Classicon Castellar Mirror
CASTELLAR MIRROR
CASTELLAR MIRROR
Designed by Eileen Gray, 1927
Eileen Gray understood how to combine the aesthetic with the practical as did few designers.
The geometrically structured mirror Castellar, designed for her summerhouse E1027, is a proof of this. With Castellar the swivel-mounted section allows you to easily view your profile.
Everything is reduced to the essentials, but it is all within easy reach.
Amazing, how practical Eileen Gray’s mind worked: why pick up a second mirror if you can see your profile by simply folding out a quarter of one? Ingenious.
DESIGNER
EILEEN GRAY ( 1878–1976 )
Eileen Gray’s achievement in design and architecture is considered pioneering work of Modernism.
During her lifetime, she was honoured by the London Royal Society for Arts with the title Royal Designer for Industry, and she is one of few women mentioned in the same breath as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer.
ClassiCon produces her iconic furniture designs as the sole and rightful licensee worldwide, in coordination with Aram Designs Ltd., London.
Coming from an aristocratic Irish-Scottish family, Eileen Gray went to London and Paris to study architecture and design. She first made a name for herself as a leading designer of lacquered walls and decorative panels.
With her theories on design and architecture, she left an indelible mark on our ideas about living; her work is considered the epitome of Modernism. Gray’s tubular steel furniture, revolutionary at the time of their creation, are considered classics today. Her Adjustable Table E1027 is one of the most famous and most-copied designs in the world.
It was added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1978. Her Dragons Armchair was sold in 2009 for the unbelievable amount of €21,905,000 and, at the time, became the most expensive design object ever to be sold at auction.
The non-conformist’s lifetime achievement was honoured in 2013 with a major solo exhibition at Centre Pompidou in Paris. The production of the movie “Price of Desire” and the documentary film “Gray Matters” (both 2014) continued the success of the exhibition. Gray’s most famous architectural design, the Maison en Bord de Mer E1027 on the Côte d’Azur, was reopened to the public in 2015.
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
Castellar
PRODUCTION
Made in Germany
BRAND
Classicon
PRODUCT TYPE
Mirror
STRUCTURED
Geometrically Structured Mirror
DIMENSIONS (S1)
- Height : 34 cm, 38 cm, 64 cm
- Width : 35 cm, 58 cm
FRAME
Mirror with a swivel-mounted section. Frame chrome-plated steel. Mirror polished crystal glass with faceted edges.
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MATERIAL
- Frame : Steel Chrome-plated
- Mirror : Crystall glass
USE
Interior
DESIGNER
Eileen Gray