Peter Shire
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An early "Bel air" easy chair, Memphis Milan, post 1982.
Seat and back upholstered with different coloured fabrics, feet and base in lacquered wood, marked with label MEMPHIS MADE IN ITALY MILANO PETER SHIRE 1982 No 02, height 123 cm.
Reupholstered and renovated.
Literature
Barbara Radice, "Memphis: research, experiences, results, failures and successes of new design", Thames and Hudson, London 1985, p 123.
Designer
Peter Shire is an American artist and designer. At the beginning of the 1980s, Shire was invited by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass to join the Memphis Group in Milan, where he, together with other young designers, revolted against the conventional design ideals.
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