Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design: By Architects Series

by Eileen Gray (artist), Carmen Espegel (Introduction)

Neglected in her lifetime, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early twentieth century. She first worked as a lacquer artist, then as a furniture designer and finally as an architect. At a time when other leading designers were almost exclusively male and adherents to one movement or another, Gray remained stalwartly independent. Her design style was as distinctive as her way of working; Gray developed an opulent, luxuriant take on the geometric forms and industrially produced materials used by International Style designers such as Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Mies van der Rohe. Her voluptuous leather and steel Bibendum Chair and chic E-1027 glass and tubular steel table are now familiar icons of modernity. Part of the By Architects series, Eileen Gray highlights the work of this singular designer-architect.

Genres: Design

128 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2012

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short introduction to the work of Eileen Gray. Nicely presented, with classic photography. Introduction written by Carmen Espegel. 123 pages.

page 13:
"Capable of holding many ideas at once in her mind, she had the ability to combine intellectual rigor with the beauty of fine craftsmanship."