Eileen Gray Table E 1027

The table top is also available in a smoked grey glass and black metal.

Eileen gray table e 1027. It has been suggested that gray originally designed the table for her sister who ate breakfast in bed. By this point she was a respected furniture designer but had grown tired of designing the fancy interiors of other people s houses. Designed by eileen gray the adjustable table features a delicate symmetrical extending chrome plated steel frame characterised and topped by a circular glass plate. The side table e 1027 is probably the most famous of eileen gray s designs however she failed to receive any critical or commercial acclaim until after her death in 1976.

E 1027 is a modernist villa in roquebrune cap martin in the alpes maritimes department of france it was designed and built from 1926 29 by the irish architect and furniture designer eileen gray l shaped and flat roofed with floor to ceiling windows and a spiral stairway to the guest room e 1027 was both open and compact. Originally created for her e 1027 house the table has since become one of gray s most famous designs. Bell high table 2020 sebastian herkner. The secret code name likewise comes from her.

Bell table coffee table 2012 sebastian herkner. The adjustable table e 1027 rightly counts as one of the highlights of classical modernism. In this case she wanted a table for her new house in roquebrune cap martin that could be used over her knees while sitting or as an occasional side or bedside table. Eileen gray entered the architectural mainframe late in life.

It is named after the summer house e 1027 maison en bord de mer that eileen gray built for herself and for her collaborator jean badovici. She was 48 when she began working on e 1027 her first building. Originally conceived for eileen gray s home on the french riviera this chrome plated tubular steel table is a well known classic. Gray designed the eileen gray table for the e 1027 house.

The table s adjustable arm and light weight make it flexible in function. By holding a. A similar contrast in style is evident in tables designed by gray and le corbusier. It is named after the summer house e 1027 maison en bord de mer that eileen gray built for herself and for her collaborator jean badovici.

Eileen gray e1027 1927 eileen gray was always interested in multi functional furniture. Adjustable table e 1027 black version 1927 eileen gray. E is for eileen 10 for jean j is the 10th letter of the alphabet 2 for b adovici and 7 for g ray. Table e 1027 is an adjustable steel and glass table designed by irish designer eileen gray in 1927.

The raised flanged edges were designed to prevent toast crumbs falling onto the bed. A novelty of the table is that it is adjustable so that it can be used as a bedside table or elsewhere.