Smoked Lucite Table And Chairs
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Lucite
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals
Brass
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Dining Room Sets
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Nickel
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1990s Post-Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric
Late 20th Century American Modern Swivel Chairs
Bouclé
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
Vintage 1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Pedestals and Columns
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Swivel Chairs
Bouclé
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Bouclé, Upholstery
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs
Bouclé, Upholstery
Vintage 1970s American Modern Pedestals
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Bouclé, Upholstery, Wood
1990s American Post-Modern Swivel Chairs
Bouclé, Upholstery
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Porcelain
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Pedestals
Brass
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Swivel Chairs
Bouclé, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Bouclé, Upholstery
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
Recent Sales
Vintage 1970s European Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Smoked Glass, Lucite
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Dining Room Sets
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Acrylic
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Glass, Lucite
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Space Age Dining Room Sets
Aluminum, Chrome
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Metal, Aluminum
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Music Stands
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Nickel
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Leather
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Smoked Glass, Lucite
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Metal
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Vintage 1970s American Chairs
Lucite
Vintage 1970s French Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1970s European Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s American Dining Room Chairs
Bronze
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.