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a house is not a machine to live in. it is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation. —eileen gray

Eileen Gray’s Aixia chair in a concrete basement

Eileen Gray’s Aixia chair. © Aram. Aram.co.uk

 

early life

Eileen Gray was born in Ireland to Scottish parents. Her mother was a direct descendant of the King of Scotland James V. Gray’s father was a landscape painter, which sparked in her a lifelong interest in the arts. Eileen spent her childhood partly in Ireland and partly in her family home in Kensington, London.

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if one can say le corbusier is one of the fathers of modernity, then one can say eileen gray is one of the mothers of modernity. —cloé pitiot, curator

Eileen Gray’s Bibendum chair in interior. A black chair on a white square rug
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