Plastic Italian Red Chair

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Space Age Red Plastic Vintage Chair Selene by Vico Magistretti, Italy

$1,588

Space Age Red Plastic Vintage Chair Selene by Vico Magistretti, Italy

By Vico Magistretti

Located in Vienna, AT

Space Age red vintage plastic chair model Selene designed by Vico Magistretti 1968 for Artemide Milano, Italy.

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Pair of 20th-century Red City Chairs by Lucci & Orlandini for Lamm, 1980

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

Pair of Italian chairs from the 1980s. The seats and backrests are made of red polypropylene, with black-painted metal legs. City chairs designed by Lucci & Orlandini for Lamm, featu...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Chairs

Materials

Metal

"Hacca" Plastic Red Chair by Bolzani, Spagnoli and Zerbi for Martini, Italy 1972

Located in Milan, IT

"Hacca" armchair by Bolzani, Spagnoli and Zerbi for Martini. Two twin Moplen shells connected together to create a comfortable chair. The piece can also be used detaching the two par...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Plastic

1990s Pair of Oriente Lounge Chairs by Antonio Citterio in Grey and Red Fabric

$10,000 / set

1990s Pair of Oriente Lounge Chairs by Antonio Citterio in Grey and Red Fabric

By B&B Italia, Antonio Citterio

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This is a pair of postmodern Oriente Lounge Chairs, designed by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia in the 1990s. The listed price includes the pair of two chairs as shown. Their design ...

Category

1990s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

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Large Pink Decorative Sculptural Modern Plastic Rabbit Chair

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H 28.51 in W 28.76 in D 28.51 in

Mid-Century Modern Orange and White Outdoor Lounge Chairs, Italy, 1970s

Located in Vienna, AT

Mid century orange and white outdoor lounge chairs, Italy, 1970s. This rare outdoor furniture set of orange Italian Mid-Century Modern "Balloon" chairs is made of hard plastic wit...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Steel

Six Chairs, 1960s

Located in Baranzate, IT

Six chairs with chromed metal frame, plastic material, and red fabric upholstery.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

H 29.73 in W 18.71 in D 20.28 in

Four Red 'Selene' Chairs Artemide Design by Vico Magistretti 1970s

By Vico Magistretti

Located in Milano, IT

Set of red plastic chairs designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Artemide in the 1970s.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Materials

Plastic

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Plastic Italian Red Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic plastic Italian red chair available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of plastic, metal and fabric, every plastic Italian red chair was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a plastic Italian red chair, we have 66 options in-stock, while there are 20 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the plastic Italian red chair you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A plastic Italian red chair, designed in the Mid-Century Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made plastic Italian red chair over the years, but those crafted by Vico Magistretti, Kartell and Artemide are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Plastic Italian Red Chair?

Prices for a plastic Italian red chair start at $134 and top out at $10,232 with the average selling for $1,250.

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.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.

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