Syrie Maugham
The mother of the all-white room
Early 20th Century · 1922–1955 · London, UK
Signature styles
- All-White
- Pickled Pine
- Hollywood Glamour
Profile
Syrie Maugham's 1930 King's Road drawing room — white walls, white slipcovers, pickled pine, mirrored screens — created an aesthetic so influential that "the all-white room" is still her phrase. She decorated for Wallis Simpson, Tallulah Bankhead, and a generation of London and Hollywood houses before WWII.
Visual language
Pickled bleached pine, white-on-white textures, mirrored screens, plaster palm-frond sconces.
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