Vintage Weltron
Mid-20th Century North American Vintage Weltron
Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Vintage Weltron
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Weltron
Chrome
Late 20th Century North American Vintage Weltron
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Acrylic
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1970s American Vintage Weltron
Ceramic
1950s American Vintage Weltron
Rattan
1940s Vintage Weltron
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Paper
1950s Vintage Weltron
Rattan, Mahogany
1950s Vintage Weltron
Rattan
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Weltron
Chrome
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Weltron
Brass
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Weltron
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
1970s French Space Age Vintage Weltron
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vintage Weltron
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Copper
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Weltron
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Vintage Weltron
Marble
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Mirror, Murano Glass, Maple
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Chrome, Steel
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Metal
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Plastic
1970s American Space Age Vintage Weltron
Plastic
1970s Vintage Weltron
Steel
1970s Japanese Space Age Vintage Weltron
Plastic
1970s Vintage Weltron
1970s Vintage Weltron
Plastic
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Metal
1970s American Modern Vintage Weltron
Plastic
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Weltron
Plastic
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Weltron
Chrome
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.