Eileen Gray, born August 9th, 1878 in Enniscorthy in the south of Ireland while the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and died October 31th, 1976 in Paris was an Irish designer and architect. She is best known for incorporating luxurious lacquered finishes on aesthetic Art Deco furniture and moved towards the tubular steel frame furni...
Eileen Gray, born August 9th, 1878 in Enniscorthy in the south of Ireland while the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and died October 31th, 1976 in Paris was an Irish designer and architect. She is best known for incorporating luxurious lacquered finishes on aesthetic Art Deco furniture and moved towards the tubular steel frame furniture to International Style in the 1920s.
In the architectural field and is famous for creating the E-1027 with Jean Badovici, free interpretation of modernist architecture. Having been largely forgotten by the architectural body for many years, it has seen a resurgence in popularity at the end of his life. Today it is part of the "Pantheon" of architects and designers who have marked the discipline of their footprint. Witness the posthumous exhibitions and rankings as historical monuments of some of his works.