Decorative Designers

Decorative Designers AKA "DD" (1895–1931) was an American firm of artists, each of whom designed various aspects of books and other publications, "an early example of division of labor in creative work." The "DD" monogram appears on more than 25,000 book covers, dust jackets, and text decorations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1906, they had offices at 38 Union Square, New York City.

Members

 * Henry W. Thayer (1867–1940), co-founder and President (1906)
 * Jay Chambers (1877–1929), Secretary (1906)


 * Emma Reddington Lee Thayer (1874–1973), co-founder
 * Charles Buckles Falls (1874–1960)
 * Rome K. Richardson
 * Adam Empie

External sources

 * Smithsonian: Decorative Designers (Firm)
 * University of Pennsylvania: Decorative Designers. bdd
 * Galleries of Decorative Designers work
 * Gallery Archive of Richard Minsky