A No 71 Desk Lamp, Eileen Gray for Jumo Textiles A large painted plaster platter

A large painted plaster platter decorated with cherries and oranges

The estate first bought by James Morrison in 1830 consisted of 1200 acres

trained at Canterbury College of Art

A building is to me as a picture to a painter or a poem to a poet

shaping young artists with the same commitment she brought to her own work

A No 71 Desk Lamp, Eileen Gray for Jumo Textiles A large painted plaster platterA No 71 desk lamp designed by Eileen Gray and produced by Jumo of Paris. France, circa 1935 40. A hugely influential designer, architect and artist. Born in 1878 near the small village of Enniscorthy, Ireland, Eileen Gray is one of 20th century designs most influential names. In 1898, Gray began attending painting classes at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, but she moved to Paris following an inspirational trip in which she discovered the Art