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Gwendoline Maud Syrie Maugham (née Barnardo, formerly Wellcome; 10 July 1879 – 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s who popularised rooms decorated entirely in white.
19 apr 2024 · Syrie Maugham, born Gwendoline Maude Syrie Barnardo in 1879, revolutionised interior and furniture design with her distinctive and bold approaches. Her legacy, deeply rooted in her unique aesthetic and daring use of colour—notably white—continues to influence design and decoration.
31 dic 1999 · By Elizabeth Lambert. December 31, 1999. View Slideshow. While other designers were thinking about white, writing about white and using white generously in 1927, Syrie Maugham braved it and...
21 dic 2015 · by 1stDibs editors. Though being called one of the “grand dames” of early 20th-century interior decoration might suggest someone stodgy and hidebound in style and taste, Syrie Maugham (1879-1955) was anything but. A boldly modern woman, she had a decorative vision that was lively, adventurous and constantly evolving.
2 feb 2017 · Who? World-renowned interior designer Syrie Maugham modernised the high society home in the 1920s and 30s. In a time of darkly panelled drawing rooms, tasseled tapestries and an absolute reverence for antiques, Maugham brought shades of white into public consciousness, when white only filled the rooms of workmen’s cottages.
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14 apr 2020 · Colour Pioneer: Syrie Maugham’s white out. Hailed for her avant-garde all-white interiors, ‘The Princess of Pale’ was more colourful than her moniker suggests. By Kassia St Clair Published: 14 April 2020.
28 apr 2010 · High Gloss. Share full article. By Christopher Petkanas. April 28, 2010. If you are strong enough not to be moved by dolphin console tables and rococo plasterwork, Syrie Maugham is probably...
