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THREE LACQUER ENGRAVING TOOLS USED BY EILEEN GRAY (1879-1976)
Lot 209

THREE LACQUER ENGRAVING TOOLS USED BY EILEEN GRAY (1879-1976)

THREE LACQUER ENGRAVING TOOLS USED BY EILEEN GRAY (1879-1976)

Closed18 October 2017

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GBP 3,000

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THREE LACQUER ENGRAVING TOOLS USED BY EILEEN GRAY (1879-1976)
mounted together with various works on paper including two examples of letter headed paper for JEAN DÉSERT and DÉSERT ET GRAY; three business cards printed JEAN DÉSERT ET E. GRAY Laques, Meubles Modernes, Decoration. 217, FAUBOURG ST- HONOUR; MEUBLES, LAQUES, PARAVENTS, TAPIS d'EILEEN GRAY, EILEEN GRAY; and an example of her monogram EG,
lacquer tools 11 in. (28 cm.) and smaller

Prunella Clough;
Peter Adam;
From whom acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Eileen Gray worked in lacquer on numerous occasions assisted by the craftsman Seizo Sugarwara. These tools were used to cut into the lacquer to create decorative outlines.

Gray opened her shop Jean Désert on Rue Faubour St-Honoré in 1922 but when clients wrote to M. Jean Désert she changed the name to Désert et Gray. The EG monogram was designed in the 1920s but not used until her works were reproduced by Aram in the 1970s.