Gray, Eileen
Born in Ireland in 1878 and from an affluent and artistic family background, Eileen Gray studied at the Slade School of Art (1898). In 1902, she moved to France and studied drawing at the Académies Colarossi and Julian. Later, she trained in the art of lacquer with the Japanese craftsman, Sugawara. She spent much of the First World War in London and only returned to Paris in 1918. Prior to 1919, she had worked solely as a furniture designer, but in that year, she began to work as an interior designer. In 1922, she opened the Galerie Jean Désert as a showcase for her own work. In the same year she also came into contact with the De Stijl movement. In 1923, J.J.P. Oud and Walter Gropius reviewed her interior – a Monte Carlo boudoir – at the Salon des Artistes-Décorateurs very favourably. From 1926 onwards, she worked as an architect and exhibited several architectural projects in Le Corbusier’s “Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux” at the 1937 Paris Exhibition. Eileen Gray died in 1976.
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Over almost 30 years BeBoB is an organization, founded as a foundation out of caring about the 20th century design in combination with recycling. BeBoB follows minimum allowed list prices or less in new classics and collects over the years good industrial design objects as well as collectors items, which got sold for fair prices. BeBoB works as green as possible,brings a minimum of 10% of the profit to charity and is not focused on maximum profit money-wise and for that a good partner to deal with.
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New : list-price, discount often starts from 10% and if you trade products you get an extreme good price.
Vintage / Bottom End ; mostly 35% to 65% of the list-price, often redone by our atelier. We offer excellent service on a beautiful location. And ... we'll try to find solutions in case you end up with any trouble with your purchase.
Collector's Items ; early produced products, more expensive but also a better investment.
We can find almost all Design Classics on request.
Second Hand: about 50% online;
Collectors Items: about 25% online;
More information by mail.
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