Digital process sketch by Rachelle A. Baker for the cover of Elle Decor magazine

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A digital process sketch created by Rachelle A. Baker for the March 2021 cover of Elle Decor magazine. The sketch is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features the elements of the room sketched in black lines against a mustard yellow background. Seated on a fringed settee against the right wall is the figure of a Black woman, rendered in blue. She is leaning forward, her right elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand. She looks straight ahead at the viewer. The richly decorated room around her features a barrel cove ceiling with decorative moldings and cornices, suspended from which is a crystal chandelier. The far back wall features paneled double doors in the center, flanked by two decorative urns on small wall shelves. In the foreground, a small writing desk and chair sits in front of a paneled half-screen.

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