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Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Lucite
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Acrylic, Lucite
1980s Modern Vintage Grainware
Lucite
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Crystal
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Bronze
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Brass
19th Century Japanese Edo Vintage Grainware
Paper
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Vintage Grainware
Iron
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Bamboo
1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Grainware
Bronze
Early 2000s European Modern Vintage Grainware
Aluminum
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Cut Glass
1920s American Modern Vintage Grainware
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Vintage Grainware
Aluminum
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Grainware
Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Grainware
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Space Age Vintage Grainware
Lucite
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Wood
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Brass, Bronze
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Lucite
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Iron
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Grainware
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Lucite
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Nickel
1970s North American Vintage Grainware
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Lucite
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grainware
Lucite
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.
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