Karl Springer Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic
Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Side Tables
Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Brass, Stainless Steel
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Acrylic
Vintage 1970s Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Acrylic
Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Lucite
Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Vintage 1980s American Modern Benches
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Console Tables
Brass
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Leather, Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage 1980s North American Art Deco Vanities
Acrylic
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Nickel, Iron, Brass
Vintage 1970s Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Brass
20th Century Shelves
Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Console Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Lucite
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pedestals
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Lucite
Vintage 1980s Candlesticks
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Nickel
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal, Steel, Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic, Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Damask, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Damask, Acrylic
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Classical Roman Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Nickel
Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Stools
Upholstery, Lucite
1990s Modern Sofas
Mohair
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome, Steel
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1980s American Modern Candlesticks
Brass
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Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
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