Eileen Gray Armchair

H 730mm sh 410mm w 900mm d 780mm eileen gray used this chair in a few of her interiors. Fauteuil aux dragons is a piece of furniture designed by the irish architect and designer eileen gray between 1917 and 1919. This privileged background allowed her to travel frequently and to attend prestigious private art schools in london and paris.

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Eileen gray armchair. The 90 year old transat armchair designed by the late irish architect and designer eileen gray has an official estimate of 1 million to 1 5 million making it the highest valued piece of. The lacquered chair became the most expensive chair ever sold at an auction in february 2009 at an event held by christie s in paris in the grand palais. Fully upholstered seat back and armrests covered in fabric or leather in various colours. Eileen gray bibendum 1926 polished chromium plated tubular steel base.

Over her career she was associated with many notable european artists of her era including kathleen scott adrienne gorska le corbusier and jean badovici with whom she was romantically involved. 74 3 cm high 21 in. One of the most famous lacquered furniture designed and made by eileen gray is called the dragons armchair or fauteuil aux dragons. Eileen gray 1879 1976 a transat armchair 1927 1930 original calfskin upholstery ebonized lacquered wood nickel plated brass 29 in.

9 august 1878 31 october 1976 was an irish architect and furniture designer and a pioneer of the modern movement in architecture. Eileen gray born kathleen eileen moray smith. The inter war years also saw eileen gray s centre des vacances project which was shown in le corbusier s pavilion des temps nouveaux at the paris international exhibition of 1937. Eileen gray underscored the character of her endearing parior lion with sly irony.

The chair is a wooden upholstered armchair featuring two stylized lacquered dragons. She named it after the michelin man whose form this armchair calls to mind. See deals for eileen gray armchair by gordon international discount prices for sale 13 aug 2020 for sale. Seat has a beech frame with rubber webbing.

Born in 1878 eileen gray was the youngest of five children of a wealthy scots irish family. Eileen gray is a name closely tied to women s dignified entrance into the male dominated design world. 54 6 cm wide 34 in. Dragons armchair sold for 21 905 000 in 2009 establishing a new record for a piece of 20th century decorative art.

After the war and up to her death in 1976 eileen gray continued to work as a designer on both major projects like the cultural and social centre which occupied her from 1946 1949 and on a number of smaller. Frame of chromium plated steel tubing. The dragons armchair french. Nevertheless because she was a woman not even her advantageous.