Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)

The present work is a design for a dining room which De Chirico created for the Decorators Picture Gallery in New York City. The Gallery was founded by Frances Cheney and Alice T. Gates, sisters of F. Trubee Davison, the president of the American Museum of Natural History. The objective was to show how charming and livable rooms could be created by using quality pictures as focal points in the room. Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse also participated in this initiative, designing rooms for the gallery.