Poltrona Bibendum Eileen Gray

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Poltrona bibendum eileen gray. Lozenge shaped seat fully upholstered in leather in various colours. Gray wanted to create the apartment so that it fulfilled the needs of her client and suited madam le vy s lifestyle. After the first world war gray returned to paris where she undertook a much celebrated interior for milliner madame mathieu lévy. Renowned modernist designer eileen gray granted zeev aram the worldwide license to produce her designs in 1973.

Eileen gray is a name closely tied to women s dignified entrance into the male dominated design world. Bibendum 1926 polished chromium plated tubular steel base. Aram store is the only uk source for genuine authorised editions. Proportionally they re so interesting there s colour and they are just so big and beautiful.

The interior was developed from 1917 to 1921 with gray designing most of its furniture including her now famous. Manuel bougot a room fit only for nightmares and insomnia this was the response of one critic to eileen gray s radical. Bibendum is the armchair by designer eileen gray since 1929 distributed by classicon. 2 1928 curved steel t section lacquered black or light cream and two brushed stainless steel vertical rods fixed to cast steel base plate finished black or light cream.

Completed in 1929 the architect s unique vision for interior design. During this time eileen gray created the bibendum chair along with the interior wall coverings furnishings rugs and lamps. She studied architecture and design in both london and paris establishing herself as a leading designer of lacquered walls and decorative panels. Hayward gallery on the south bank.

Camping style allowed for the transformable room the very definition of functionalism. Fully upholstered seat back and armrests covered in fabric or leather in various colours. A single session impressive and fascinating that manages to be the eccentric character of the surrounding environment. Eileen gray 1878 1976 was born in enniscorthy ireland to an aristocratic irish scottish family.

Eileen gray s villa with bibendum and transat chairs. Eileen gray s modern villa e 1027 nestled into the coastline 100 feet above the mediterranean sea was not only ahead of its time architecturally. A totem by ettore sottsass. Aram store in covent garden founded by zeev aram is a really interesting shop to go for eileen gray pieces such as her bibendum chair which costs from 2 233 and carpets by eley kishimoto and thomas heatherwick.

Nunc est bibendum seems to say this eye catching chair. H 730mm sh 410mm w 900mm d 780mm eileen gray used this chair in a few of her interiors.