Eileen Gray
Subtitle: her life and work
By: Peter Adam
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780500514801
Subjects: Women designers; Biography; Designers; Women architects; Architects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.Childhood and student years; title: 2. To Paris; title: 3. Early professional life; title: 4. Lacquer cult; title: 5. Great War; title: 6. Early twenties and the Lota Apartment; title: 7. Jean Desert Gallery; title: 8. Monte Carlo and beyond; title: 9. L $1 (BArchitecture Vivante; title: 10. Turning point; title: 11. Toward an architecture; title: 12. E. 1027; title: 13. Life as an architect; title: 14. A house for herself: tempe à Pailla; title: 15. Building for others; title: 16. Second World War; title: 17. Starting anew; title: 18. Last house: Lou Pérou; title: 19. Recognition at last.