One of the pioneers of modern design, Eileen Gray spent nearly seventy years of her long and creative life in Paris. Her designs for lacquer screens and furniture, lamps, and carpets were widely appreciated in the Art Deco period, beloved for their freedom, comfort, aestheticism, and individuality. Later, as a self-taught architect, she designed two innovative houses in the south of France. This extraordinary and elegant woman, much admired by Le Corbusier and his peers, emerged from obscurity only after her death in 1976, when her designs found themselves in perfect harmony with modern sensibilities. 60 illustrations