With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the plastic trolley you’re looking for. A plastic trolley — often made from
plastic,
metal and
glass — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a plastic trolley, we have 139 options in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect plastic trolley — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A plastic trolley made by
Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with
Modern — is very popular.
Joe Colombo,
Bieffeplast and
Sergio Mazza each produced at least one beautiful plastic trolley that is worth considering.
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.
