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Archivia Books
Archivia Books specializes in illustrated books for architects, designers, collectors and all those passionate about the visual arts. New, foreign and vintage books on architecture, furniture, interiors, gardens, jewelry, fashion, fine arts, photography, cafe society, New York ephemera, and the occasional biography, fiction and non-fiction bestseller.
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SYRIE MAUGHAM
By Pauline C. Metcalf
Trendsetter, fashion icon, wife of renowned novelist Somerset Maugham, the interior designer Syrie Maugham (1879-1955) created an ultra-chic world that was as unique as it was influential. Her ethereal all-white rooms of the 1920s and 30s were echoed in high style interiors around the world, translated into sets for movies and theatrical productions. With nearly 250 photographs, this monograph also profiles her internationale clientele, a rarified group that included British royals, European aristocrats, American socialites and Broadway stars. In Syrie's blend of traditional refinement and the Style Moderne, with an occasional Surrealist flourish, this cosmpolitan beau monde discovered a perfect expression of cafe-society chic. Published by Acanthus Press. $75.00
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