Lucy D. Taylor
Lucy D. Taylor (died 1965) was an author, educator, and authority on interior decoration during the first half of the 20th century. She was active in the field professionally, taking on leadership roles in organizations including the Decorators' Club, and served on President Hoover's housing committee as a home decoration expert. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s she was a contributing editor at "House Beautiful", "House & Garden", and "Arts & Decoration". Career. Taylor lectured widely on the subject of interior design and had an active teaching career. She served as Head of the Teachers’ Training Department and Instructor  in Home Furnishing at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston, and taught courses at Vassar College, Cornell University, Yale University, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also served as the Vice Chairman and Research Executive of the Committee on Home Furnishings under President Hoover's Conference on Home Building Ownership. Taylor was on the faculty of the New York School of Interior Design from 1928–1950. She was a distinguished instructor of Color and Room Composition, and had been a pupil herself of Albert Munsell, creator of the Munsell Color System. Articles and publications. Taylor was an frequent contributor to  several magazine of home furnishings. From 1922–1935, Taylor was a contributing editor of House Beautiful, co-writing several articles with architect Verna Cook Salmonsky. Taylor authored three books on interior design: