The People

Meet the characters in the rich story of this Art Deco bedroom: Joseph Urban and the craftspeople who created his modernist designs; Leo, Helen, and Elaine Wormser, and their household staff.

  • Black and white portrait of the Wormser family.

    The Wormser Household

    Get to know the Wormser Family and their household workers. Hear their stories of living and working in the Drake Tower penthouse.

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  • Joseph Urban seated at his desk, looking away from the camera. Framed pictures hang on the wall behind him.

    Joseph Urban

    Urban introduced European modernism to America through his designs for opera, theater and film sets, buildings, and products ranging from furniture to cars.

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  • Photograph from 1923 of two white men, in long aprons, polishing large pieces of furniture.

    Craftspeople and Collaborators

    Many talented people worked with Joseph Urban to bring his modernist designs for the Wormser Bedroom to life.

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