Lucy D. Taylor

She was active in the field professionally, taking on leadership roles in organizations including the Decorators' Club,[1] and served on President Hoover's housing committee as a home decoration expert.

[3] Taylor lectured widely on the subject of interior design and had an active teaching career.

She served as Head of the Teachers’ Training Department[4] and Instructor in Home Furnishing at the Massachusetts Normal Art School,[5] Boston, and taught courses at Vassar College, Cornell University, Yale University, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[2] Taylor was on the faculty of the New York School of Interior Design from 1928 to 1950.

From 1922 to 1935, Taylor was a contributing editor of House Beautiful, co-writing several articles with architect Verna Cook Salmonsky.