The Wit, Wisdom, and Worldly Rooms of Ruby Ross Wood. Part of the Decorators Club's Modern Visionaries: Women of Design lecture series

When: March 20, 2013

Location: New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 7th Street New York, New York, United States of America

Design journalist to toop-drawer decorator, Ruby Ross Wood's (1880-1950) mantra of simplicity and "common sense" resulted in words and rooms that continue to influence to this day. After writing on decoration under her own name and as Elsie de Wolfe's ghostwriter, Wood put her words into practice and created interiors distinguished by their crispness, comfort, and eclecticism. In this lecture, Mitchell Owens will survey the colorful career of this American tastemaker who was hailed by her protégé Billy Baldwin as "The Finest Decorator Who Ever Lived."

Mitchell Owens is the special projects editor of Architectural Digest and an acclaimed writer on interiors, gardens, antiques, architecture, and high style.

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