Florence Elizabeth Cory
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Florence Elizabeth Cory
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Florence Elizabeth Cory was an American industrial designer and school founder. She was the first practical woman designer in the United States. Cory took up designing in 1877, being led to it by the sight of ugly carpets. After a course of theory in Cooper Union, she visited representative factories of the United States, and became familiar with the practical end of the business. She became a designer of wall paper, woolens and silks, as well as carpets. In 1878, Cory taught an afternoon class
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American industrial designer
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2023-11-03T21:31:34Z
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