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Description: E.1027, Au Cap Martin Roquebrune, detail of headboard and nightlight in sofa niche

TitleE.1027, Au Cap Martin Roquebrune, detail of headboard and nightlight in sofa niche

Creator nameGray, EileenBadovici, Jean

Creator nationality/cultureIrish; Romanian

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1926–1929

Object typeFurniture

MaterialsUnknown

LocationRoquebrune-Cap-Martin, France

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsFurniture design--History--20th centuryModernism (Art)Women designers

Statusphoto in National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, NMIEG 2000.256; from L’Architecture Vivante, no. 26 (Winter 1929), Paris: Éditions Albert Morancé, pl. 35

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11. E 1027 Maison en Bord de Mer, 1926–29

Renaud Barrès

Eileen Gray

E 1027 Maison en bord de mer,This is the full title as it appeared in the special issue of the Winter 1929 issue of L’Architecture Vivante. Eileen Gray’s first completed architectural project, was designed with and for Jean Badovici, a Romanian architect who co-founded the architecture magazine...

Author

Cloé Pitiot (Editor), Nina Stritzler-Levine (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Related print edition pages: pp.184-203

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100153&redirecttoanchor=202087

Chapter subject tags:Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976Architecture, Modern--20th centuryModern movement (Architecture)E.1027 (Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)Women architects--20th centuryWomen designers--20th century

6. From the Second to the Fourth Dimension: Furniture in Perpetual Motion

Cloé Pitiot

Eileen Gray

In French critical discourse of the 1920s, Eileen Gray’s furniture was portrayed as fundamentally different from that of other designers and architects. Her work was said to be unusual and curious as well as powerful. It also had a sense of harmony and seemed to be...

Author

Cloé Pitiot (Editor), Nina Stritzler-Levine (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Related print edition pages: pp.108-118

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100147&redirecttoanchor=202087

Chapter subject tags:Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976Furniture design--History--20th centuryWomen designers--20th centuryLacquer and lacqueringDe Stijl (Art movement)Fourth dimensionE.1027 (Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)

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