Marion Dorn

[1] She moved to San Francisco and shared a studio in Russian Hill, with her former tutor, the artist Henry Varnum Poor.

[1] In Paris in 1923 she met the poster designer Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954), and subsequently resided with him in London from late 1923 to July 1940.

[1] Dorn's career took off in the early 1920s with her move to London, she was creating batik textiles as well as printing on silk, linen, velvet at the time.

[1] Dorn completed her last major commission (1960), the carpet for the diplomatic reception room at the White House, Washington, DC.

[1] A cast bronze bust of Marion Dorn, circa 1930-1931 made by Frank Owen Dobson is at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Art Deco geometric carpets designed by Marion Dorn for the lobby at Claridge's Hotel in London, 1931
Blue plaque erected in 2015 by English Heritage at Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street , Chelsea, London SW3 5RY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.