Marion Dorn

• Reference:GB 2610 GMA A73
• Dates of Creation:1938 - 1939
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  Sketchbook of designs for carpets and papers in gouache and pencil on paper; front cover design incorporates the dates '1938 - 1939'; inside the back cover there is inscribed: 'Carpets and papers' (1 item)

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Marion Dorn was born in San Francisco in 1899. She graduated from Stanford University at the age of 16, and married the artist Henry Varnum Poor. After a divorce, she lived with the graphic designer Edward McKnight Kauffer in London from 1923 - 40. They returned to New York at the outbreak of the Second World War, and married in 1950. Dorn was a painter of still lifes and portraits, but is perhaps best known for her textile designs and 'sculpted carpets'. She contributed to the interiors of the Savoy, Claridges, the Orion and the Queen Mary. She died in 1964.

• Access Information

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  gouache & pencil on paper

• Conditions Governing Use

  All material is subject to copyright restrictions. Requests to reproduce original material should be made to the National Galleries of Scotland’s Image Licensing team (https://www.nationalgalleries.org/copyright-image-licensing)

• Custodial History

  Purchased 1981