dorotheum cafe was also on display.[6] From December 2006 through July 2007, the Women's Museum in Dallas, Texas hosted "In the Pink: The Legendary Life of Dorothy Draper." It featured archival photographs of Draper's work from The Stoneleigh Hotel and the St. Anthony. The exhibition was designed by Pure+Applied of New York.[6] The exhibition then moved to the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale from February through June 2008. Her 1941 book Entertaining is Fun! How to Be a Popular Hostess, was reissued in 2004, which had a hot pink, polka-dotted cover and was a best seller. (ISBN 0-8478-2619-8) In 2006, Dorothy Draper was featured in an exhibition done in her memory in the Museum of New York City. The exhibition moved from NYC to Texas, and then to Florida.[2] Much of her work survives today, in the lobbies of apartment buildings, hotels (The Carlyle in New York and Hampshire House until recently[when?]) and the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, specifically in The Victorian Writing Room, once called the most photographed room in the United States

Provenance: NA

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 17.6 | Height(in) = 16 | Width(in) = 24 | Depth(in) = 19

Size of Artwork(in): 16" x 24" x 19"

Artist Name: Dorothy Draper

Medium: Ebony Wood Brass

Circa: Circa 1800

This matching pair of Dorothy Draper tables, are both in very good condition. The flat serving surface of each table is scratched up.. Some minor loss to the center of the horizontal piece of wood that reinforces the outer legs and strengthens the table.