Lucite Wall Rack
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Coat Racks and Stands
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass
Vintage 1970s Space Age Dry Bars
Plexiglass
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
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Antique 1890s Dutch Renaissance Revival Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
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Fabric, Upholstery, Plastic, Fiberglass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
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Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
20th Century Italian Baroque Coat Racks and Stands
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Chandeliers and Pendants
Stained Glass
Antique Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Antique 19th Century American Country Benches
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Lanterns
Brass
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
Late 20th Century American Space Age Magazine Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Chrome
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plexiglass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
Late 20th Century European Modern Shelves
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Acrylic, Teak
Vintage 1970s American Space Age Dry Bars
Stainless Steel
20th Century American Decorative Art
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Art
Resin
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
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.