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GRAVES, MICHAEL
A PLAZA DRESSING TABLE AND STOOL
DESIGNED 1981, FOR MEMPHIS, THE RAISED SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH MAPLE-ROOT VENEERED SURFACES INSET WITH LOW-WATTAGE CLEAR BULBS, ENCLOSING A HINGED CIRCULAR MIRROR WITHIN METAL FRAME, SURMOUNTED BY A GREEN-PERSPEX PYRAMID SUPPORTED ON BRASS SPHERES, UNDERLIT BY A PROJECTING TURQUOISE-LAMINATE BRACKET AND FLANKED BY A PAIR OF WHITE-GLASS SPHERICAL LAMPS, THE RECTANGULAR TABLE SURFACE WITH TURQUOISE-LAMINATE AND A PAIR OF STEPPED MIRROR-GLASS MOUNTED SHELVES, EACH WITH GOLD-COLOURED METAL UPPER SURFACES, THE OPEN RECESS FLANKED BY TWO BANKS OF THREE DRAWERS, ON PLINTH BASE, AND A MATCHING CIRCULAR DRESSING STOOL, WITH TURQUOISE-VELVET UPHOLSTERY, WITH METAL LABEL MEMPHIS MILANO, DESIGNER M.GRAVES, 1981 - 96IN.(244CM.) HIGH; 55IN.(140CM.) WIDE
A PLAZA DRESSING TABLE AND STOOL
DESIGNED 1981, FOR MEMPHIS, THE RAISED SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH MAPLE-ROOT VENEERED SURFACES INSET WITH LOW-WATTAGE CLEAR BULBS, ENCLOSING A HINGED CIRCULAR MIRROR WITHIN METAL FRAME, SURMOUNTED BY A GREEN-PERSPEX PYRAMID SUPPORTED ON BRASS SPHERES, UNDERLIT BY A PROJECTING TURQUOISE-LAMINATE BRACKET AND FLANKED BY A PAIR OF WHITE-GLASS SPHERICAL LAMPS, THE RECTANGULAR TABLE SURFACE WITH TURQUOISE-LAMINATE AND A PAIR OF STEPPED MIRROR-GLASS MOUNTED SHELVES, EACH WITH GOLD-COLOURED METAL UPPER SURFACES, THE OPEN RECESS FLANKED BY TWO BANKS OF THREE DRAWERS, ON PLINTH BASE, AND A MATCHING CIRCULAR DRESSING STOOL, WITH TURQUOISE-VELVET UPHOLSTERY, WITH METAL LABEL MEMPHIS MILANO, DESIGNER M.GRAVES, 1981 - 96IN.(244CM.) HIGH; 55IN.(140CM.) WIDE
Literature
MEMPHIS, RADICE, THAMES & HUDSON, 1985, P.49 FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED