Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect

Cloe Pitiot, Nina Stritzler-Levine, Bernard Blistene , Serge Lasvignes

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English

Yale University
28 April 2020

Decorative arts; Furniture design; Architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture

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 the Camping Tent.

Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center

Exhibition Schedule:

Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York

(February 28–July 12, 2020)

Contributions by: Bernard Blistene, Serge Lasvignes, Jennifer Goff
Edited by: Cloe Pitiot, Nina Stritzler-Levine
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 1.928kg
ISBN: 9780300251067
ISBN 10: 0300251068
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 28 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cloe Pitiot is curator of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and contemporary design at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Nina Stritzler-Levine is director of the gallery and curatorial affairs at the Bard Graduate Center, New York.

Reviews for Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect

[This] book reveals Gray to be more than a privileged purveyor of rarefied homewares. She emerges as a creator of strange, haunting interiors, unrealised designs of housing for the homeless and the author of an animal-themed ballet. -Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian G2 This essay collection...explores the prolific career of a celebrated Irish modernist. Each facet of Gray's work is covered in depth, including her fascination with Japanese lacquerware and her experiments in weaving. -Sophie Devlin, House & Garden This is more than just a book, it is a catalogue, a collection of essays, a research document, an inventory of Eileen Gray's works, a timeline in design and a visual feast and references for any designer. -Chartered Society of Designers Newsletter, June 2020