Mrs. Syne Maugham, who has done as much as anyone to help the furnishing trade in this country and to develop in many of us a live interest in interior decoration, is closing down her decorating business. She was one of the first women to sense the possibilities of interior decoration after the war, and to turn it to commercial account.
Mrs. Maugham initiated the cult of simplicity and the fashion of what has been whimsically called the White Furniture Traffic. Hers was the frst all-white London drawing-room. That she carried to success her novel idea of a colourless furni ishing scheme for Mayfair homes, in spite of the obvious difficulty of London's sooty atmosphere, says much for her shrewd business ability.
After fifteen years in the trade, "Mrs. Maugham feels that she has earned a rest. She will, however, preserve her connection with interior decoration, either in the wholesale trade or as a dealer in modern pictures.
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