Eileen Gray Furniture
Eileen Gray, an Irish-born furniture designer from County Wexford, flourished quickly after training in Japanese lacquer. Gray established herself as one of the leading lacquered screens and decorative panels designers.
She worked closely with many outstanding figures of the modern movement, including J J P Oud, Le Corbusier, and Pierre Jeanneret.
Her financial success with Bibendum Chair and the Pirogue Day Bed encouraged her to open her own boutique shop on a Rue in France, home to prestigious high-end fashion boutiques, jewelers, and art galleries. It was where the Paris Mecca of luxury would shop.
Naming her boutique Jean Désert on the famed Faubourg Saint-Honoré, it quickly became a meeting place for the high-class elite society; it was here where she would incorporate her distinct modern elements & geometric designs.
Before Eileen Gray passed away in the mid-70s, one of her last tasks was to work with Zeev Aram to introduce her designs into the world market. She achieved her wish and granted Aram Designs in London global rights to manufacture and distribute Eileen Grey Furniture designs.
However, surprisingly it wasn't until the late 60s that her work started to gain recognition.
Today Eileen's furniture is still the centre of modernist design & art deco style, and her geometric shapes & luxe elements in leather and steel are still very much sought after by non-conformists.
Do you desire her sensual objects and historical French forms? Then, get your Eileen Gray table or chair to add her distinguish designer touch to your home interior.