The name Syrie Maugham might ring a bell if you're familiar with her husband, the author and playwright W. Somerset Maugham. But, she was also a celebrity figure herself in the 1920s and '30s for her bold and glamorous interiors. Along with Elsie de Wolfe and Sibyl Colefax, she was among the first to make interior decorating a successful and "fashionable" profession for women. In 1921, Vogue reported "someone once said that a woman is happily married or an interior decorator." At the time, this ...
The name Syrie Maugham might ring a bell if you're familiar with her husband, the author and playwright W. Somerset Maugham. But, she was also a celebrity figure herself in the 1920s and '30s for her bold and glamorous interiors. Along with Elsie de Wolfe and Sibyl Colefax, she was among the first to make interior decorating a successful and "fashionable" profession for women. In 1921, Vogue reported "someone once said that a woman is happily married or an interior decorator." At the time, this ...
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