Acrylic Tray 70s
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Architectural Elements
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Brass
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Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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2010s Canadian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal, Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chairs
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple
Antique Late 19th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Wool
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Fir, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Linen, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s American Modern Side Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s French Louis XVI Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century North American Musical Instruments
Iron
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Barware
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Games
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
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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.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.