Eileen Gray ::Designer. Bibendum Armchair. Couch Lota & Montecarlo. Lounge Roquebrune. Chair Non Conformist. Lamp Tubelight.

	FURNITURE	DESIGNER	MATERIALS	SERVICE	ABOUT US


	Corbusier
	Breuer
	Rohe
	Bertoia
	Mackintosh
	Rietveld
	Noguchi
	Jacobsen
	Gray
	Wagenfeld
	Hoffmann
	Starck
	Stam
	Eames

Eileen Gray

To many, the name Eileen Gray embodies the discovery of modern lacquer art. A closer examination of her art reveals a considerable breadth in the work of this Irish woman. In the Bauhaus Classics product line she is represented, among other things, with her Bibendum couch, the Lota couch and the day-bed couch The Tubelight floor lamp throws adequate light on this furniture ensemble, which also includes the occasional table E-1027.
Eileen Gray was born in Ireland. She came from a wealthy family of artists and began her university career at the Slade School of Fine Arts. In 1902 she went to France to study painting at the Académi Colarossi and the Académie Julian in Paris. Later, she was taught lacquer art by the Japanese painter Sougawara. During World War I she remained almost permanently in London and only returned to Paris in 1918. Until 1919 she worked as an independent furniture designer, and thereafter as an interior decorator. In 1922 she opened the Jean Désert gallery as a showcase for her own designs. J.J.P. Oud and Walter Gropius published an enthusiastic review of her Monte Carlo Room. From 1926 onwards, she worked exclusively as an interior decorator and presented some of her projects in Le Corbusier's pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris.