Flashcards
1900-1920 + Art Deco and Eileen Gray
Cards in this deck (27)
- 1Peter BehrensConsidered by some to be the 1st corporate "industrial" Designer.
- 2These three people all worked in Peter Behren's architectural officeLe Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
- 3Joseph HoffmannInfluenced heavily by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- 4Purkersdorf SanitoriumBy Hoffmann, build beyond the edge of the urban centers as a place to isolate people with infectious diseases
- 5—Patients with tuberculosis spending extended periods or time "parked" in the sun in outdoor spaces
- 6—"sitzmaschine" - Hoffmann, dramatically reclines to make it easier for patients to breath
- 7—Cabaret Fledermaus, Postcard by Hoffmann for the Cabaret Fledermaus published by the weiner werkstatte
- 8Palais StocletArchitecture by hoffmann, furnishings were designed by hoffmann and made by the weiner wekstatte
- 9—"Kubus" - Hoffmann, his favorite detail was the square
- 10Armchair for Haus KohlerHoffmann, Sunburst motif was a recurring theme in art deco work
- 11"curtain wall" designWhere the load bearing supports have been moved inward, allowing windows to cover more of the exterior walls (ex: Fagus shoe factory - Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer)
- 12Red and Blue Chair aka (red, yellow and blue chair)by Gerrit Rietvel, De stijl color scheme
- 13—by Eliel Saarinen, honored a Scandinavian folk tradition by having three legged chair which was their way of dealing with uneven floors.
- 14The Darwin Martin HouseFrank Lloyd Wright in buffalo NY
- 15Metal Furniture in Larkin Company Office BuildingFrank Lloyd Wright, Buffalo NY
- 16"Prairie School" ArchitectureWright's Long, low, rectangular designs form 1900-1910
- 17Dining Room of the Robbie House (tall Chairs)(like mackintosh) wright used tall chairs to create a room-within-a-room-like atmosphere
- 18QuartersawingTightest Grain and resist warping
- 19Eileen GrayIndependently wealthy, way ahead of the curve in terms of style
- 20Seizo SugawaraTaught Eileen Gray the art of Japanese lacquer
- 21—Le Destin Screen, Jacques Doucet commissioned this screen and became an important patron of Eileen Gray
- 22"Serpent Chair"Sold for $27.9 Million at auction and is the most ever paid for a chair
- 23Joseph Claude SinelClaimed he was the "1st established industrial designer in the U.S." but denies coming up with the term
- 24—"Writing Desk"- Emile-Jaques Ruhlmann, The writing surface is "galuchat" and is the skin of a spotted dogfish
- 25—"E1027" - Eileen Gray,
e: Eileen
10: J (jean)
2: B (badovici)
7: G (gray)
- 26—"bibendum Chair" - Gray, Named after the Michelin tire company mascot
- 27—"roquebrune Chair" - Gray, named for the region of France in which both E.1027 and Tempe a pailla were located.
