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Vintage 1970s Italian Paperweights
Plastic
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Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
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Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
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Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
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Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Ashtrays
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Iron
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
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Textile
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Birch
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wenge
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements
Metal, Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Nickel, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century German Scandinavian Modern Desks
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Leather
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Art Glass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Aluminum
1990s Japanese Post-Modern Vases
Resin, Plastic
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Malachite, Metal, Chrome, Berlin Iron
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal
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Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
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Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
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Iron
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Desks
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Plastic
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Turquoise, Metal
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
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Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Plastic
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Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Minimalist Umbrella Stands
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Conference Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal, Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Austrian Settees
Italian Settees
Plastic, Upholstery
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Iron
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Plastic
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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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