A MAPLE 'TRANSAT' CHAIR
A MAPLE 'TRANSAT' CHAIR

EILEEN GRAY, CIRCA 1925

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A MAPLE 'TRANSAT' CHAIR
Eileen Gray, circa 1925
29in. (73.7cm.) high

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cf. Peter Adam, Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer, 1987. p. 231 for a technical drawing for the chair. Philippe Garner, Eileen Gray: Design and Architecture, 1878-1976, 1993, p. 100, fig. A for a preliminary sketch of the 'Transat' chair, circa 1925; fig. B for the chair's design; and p. 102, fig. 29 for an illustration of the model.
See Garner, p. 143, fig. D for an illustration of the form in Gray's own house at Roquebrune.

See Adam, p. 188 for an illustration of the 'Transat' chair in the bedroom of the Maharaja of Indore.

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