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Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo (10 July 1879 - 25 July 1955), born in Hackney, England, was a daughter of Thomas John Barnardo the founder of the Barnardo's charity for destitute children. |
 | | After Liza was born in Rome, Italy, Syrie Wellcome and W. Somerset Maugham married in 1917 in New Jersey, although he was a homosexual and spent much of his time abroad. |
 | | Under the name Syrie Maugham she became a well known interior designer from the early 1920s until her death, particularly famous for designing an influential all white room, in contrasting shades of white and other pale colours, with mirrors and contrasting textures. |
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