Design Expert from Dwell and ReadyMade on Mad Men's Iconic Furniture
Betty Draper stages an extreme home makeover in Episode 7, revamping the traditional Draper living room with chinoiserie, and sleek modern touches (silk dupioni drapes, Murano glass vases, etc.). Then, much to her decorator's horror, Betty falls in love with a sherbert-colored Victorian fainting couch! While you're not likely to spot a fainting couch in an urban loft near you, Mad Men has seen its share of covetable mid-century furniture. We interviewed design expert Andrew Wagner, editor-in-chief of ReadyMade and founding managing editor of the cultishly revered Dwell, to identify iconic pieces from seasons past.
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I quite like Betty's fainting couch...but then I love antiques....I have a spot it would be perfect for and it wouldn't disturb the soul of my home, either. The only problem would be keeping my husband off it when I wanted to use it.
Ditto! It's a beautiful piece - I could not believe the people who said it was ugly! I actually think the rest of the room is pretty discordant, including the color scheme.
But now she has one decorated room and the rest of the house looks kinda shabby, especially the kitchen. Oh - and that too small, Early American couch in the TV room.
Hey, FYI, Design Gurus. The door typography is NOT Futura, but Gill Sans, cut by Eric Gill in the 1920s. Yes, Wes Anderson loves Futura, but Mad Men is not using Futura. And while Mad Men is the smartest show on TV and the most brilliant, perhaps ever, you guys don't do your font homework. Even in Season 1, the Menken's department store font was Cezanne, a digital font that wasn't created until the 90s. How do you guys manage to get every other design element spot on, but blunder on the type?