THE NON CONFORMIST ARMCHAIR by Eileen Gray Lot n° 71

THE NON CONFORMIST ARMCHAIR, by EILEEN GRAY, in tubular chrome and leather,bearing VW (Vereinigte Werkstätten) label. Before 1990, Vereinigte Werkstätten, from which ClassiCon emerged, produced and distributed Eileen Gray designs under licence,79cm (h) x 60cm (d) x 58cm (w). It piques and provokes what one might expect of it, and yet it is inexplicably aesthetic and harmonious – a nonconformist on velvet paws. Eileen Gray commented quite pragmatically on her work with typical understatement: "An armrest was omitted in order to leave the body more freedom in movement and to allow it to bend forward or to turn to the other side unrestricted". Seldom was a nonconformist more ready to talk.