"How They Decorated: Inspiration From Great Women Of The Twentieth Century" 2017 TAPP, P. Gaye Harvard Having gathered hundreds of photos the first born son Having gathered hundreds of photos and recorded numerous impressions in his diary he was authorised to write a book dedicated to the subject In the nineteenth century a new group of designers How They Decorated focuses on some of the leading style icons of the twentieth century and how they decorated their own residences around the world The book is presented in four sections that describe the aesthetic approaches that the ladies took in decorating their abodes: "The Fashionably Chic"