Elsie de Wolfe (1865 – 1950) an American interior decorator and author of the influential 1913 book The House in Good Taste and a prominent figure in New York, Paris, and London society.
According to The New Yorker, "Interior Design as a profession was invented by Elsie de Wolfe."
Elsie's designs were light with fresh colors, feminine Chinoiserie furnishings and soft, comfortably upholstered chairs.
Not like the Victorian design of heavy, red velvet drapes and upholstery, dark wood, and intensely patterned wallpapers.
She said, “I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.”
Elsie de Wolfe “the Chintz Lady”
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