With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the fiberglass mold you’re looking for. A fiberglass mold — often made from
fiberglass,
plastic and
metal — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a fiberglass mold, we have 258 options in-stock, while there are 11 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer fiberglass mold, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right fiberglass mold, those designed in
Mid-Century Modern,
Modern and
Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. A well-made fiberglass mold has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
Herman Miller,
Charles and Ray Eames and
Charles Eames are consistently popular.
Prices for a fiberglass mold can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $350 and can go as high as $37,767, while the average can fetch as much as $2,200.
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.
