Dorothy Todd, the influential Editor of British Vogue, first brought Dorn to the public attention in 1925 and christened her the ‘architect of floors’.  This lecture reveals Dorn’s various commissions from the 1920s to the 1960s, which included designs for the Savoy Hotel Group in London, Eltham Palace, the London Underground and the White House in Washington DC.

In addition to her designs of wall hangings, carpets and rugs, Dorn also produced wallpaper and graphics, having studied graphic design at Stanford University prior to coming to live and work in London.  We will explore her extraordinary career and position her place as a designer whose name should be for ever enshrined in the history books of British 20th century Art Deco.