Eileen Gray Furniture
Irish, 1879-1976
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.
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Creator: Eileen Gray
ClassiCon Roquebrune Chair in Cognac with Black Legs by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
For the terrace of her second house in Castellar Eileen Gray designed a very comfortable chair with a deep seating area. It was covered with blue canvas. She created another version,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Customizable ClassiCon Adjustable Bar Stool No. 1 by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray designed bar stools in several variations. The Bar Stool No. 1 is the simplest and most handsome of them all. It initially found itself, along with the folding mirror Cas...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon Folding Screen in Black by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The high-tech look that arose in the 1980s and which is still potentially current had an ingenious predecessor. Over half a century ago, Eileen Gray anticipated the cool Industrial a...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wood
ClassiCon Stijl Side Table Designed by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Multiplex and MDF. Matte lacquered in black and white.
Category
2010s German Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
ClassiCon Occasional Rectangular Side Table in White by Eileen Gray in STOCK
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The Latin for furniture, res mobiles, is based on the word mobile. Eileen Gray took this very literally. She loved light, functional furniture that could be moved around easily. One can lift this table ""for all occasions"" as if it had a handle and carry it exactly to where one needs it. Like the Adjustable Table E 1027...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Customizable ClassiCon Bibendum Lounge Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bibendum is one of a kind. Nowhere in the history of design will one find an armchair that compares to this. It is captivatingly harmonious despite its size and unites a majestic imp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Leather, Fabric
Customizable ClassiCon Bonaparte Lounge Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bonaparte is one of the seldom cases in which the luxurious comfort of an upholstered chair has been successfully united with a tubular steel construction. The result communicates bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Customizable Leather ClassiCon Daybed by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The daybed is rightly counted among Eileen Gray’s most famous designs. The lounge "offers pleasant and comfortable seating and is, moreover, particularly suited to relaxing." What sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
ClassiCon Roquebrune Chair in White with Chrome Legs by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
For the terrace of her second house in Castellar Eileen Gray designed a very comfortable chair with a deep seating area. It was covered with blue canvas. She created another version,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon Double X Table in Black High Gloss Lacquer by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
When 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 Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Customizable ClassiCon Non Conformist Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
It piques and provokes what one might expect of it, and yet it is inexplicably aesthetic and harmonious, a nonconformist on velvet paws. Eileen Gray commented quite pragmatically on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Leather
ClassiCon Occasional Round Side Table in White by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The Latin for furniture, res mobiles, is based on the word mobile. Eileen Gray took this very literally. She loved light, functional furniture that could be moved around easily. One can lift this table "for all occasions" as if it had a handle and carry it exactly to where one needs it. Like the adjustable table E 1027...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon Wendingen Rug in Wool by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
Customizable ClassiCon Daybed Grand in Fabric by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The daybed is rightly counted among Eileen Gray’s most famous designs. The lounge "offers pleasant and comfortable seating and is, moreover, particularly suited to relaxing". What sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Customizable ClassiCon Bonaparte Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bonaparte is one of the seldom cases in which the luxurious comfort of an upholstered chair has been successfully united with a tubular steel construction. The result communicates bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Customizable ClassiCon Bibendum Lounge Armchair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bibendum is one of a kind. Nowhere in the history of design will one find an armchair that compares to this. It is captivatingly harmonious despite its size and unites a majestic imp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Leather, Textile
ClassiCon Occasional Rectangular Side Table in Black by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The Latin for furniture, res mobiles, is based on the word mobile. Eileen Gray took this very literally. She loved light, functional furniture that could be moved around easily. One ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon Petite Coiffeuse Table in Black by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray understood how to combine the aesthetic with the practical as did few designers. The geometrically structured small dressing table, de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Customizable ClassiCon Bibendum Lounge Armchair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bibendum is one of a kind. Nowhere in the history of design will one find an armchair that compares to this. It is captivatingly harmonious despite its size and unites a majestic imp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Leather, Textile
ClassiCon Double X Table in Crystal Glass by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
When 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 Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Eileen Gray Monte Carlo Sofa for ClassiCon, Black Leather and Chrome, Signed
By Eileen Gray
Located in Kansas City, MO
Monte Carlo Sofa designed in Eileen Gray in 1929 and produced by ClassiCon in the 2000s. Curved form in black leather and tubular chrome. This example...
Category
Early 2000s German Bauhaus Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Chrome
ClassiCon Castellar Rug by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs. Some of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
ClassiCon Roquebrune Rug in Wool by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs. Some of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
ClassiCon Lou Perou Folding Table by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Like 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 Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Customizable ClassiCon Lota Sofa by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The apartment of Madame Mathieu-Levy on Rue de Lota in Paris was regarded as one of the most sensational examples of French interior architecture of the 1920s. Eileen Gray had create...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Eileen Gray Daybed
By Eileen Gray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Red leather and tubular chrome daybed by Eileen Gray, 1980s.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Eillen Gray Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, France 1950
By Eileen Gray
Located in Paris, FR
Very stylish French Mid-Century Modern table lamp of the 50’s design by Eileen Gray in aviation style chrome metal and covered In lézard style.
The reflector can bend and rotate for...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Metal
ClassiCon Roquebrune Chair in Grey with Black Legs by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
For the terrace of her second house in Castellar Eileen Gray designed a very comfortable chair with a deep seating area. It was covered with blue canvas. She created another version,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon Petite Coiffeuse Table in White by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray understood how to combine the aesthetic with the practical as did few designers. The geometrically structured small dressing table, de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon St. Tropez Rug in Wool by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs. Some of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
ClassiCon Kilkenny Rug by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs. Some of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
Customizable ClassiCon Aixia Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Aixia was one of Eileen Gray‘s personal favourites. She used this chair in all of her apartments, sometimes in the dining room, sometimes at a desk. Even in 1929, when she converted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
ClassiCon Bonaparte Rug by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs. Some of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
Customizable ClassiCon Monte Carlo Sofa by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
price for fabric!
Eileen Gray‘s perhaps most exclusive sofa radiates an allure from which no beholder can escape. The soft curve, the most unusual lines of the backrest make the Mon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric
ClassiCon Centimetre Rug in Hand Knotted Wool by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs: masterpieces of abstract textile art made of 100% pure new wool, hand knotted and processed to the highest quality. Designed for the Salon of the Villa E1027, the Centimetre Rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
Customizable ClassiCon Non Conformist Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
It piques and provokes what one might expect of it, and yet it is inexplicably aesthetic and harmonious - a nonconformist on velvet paws. Eileen Gray commented quite pragmatically on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Leather
ClassiCon Occasional Rectangular Side Table in White by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The Latin for furniture, res mobiles, is based on the word mobile. Eileen Gray took this very literally. She loved light, functional furniture that could be moved around easily. One can lift this table ""for all occasions"" as if it had a handle and carry it exactly to where one needs it. Like the Adjustable Table E 1027...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Black Leather Monte Carlo Sofa by Eileen Gray for ClassiCon
By Eileen Gray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by the Irish-Scottish architect and designer Eileen Gray in 1929, the Monte Carlo sofa is a true icon of Modern Design and enshrines Gray's c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vereinigte Werkstätten Eileen Gray Daybed Day Bed
By Eileen Gray, Vereinigte Werkstätten München
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Vintage daybed with the name Day bed by Eileen Gray.
Manufactured by Vereinigte Werkstätten Munich before Classicon.
Classic piece of furniture.
White leather and chrome tubular ste...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Vintage Early Edition Transat Chair By Eileen Gray for Ecart International
By Eileen Gray
Located in Portlaoise, IE
Born in Wexford Ireland, Eileen Gray is a true icon of 20th century design and it is with great pleasure we present for sale this stunning vintage ‘Transat’ chair produced under lice...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Outstanding Vintage Eileen Gray 'Blackboard' Rug by Ecart International
By Eileen Gray
Located in Portlaoise, IE
After an original design by Eileen Gray, Acquired are delighted to present a rare opportunity to purchase this ‘Blackboard’ rug which was produced under licence by Ecart Internationa...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Wool
Eillen Gray for Classicon E1027 Adjustable Side Table, Italy 2010
By Eileen Gray
Located in Naples, IT
Eileen Gray E1027 black metal and smoked glass adjustable coffee table. This model is officially licensed by Aram Design Ltd. and manufactured by ClassiCon in Italy.
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Metal
Divani o daybed in acciaio e cotone di Eileen Gray per Alivar, 1990 ca.
By Eileen Gray, Alivar
Located in MIlano, IT
Divani daybed gemelli, dal disegno in stile Bauhaus, con struttura in tubolare d'acciaio cromato, seduta imbottita e rivestita in cotone bianco ed impunture sulla seduta.
Disegnati da Eileen Gray e prodotti da Alivar nel 1990 ca.
Ottime condizioni.
Misure in cm 220x90x60h schienale, 43h seduta
Possibile acquistare anche il singolo divano.
Rara coppia di divani, o divani letto...
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1990s Italian Modern Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Italian Space Steel Tube Light Floor Lamp by Eileen Gray for Alivar, 1970s
By Alivar, Eileen Gray
Located in MIlano, IT
Modern production, space age, minimalist and beauty tubular steel and neon Tube Light floor lamp by the genius Eileen Gray for Alivar, 1970s.
Floor lamp, Tube Light model, in tubula...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Eileen Gray Furniture
Materials
Steel
Eileen Gray furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Eileen Gray furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Eileen Gray furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 44 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 56 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Eileen Gray were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by e15, Eckart Muthesius, and KFF. Prices for Eileen Gray furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $800 and can go as high as $91,225, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,833.
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Questions About Eileen Gray Furniture
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Eileen Gray was one of the leading pioneers of the modern movement in furniture and design. She was known for her tubular steel Bibendum Chair, a take on the Michelin Man. Shop a collection of Eileen Gray’s pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Where is Eileen Gray from?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Eileen Gray is from Enniscorthy, Ireland. Her formal art education was in London, and she later became one of the pioneers of the modern movement in architecture. You can shop a collection of Eileen Gray pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Was Eileen Gray Art Deco?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024The answer to whether Eileen Gray's designs were Art Deco depends on which piece you're considering. 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, like her Bricks screen, 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, who are associated with the mid-century modern design style. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Eileen Gray furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024Eileen Gray is famous for her work as a designer, artist and architect. During the early 20th century, she became known for her sculptural lacquered furnishings. By the early 1920s, she was creating geometric works that embodied the essence of Art Deco and the nascent modernist design movement. 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. Find a collection of Eileen Gray furniture on 1stDibs.