Rose Cumming’s own home on West 53rd St. in Manhattan was her showcase. Her dining room, entirely covered in Venetian Roccaille mirror, is filled with early Georgian and Regence furniture and accessories.
The first professional interior designer in the United States was a woman, Elsie De Wolfe, who was closely followed by a bevy of others—including Elsie Cobb Wilson, Ruby Ross Wood, Rose Cumming, Eleanor Brown and Frances Elkins. These women collectively from an enduring part of design history. See a visual timeline of their contributions. +read article