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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Cabinets
Chrome
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Shelves
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Tables
Resin
Late 20th Century Belgian Desks
Polyester
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Shelves
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Plastic
2010s Saudi Arabian Modern Sofas
Wool, Velvet
20th Century French Desks
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Formica, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking ...
Beech
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Plastic
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chairs
Rattan, Maple
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Acrylic
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Night Stands
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Club Chairs
Stainless Steel, Chrome
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.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.