Vitra Classic Tray Eden, Alexander Girard, 1944

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Vitra Classic Tray Eden

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Classic Tray Eden by Vitra (Alexander Girard, 1944): The quality of furnishings does not only manifest itself in large objects. As important as the choice and composition of furniture, lighting and textiles are for our sense of well-being at home. It’s the small things – the various accessories, pictures, plants, mementos and occasional finds we have collected – that play a major role in our emotional attachment to the home. In recent decades only a few designers like Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard and George Nelson, have been aware of this. Starting with the same ideas in the mid twentieth century they created furnishings and equipment in which small things always had an important place. It is with this thought in mind that the Classic Trays now being brought onto the market by the Vitra design Museum should be viewed.

High-grade thermoset, dishwasher safe, food safe.

20 x 460 x 355 mm.

Product.Nr.: 21503702

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Alexander Girard, born in 1907 in New York City, was one of the decisive figures of post-war American design alongside his close friends George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames. The focus of his broad oeuvre was on textile design: As head of the Herman Miller Company’s textile division, Girard designed a multitude of textiles that reflect his love of festive colours and patterns. He favoured abstract and geometric forms, typically put together in bright constellations of colours. His upholstery fabrics remain as timely and vital as ever with many of them still being sold today. Having originally studied architecture, Girard made a name for himself over his long career in the fields of furniture, exhibition and interior design as well as in the graphic arts. On his extended travels, he avidly collected textiles from all over the world, which furnished him with a source of inspiration and ideas. In 1993, the final year of his life, he bequeathed these holdings to the Vitra Design Museum Collection along with the contents of his studio (hundreds of drawings, prototypes and textile samples).