Pink Lucite Side Table
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Lucite
2010s American Side Tables
Resin, Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lucite, Plexiglass
20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Plastic
Vintage 1960s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin, Lucite
2010s American Stools
Acrylic, Lucite, Resin
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Textile
2010s American Flush Mount
Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
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Plastic
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sofas
Leather
2010s Greek Night Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Side Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Dutch Side Tables
Resin
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Metal
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Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Side Tables
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2010s American Modern Side Tables
Lucite
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Lucite, Glass
Vintage 1970s American Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Acrylic, Lucite, Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Lucite
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Side Tables
Marble, Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Lucite, Velvet
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Marble
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.