Find many varieties of an authentic clark foam available at 1stDibs. Each clark foam for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
limestone,
stone and
fabric. If you’re shopping for a clark foam, we have 3 options in-stock, while there are 12 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer clark foam, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right clark foam, those designed in
modern and
mid-century modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made clark foam has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
denHolm,
Steven John Clark and
Charles and Ray Eames are consistently popular.
Prices for a clark foam can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $521 and can go as high as $43,985, while the average can fetch as much as $8,191.
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.