occasional table
by Eileen Gray from Classicon
occasional table
Design Eileen Gray, 1927
Chromium-plated steel tubing, MDF top
Made in Germany by Classicon
The Latin for furniture, 'res mobiles', is based on the word mobile. Eileen Gray took this very literally. She loved light, functional furniture that one could move around without problem. One can lift this table 'for all occasions' as if it had a handle and carry it exactly to where one needs it. Like the Adjustable Table E 1027, it is constructed such as to slide the base under the bedside or armchair. Thus breakfast or bedtime reading is within comfortable reach.
In the 1920's and 30's, Irish artist Eileen Gray was one of the pioneers who created what we now call modern design. The lone woman in this pioneering Valhalla, her name is pronounced in the same breath as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer. Her tubular steel furniture was revolutionary in its day, and is now accepted as classic. In the second stage of her creative career, Eileen Gray switched to architecture and continued producing masterpieces. She was an artist of epoch-making significance. Her career culminated in 1972 with her appointment by the Royal Society of Art in London, as Royal Designer to Industry. And her legendary Adjustable Table E 1027 has been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1978.
Authorized by The World Licence Holder Aram Designs Ltd, London. The Occasional side table is offered with a round or rectangular table-top. The frame features chromium-plated steel tubing and MDF high-gloss lacquer finished table-tops in your choice of colors.
round: 22.4" h | base: 14.2" dia. | top: 15.7" dia.
rectangular: 22.4" h | base: 13" w | 15.7" d | top: 14.2" w | 15.7" d
Chromium-plated steel tubing, MDF top
Made in Germany by Classicon
The Latin for furniture, 'res mobiles', is based on the word mobile. Eileen Gray took this very literally. She loved light, functional furniture that one could move around without problem. One can lift this table 'for all occasions' as if it had a handle and carry it exactly to where one needs it. Like the Adjustable Table E 1027, it is constructed such as to slide the base under the bedside or armchair. Thus breakfast or bedtime reading is within comfortable reach.
In the 1920's and 30's, Irish artist Eileen Gray was one of the pioneers who created what we now call modern design. The lone woman in this pioneering Valhalla, her name is pronounced in the same breath as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer. Her tubular steel furniture was revolutionary in its day, and is now accepted as classic. In the second stage of her creative career, Eileen Gray switched to architecture and continued producing masterpieces. She was an artist of epoch-making significance. Her career culminated in 1972 with her appointment by the Royal Society of Art in London, as Royal Designer to Industry. And her legendary Adjustable Table E 1027 has been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1978.
Authorized by The World Licence Holder Aram Designs Ltd, London. The Occasional side table is offered with a round or rectangular table-top. The frame features chromium-plated steel tubing and MDF high-gloss lacquer finished table-tops in your choice of colors.
round: 22.4" h | base: 14.2" dia. | top: 15.7" dia.
rectangular: 22.4" h | base: 13" w | 15.7" d | top: 14.2" w | 15.7" d
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Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray was one of the pioneers who created what we now call modern design. The lone woman amongst her peers, her name is spoken in the same breath as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Marcel Breuer.
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