decoratress

From decorate +‎ -ress.

decoratress (plural not attested) (rare)

1. A female decorator.
   • 1828, Marly; Or, A Planter's Life in Jamaica, Richard Griffin and Company, page 110:

     Here were to be seen, festoons variously diversified, according to the taste and fantasy of the decoratress; while in other quarters, arbours of curious shapes and sizes graced the hall.

   • 1920, The Green Book Magazine, volume 24, page 71:

     […] , all round the table, conversation was getting into such animated swing! Claudia Crane discussing “Les Silences du Colonel Bramble” with the decoratress, Jim giving hints on her own subject to the beauty-culturist!

   • 1946, Newsweek, page 73:

     Peggy Dey, the interior decoratress, probably knows more about successful modern furniture design than any other woman in the United States.

   • 2011, Robinson-Delaney, Janice, The Deleted Destiny, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 25:

     Though the decorator turned out to be a decoratress, I was nonetheless delighted.

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