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Frequently cited as the first (female) modern interior designer, Elsie de Wolfe traded her profession as a theatre actress in her native New York in favour of taking on lucrative interior design projects. With her long-term partner Elisabeth Marbury, de Wolfe purchased the Villa Trianon and spent the next decade renovating it.
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Frequently cited as the first (female) modern interior designer, Elsie de Wolfe traded her profession as a theatre actress in her native New York in favour of taking on lucrative interior design projects. With her long-term partner Elisabeth Marbury, de Wolfe purchased the Villa Trianon and spent the next decade renovating it.