Yellow Kartell
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Plastic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Children's Furniture
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Stools
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Wool, Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Shelves
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Plastic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Space Age Wall Mirrors
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Shelves
Plastic
Vintage 1970s American Wall Mirrors
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Industrial Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic, Alligator
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Plastic
Late 20th Century European Furniture
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Armchairs
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Chairs
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
Vintage 1970s Decorative Baskets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Unknown Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1970s Italian Umbrella Stands
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Baskets
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Acrylic
Vintage 1970s American Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Plastic
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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.