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91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore, made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965
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Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
An important Australian furniture and interior designer of the 1950s, working as a sculptor in New York in the late 1980s.

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Description
Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore, made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965

White plasticised metal frame, splayed legs. Frame for back and seat made of a grid, converging towards top of tapering back rest.

Designer: Meadmore, Clement

Maker: Michael Hirst Pty Ltd; Melbourne, Victoria; 1959 - 1965
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
91/1326
Height
945 mm
Width
410 mm
Depth
430 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1991

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects:
+ Australian design
+ Furniture design


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