Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of wendell castle fiberglass on 1stDibs. Frequently made of
fiberglass,
plastic and
rubber, every piece of wendell castle fiberglass was constructed with great care. There are 34 variations of the antique or vintage item from our selection of wendell castle fiberglass you’re looking for, while we also have 19 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of wendell castle fiberglass — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An object in our assortment of wendell castle fiberglass, designed in the
Modern or
Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made option in this array of wendell castle fiberglass has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
Wendell Castle,
Wendell Castle Collection and
Selig are consistently popular.
The average selling price for a piece of wendell castle fiberglass at 1stDibs is $6,150, while they’re typically $1,900 on the low end and $85,000 for the highest priced.
Wendell Castle was an American furniture maker celebrated for his experimental creations in wood and plastic. He was one of the first to create seating, lighting and tables that resemble sculpture, otherwise known as art furniture.
A founding father of the American Studio movement, Castle was known for his craftsmanship and broke new ground in the 1960s with the stack-laminate technique, which involves layering and then sanding thin sheets of wood. In the ’70s, he transitioned to using gel-coated plastic in bright colors.
Castle integrated both mediums in his designs from the 2000s, which, like his vintage pieces, are characterized by curved, biomorphic lines and whimsical undertones (his Molar chair emphasized playfulness and a venturesome sensibility). Ever the innovator, he integrated computers and robots in his later production process to come up with wildly imaginative forms. Castle was working on a new body of work when he passed away in 2018 at the age of 85.
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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.
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