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Eileen Gray
By (Designer) Eileen Gray, Francois Baudot
Eileen Gray
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Authors:
(Designer) Eileen Gray, Francois Baudot
Copyright:
2003
Format:
Hardcover
GTIN13:
9782843236013
ISBN10:
2843236010
Page Count:
79
Dimensions:
6.28x0.47x8.72
Publisher:
Assouline Publishing
Strand Notes
Her art and design, celebrated in the 1920s for its unexpected use of Japanese lacquer technique, became progressively more radical and pure, tending toward utilitarian forms. Although Gray was admired by Le Corbusier and his peers, she was largely unknown until the beginning of the 1980s, when her work, reissued and rediscovered, found itself in perfect harmony with contemporary sensibilities. Illus., 60 color/b&w photographs. 80p.
Description
One of the pioneers of modern design, Eileen Gray spent nearly seventy years of her long and creative life in Paris. Her designs for lacquer screens and furniture, lamps, and carpets were widely appreciated in the Art Deco period, beloved for their comfort, aestheticism, and individuality. Later, as a self-taught architect, she designed two innovative houses in the south of France. This extraordinary, elegant woman, much admired by Le Corbusier and his peers, emerged from obscurity only after her death in 1976, when her designs were recognized for being in perfect harmony with modern sensibilities.
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