Jean Fold Out Table by Eileen Gray
View Similar Items
Jean Fold Out Table by Eileen Gray
About the Item
- Creator:ClassiCon (Manufacturer),Eileen Gray (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 28.75 in (73 cm)Width: 51.19 in (130 cm)Depth: 28.75 in (73 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:unknown
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Dronten, NL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU931421001852
Eileen Gray
Designer, artist and architect Eileen Gray was one of the most fascinating creative figures of the 20th century. Her body of work includes lustrous lacquered pieces — her Dragons chair set an auction record for modern furniture ($28 million) at the 2009 sale of the Yves Saint Laurent estate — and sleek chrome furnishings that rival the work of Le Corbusier and the members of the Bauhaus as exemplars of pure, modernist design.
The independent and unconventional daughter of Irish landed gentry, Gray studied painting at London’s Slade School of Fine Art in her early twenties before moving to Paris in 1906 to pursue her artistic dreams. Gray had become captivated by lacquerware after seeing an exhibit in the Victoria & Albert Museum, and in Paris persuaded an expatriate Japanese master of the painstaking process, Seizo Sugawara, to teach her. Within a few years, Gray had become known among the cognoscenti for her sculptural lacquered furnishings, which she incorporated into the homes of interior design clients.
Gray was ever evolving as a designer. By the early 1920s she was creating geometric works that embodied the essence of Art Deco and the nascent modernist design movement. Some pieces — such as her Bricks screen, an assemblage of pivoting rectangular panels — employ the planar forms favored by Gerrit Rietveld and other De Stijl architects of the Netherlands. Others feature the tubular chrome framing used by Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. These include the Bibendum chair — named for the resemblance of its semicircular back and armrest to the character known in English as the Michelin Man — and the adjustable E 1027 side table, conceived in 1927 for the interiors of a stark white villa she designed for herself in the South of France.
Never a self-promoter, Gray drifted out of the limelight in the 1930s. Interest in her work was revived in the early ’70s, however, when the estates of her early clients came to auction. Her original lacquer pieces are the most coveted, but, as the sale of the Dragons chair shows, are rare and extremely expensive.
None of Gray’s designs were made in large numbers until, a few years before her death, she granted a production license. These pieces range in price from $1,000 to $2,500, depending on furniture type and condition. Gray’s work has become iconic of practical and elegant modernist design. Yet, as you will see on 1stDibs, many of her creations have a simplicity that makes them welcome even in a traditional setting.
- Max Sauze Foldable Smoke Glass Dining TableBy Max SauzeLocated in Dronten, NLThis elegant foldable chromed steel table with a floating smoked glass top was designed by Max Sauze, circa 1970, France. Max Sauze is a renowned French designer and artist celebra...Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
- Rosenthal Writing Table 'Talete' by Regondi & GhiandaBy RosenthalLocated in Dronten, NLRare Talete dining table designed by Gabriele Regondi & Pierluigi Ghianda for Rosenthal. Steel wire reinforced black safety glass top on solid dark stained ash frame. Exceptional and...Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsStained Glass, Ash
- Frank Lloyd Wright 605 Allen Table by CassinaBy Frank Lloyd Wright, CassinaLocated in Dronten, NLRare early 605 Allen table in cherrywood, designed in 1917 by Frank Lloyd Wright and made by Cassina. Marked with Cassina stamp, early serial no. and Frank L...Category
20th Century American Art Deco Dining Room Tables
MaterialsCherry
- Scandinavian Rosewood Conference TableBy Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius, Poul KjærholmLocated in Dronten, NLLarge Mid-Century Modern stainless steel table with a beautiful rosewood top. Good vintage condition with many superficial scratches on the top but no veneer damage. Could be refinis...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsSteel
- Axel Einar Hjorth Extendable Table, Macassar, 1930By Axel Einar HjorthLocated in Dronten, NLThis beautiful Scandinavian Modern extendable dining table or writing desk is designed by Axel Einar Hjorth for NK in the 1930s. The base and extension leaves are lacquered in a won...Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsBirch, Macassar
- Eileen Gray Non Conformist Chairs, France, 1970By Ecart International, Eileen GrayLocated in Dronten, NLUnique set of 4 Non Conformist chairs made circa 1970 by Ecart International. The underlying theme of the Non Conformist chair, by Irish designer ...Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
$4,850 / item
- ClassiCon Jean Fold Out Table by Eileen GrayBy Eileen GrayLocated in New York, NYJean, named after Eileen Gray‘s intimate friend of many years, the architect Jean Badovici, stood in various modeis in their summer villa E 1027. "Every room has at its disposal one ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsSteel
$4,231 / item - ClassiCon Lou Perou Folding Table by Eileen GrayBy Eileen GrayLocated in New York, NYLike the majority of Eileen Gray‘s tables, this one too can transform itself. And as always she found an unexpected solution. The folding section of the tabletop is supported by a si...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsSteel
$5,924 / item - ClassiCon Double X Table in Crystal Glass by Eileen GrayBy Eileen GrayLocated in New York, NYWhen an avant-garde steel tube design meets the classical refectory table, the result is the double X. A large, yet elegant table, its X-shaped supports make for optimum rigidity. Li...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsSteel
- ClassiCon Double X Table in Black High Gloss Lacquer by Eileen GrayBy Eileen GrayLocated in New York, NYWhen an Avant Garde steel tube design meets the classical refectory table, the result is the double X. A large, yet elegant table, its X-shaped supports make for optimum rigidity. Li...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsSteel
- ClassiCon Partially Foldable Rivoli Side Table by Eileen GrayBy Eileen GrayLocated in New York, NYRivoli served as the tea table in the living room of Eileen Gray‘s summer house E 1027. The graceful lightweight that no doubt was used on the terrace when necessary, is a lovingly t...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
MaterialsSteel
- ClassiCon Menton Table by Eileen GrayBy Eileen GrayLocated in New York, NYEileen Gray did not want delicate luxury furniture for her house in Castellar, on the way from Menton to the Alps, but instead versatile pieces for every day use. She succeeded with Menton in one of her most ingenious constructions. Through a simple rotation of the top one has either a low or a high table as desired. Eileen Gray used...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
MaterialsSteel
$4,722 / item
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Eileen Gray’s Famed Cliffside Villa in the South of France Is Returned to Its Modernist Glory
After years of diligent restoration, E-1027, the designer-cum-architect’s marriage of romance and modernism, is finally complete.
Eileen Gray’s Deco Designs Launched Modernism. That Was Just the Beginning
Decades after her death, appreciation for the legendary designer and architect's work continues to flourish.