Unlocking The Story

  • 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.

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  • The Penthouse

    Visit the Drake Tower on Chicago’s Lake Michigan “Gold Coast” – the location of the Wormser’s penthouse apartment and this Joseph Urban-designed Art Deco bedroom.

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  • The Era

    In America, the era after World War I was marked by prosperity and progress. The decade saw changes for women, skyscrapers, jazz and the dawn of the machine age.

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  • The Style

    ​​The “Roaring Twenties,” Art Deco, Modernism – Discover the 1920s through the eyes of designer Joseph Urban and his contemporaries.

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