Grace Fakes papers, 1907-1970

Fakes, Grace, b. 1889 d. 1970
Interior designer
New York, N.Y.

Collection size: 53 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels)

Collection Summary: Correspondence, sketches, printed material, and photographs. REEL 1595: Correspondence; sketches; clippings; a book and brochure describing designs created by the interior design firm of Fakes, Bisbee and Robertson; and photographs of interior designs. REEL 1597: Photographs of interior designs by Fakes.

Biographical/Historical Note: Interior designer; New York, N.Y.

Lent for microfilming by Emily Guthrie Smith, Fakes' niece, 1979.

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