Syrie Maugham (20th Century Decorators Series)
(the book)... makes the point that no pedestal was too high for the woman who popularized the all-white room, an icily moderne cocktail of mirrored screens and fireplaces, geometrically sculptured carpets, shagreen tables, satin slipcovers, towering plaster lamps in the form of palm trees and velvet velvet! lampshades...Metcalf's... research and command of detail is dazzling... --T Magazine, May 2, 2010Fearless talent distinguished the life of Syrie Maugham, whose all-white interiors of the '20s and '30s remain iconic. Pauline C. Metcalf distills Maugham's brand of magic. -- --Veranda, September 2010This remarkable book documents [Syrie Maugham s] life and her accomplishment with accuracy and style and numerous splendid photographs. A perfect way to experience a the magic touch, the beauty, the style, and the professional command of Syrie Maugham. --Albert HadleyThis supremely elegant book soars on silver wings through Syrie Maugham s gossamer legacy ....To me, her skill in bringing humour, that all-important ingredient, into the pale voluptuous rooms that were her trademark, is paramount... and each of these fascinating photographs, many hitherto unseen, reveal her remoulding of tradition, her fearless creativity. --Nicky HaslamPauline C. Metcalf's brilliant biography of Maugham contains hundreds of unfamiliar photographs and drawings that show why and how Maugham came to dominate her field on both sides of the Atlantic from the 1920s through the late 1940s... This book is truly a treasure... --Prof. Richard Guy Wilson, Fine Arts Connoisseur, March/April 2012This supremely elegant book soars on silver wings through Syrie Maugham s gossamer legacy ....To me, her skill in bringing humour, that all-important ingredient, into the pale voluptuous rooms that were her trademark, is paramount... and each of these fascinating photographs, many hitherto unseen, reveal her remoulding of tradition, her fearless creativity. --Nicky Haslam