Eileen Gray looking sideways

Eileen Gray, 1927. Photo by Berenice Abbott. © National Museum of Ireland.

 

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born near Enniscorthy, Ireland

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Eileen Gray's Tube light. A vertical lamp

Eileen Gray’s Tube light. © Aram. Aram.co.uk

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studies art in London, then continues her education in Paris

Master lacquerer Seizo Sugawara finishing La Pirogue chaise lounge.
Photo: Eileen Gray.

 

Sugawara finishing La Pirogue chaise lounge. A photo was taken by Gray herself

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opens a workshop in Paris with Japanese lacquer Seizo Sugawara

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designs Rue de Lota apartment in Paris

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Eileen Gray's Roattino floor lamp. A black curved vertical lamp

studies architecture informally

Eileen Gray’s Roattino floor lamp. © Aram. Aram.co.uk

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The bedroom at E-1027 villa. A bed with a fur cover

The bedroom at E-1027, 1929.

 

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builds the E-1027 villa for herself and her lover Jean Badovici

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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

 

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