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Author Adam, Peter, 1929-

Title Eileen Gray : Architect/Designer : a Biography / Peter Adam
Published London : Thames and Hudson, 1987
1987

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Description 400 pages : illustrations (Some Col.)
Contents Introduction -- Early Youth -- Student Years -- To Paris -- Life as a Professional -- The Lacquer Cult -- The Great War -- Entering the Twenties: Rue de Lota -- Keeping a Shop: Jean Désert -- Monte Carlo and Beyond -- Jean Badovici -- Turning Point -- Toward an Architecture -- E. 1027 -- Life as an Architect -- A House for Herself: Tempe à Pailla -- Building for Others -- The Second World War -- Starting Anew -- The Last House: Lou Pérou -- Recognition at Last -- Epilogue -- Exhibitions -- Catalogue Raisonné
Analysis Architectural design Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976
Notes Architectural design. Gray, Eileen,. 1878-1976 (BNB/PRECIS)
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 392-395
Subject Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976.
Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976 -- Biography.
Gray, Eileen.
Architects -- France -- Biography.
Architecture -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- France.
Art deco (Architecture) -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Art deco -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Art deco -- France.
Design -- France.
Designers -- France -- Biography.
Designers -- France -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 00001432
ISBN 0500014329