Eileen Gray - Iconic Designer and Modernist Architect | Mid-Century Furniture & Interior Design for Home & Office Decor
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Publisher:Yale University Press, ISBN:9780300251067, Editor:Cloe Pitiot and Nina Stritzler-Levine,Format:Softcover, 267 x 216 mm, 288pp
A smartly designed and beautifully illustrated look at the life and work of an elusive and influential designer and architect
Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a versatile designer and architect who navigated numerous literary and artistic circles over the course of her life. This handsome volume chronicles Gray’s career as a designer, architect, painter, and photographer. The book’s essays, featuring copious new research, offer in-depth analysis of more than 50 individual designs and architectural projects, accompanied by both period and new photographs.
Born in Ireland and educated in London, Gray proceeded to Paris where she opened a textile studio, studied the Japanese craft of lacquer that would become a primary technique in her design work, and owned and directed the influential gallery and store known as “Jean Désert.” Gray struggled for acceptance as a largely self-taught woman in male-dominated professions. Although she is now best known for her furniture, lighting, and carpets, she dedicated herself to many architectural and interior projects that were both personal and socially driven, including the Villa E 1027, the iconic modern house designed with Jean Badovici, as well as economical and demountable projects, such as theCamping Tent.
Cloé Pitiotis curator of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and contemporary design at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.Nina Stritzler-Levineis director of the gallery and curatorial affairs at the Bard Graduate Center, New York.