Dec
19
The story behind the famous eileen gray bibendum chair is unclear; some claim it was made for Madame Levy, a boutique owner known to the designer, and others claim it was made for someone else. But in the very beginning there was agreement that it was not a successful design. While the design was criticized for its lack of sophistication, and apparently lack of stability, she nonetheless held steady to the concepts behind the chair. And, as is so often the case, the critics were proved wrong eventually, as the chair became, and today remains, a very popular design, and still evocative of the Michelin Man after which it is named.