Eileen Gray facts for kids

For the racing cyclist, see Eileen Gray (cyclist).

Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray
Quick facts for kids Personal information
Name	Eileen Gray
Birth date	9 August 1878
Birth place	Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Date of death	31 October 1976 (aged 98)
Place of death	Paris, France
Alma mater	Slade School of Fine Art Académie Julian Académie Colarossi
Work
Buildings	E-1027 Tempe à Pailla House
Design	"Dragons" armchair Bibendum Chair E-1027 table

Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 1878 – 31 October 1976) was an Anglo-Irish architect and furniture designer and a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with many notable European artists of her era, including Kathleen Scott, Adrienne Gorska, Le Corbusier, and Jean Badovici, with whom she was romantically involved. Her most famous work is the house known as E-1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.

Images for kids

• 

  Le salon de verre (Glass Salon) designed by Paul Ruaud with furniture by Eileen Gray, for Madame Mathieu-Levy (Juliette Lévy) milliner of the boutique J. Suzanne Talbot, 9, rue de Lota, Paris, 1922 (published in L'Illustration, 27 May 1933)

• 

  E-1027 table by Eileen Gray