L'Art Noir Rug
Eileen Gray, 1920-1935
Eileen Gray not only created some of the most iconic 20th century furniture classics but also ran a studio where rugs were produced based on her designs. Some of her most beautiful designs are part of our rug collection.
The L’Art Noir rug stems from a creative phase in which Gray – influenced by movements such as the Bauhaus – engaged intensively with minimalism, symbolic geometry and material honesty. Various original gouaches depicting the circular rug illustrate just how deeply Eileen Gray explored the psychological impact of colour. The studies reveal how she varied the proportion of black within colours and juxtaposed them in a segmented circle. This exploration of “black art” is directly reflected in the name L’Art Noir, which aptly captures the design concept behind the rug. One of these colour studies served as the template for the hand-knotted rug produced by ClassiCon, characterised by four concentric circles, each composed of two contrasting coloured halves.
The colours used evoke the stormy sea, the pale sand and the gentle vegetation of a beach – an atmospheric interplay that makes the rug’s origins almost tangible. For the original L’Art Noir rug lay in Eileen Gray’s villa E1027 on the Côte d’Azur, where it served as a striking design accent that shaped the room’s timeless modernity.
In Detail
Rug made of 100% fine New Zealand virgin wool or 100% Himalayan nettle, hand-spun. Hand-knotted with the Tibetan knot and a density of 80 knots per square inch (6.45 cm²). Environmentally friendly colour pigments, tested according to OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100. Low-maintenance, suitable for Vacuum cleaners. Our rugs, with their special nettle fibre finish, are produced in collaboration with M2Rugs under the fair trade standards of Label STEP.
Natural materials combined with handmade production techniques give each rug its own character. Colour variations and Dimensional tolerances of +/- 5 cm are possible.
Available in standard sizes 200 cm and 300 cm. Customised sizes upon request.
All dimensions are in the unit cm.
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Eileen Gray
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.
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