Kartell Dune
Early 2000s Italian Tray Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Spanish Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Side Tables
Plastic
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Shelves
Resin
Vintage 1960s German Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tray Tables
Bronze, Nickel, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tray Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Glass
Glass
Vintage 1960s American Arts and Crafts Windows
Lead
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Candle Lamps
Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s Italian Tray Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Barware
Silver Plate
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Lead
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wool, Oak, Teak
Vintage 1950s Italian Tray Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Leaf
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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