Eileen Gray Bibendum Chair (Replica)

Eileen Gray Bibendum chair (Replica). Eileen Gray designed the Bibendum chair in the late 1920’s. It is a wonderfully simple and practical modernist design that marries a soft full grain Italian leather seat mounted on an elegant curved tubular stainless steel base. The design looks both striking and fresh – allowing it to fit into both modern and traditional interiors. A true design icon. Dimension: H: 85ch x D: 84cm x W: 75cm Available in stock in white or black Italian leather. Shipping - £40.00 within UK. Email for international quote

Tragically neglected throughout her career, it is only in the last 30 years that Eileen Gray has become internationally acknowledged to be one of the most influential female furniture designers and architects of the 20th Century, inspiring both Art Deco and Modernist comtemporaries.

She was born Kathleen Eileen Moray in 1878, the youngest of five, in the small Irish market town of Enniscorthy. During childhood, the children all took the name Gray –the name her mother’s aristocratic family. Eileen enjoyed a fairly privileged upbringing, travelling between family homes in her nati.. Read More