Find many varieties of an authentic piece of plastic modern outdoor furniture available at 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
plastic,
metal and
aluminum. There are 25 variations of the antique or vintage item from our selection of plastic modern outdoor furniture you’re looking for, while we also have 48 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a choice in our collection of plastic modern outdoor furniture — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each object in our assortment of plastic modern outdoor furniture bearing
Modern,
Mid-Century Modern or
Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made option in this array of plastic modern outdoor furniture has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
Flos,
MARCANTONIO and
Oluce are consistently popular.
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.
