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Material: Plastic
Creator: Dorothy Thorpe
1950s Dorothy Thorpe Lucite Spiral Spring Umbrella Stand
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Dorothy Thorpe Spiral Spring Umbrella lucite stand. This piece of early lucite sculptural art features a piece of lucite spun into a spring shape with a small holder along the bottom...
Category
1950s American Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Dorothy Thorpe Frosted Lucite Resin Fruit Bowl Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Lovely frosted resin cabbage bowl by Dorothy Thorpe.
Signed under the object.
Beautiful decorative object.
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Set of 8 MCM Pretzel Clear Lucite Napkin Rings by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of 8 mid-century modern Lucite pretzel-shaped napkin rings designed by Dorothy Thorpe. Single tubes of solid Lucite are wrapped into a pretzel-like form as ideal napkin rings. Th...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
1970's Dorothy Thorpe Lucite & Chrome Pretzel Candle Holders Pair
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Lovely pair of Lucite candle holders designed by Dorothy Thorpe, circa 1970's.
Exceptional condition with no flaws to note. Both sparkle like jewelry.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Single Dorothy Thorpe "Pretzel" Twisted Lucite Candlesticks with Chrome Holders
Located in St. Louis, MO
Classic Dorothy Thorpe twisted Lucite candlestick with nickel plated candle holders. Set does show very few internal age cracks, common with lucite of this age. Excludes candles.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Dorothy Thorpe Candlesticks, 1970s
By Elaine Bscheider, Dorothy Thorpe
Located in L'Escala, ES
Pair of Lucite Dorothy Thorpe candle holders designed and produced in the 1970''s. Pretzel shaped gold coloured brass holder designed by Elaine Bscheider. Superb design and vintage o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
Dorothy Thorpe “Pretzel” Lucite Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dorothy Thorpe “Pretzel” Lucite Table Lamp
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Linen, Lucite
Set of 5 Dorothy Thorpe Lucite Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Set of 5 Mid Century Lucite candlesticks with silvered candle holders designed by Dorothy Thorpe. Some signs of aging in Lucite.
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Cast Lucite Cat by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in New York, NY
Chic 1940's cat sculpture in translucent yellow tone lucite, by design immortal Dorothy Thorpe.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Set of Seven MCM "Pretzel" Shaped Lucite Napkin Rings by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of seven MCM "pretzel shaped" lucite napkin rings by Dorothy Thorpe, circa 1980s. The rings have a oblong circular design and measure 3" W x 2.5"D x 1" H; they are in very good v...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Gold and Lucite Twisted Pretzel Candlestick Holder/Candelabra by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A single Lucite and gold-plated brass candlestick holder/candelabrum by American designer Dorothy Thorpe, circa 1940s. With its use of a single piece bent and twisted acrylic to form...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Dorothy Thorpe Lucite Knot Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of modernist Dorothy Thorpe lucite knot candlesticks perfect for any modern or traditional decor. Currently 3 pairs available.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Dorothy Thorpe Pretzel Lucite Table Lamps Astrolite Products Ritts Co, LA Label
Located in Monrovia, CA
Mid 1960s pair of Dorothy Thorpe pretzel Lucite table lamps with ASTROLITE PRODUCTS RITTS CO Of Los Angles, CA. Label.
These beautiful Dorothy Thorpe twisted Pretzel table...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Vintage 1960s Lucite & Chrome Magazine Rack by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With an iconic and perfectly Mid-Century Modern design attributed to Dorothy Thorpe, this magazine rack has a mirrored base, curved tubular lucite rods to hold in the magazines, and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Dorothy Thorpe Candle Holder, Lucite and Brass, Twisted Base, USA, circa 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Candlestick has been done in United States icirca 1940. It is made in Lucite and brass. Gold and transparent color. The artist is Dorothy thorpe.
Category
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Dorothy Thorpe Frosted Lucite Wreathed Pretzel Candelabra 1950s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury Sculptural Dorothy Thorpe frosted Lucite wreathed pretzel candela bra 1950s. Gorgeous, substantial piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Magazine Rack Lucite Mirror and Mylar "Chrome"
Located in Van Nuys, CA
In the manner of Dorothy Thorpe, this sculptural magazine rack has a mirrored base that holds twelve chrome sockets into which the Lucite uprights are secured. With Mid-Century Moder...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Dorothy Thorpe Hollywood Regency Lucite and Chrome Waterfall Magazine Rack
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous Hollywood Regency bent lucite, mylar, and mirrored magazine rack or stand. This eye-catching piece is created from bent lucite with waterfall edges with a mirrored base. S...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Plastic Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Lucite, Mylar
Dorothy Thorpe Glass and Lucite Tray, Signed
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Dorothy Thorpe layered etched glass tray with olives and leaves, with swirled and pretzel form Lucite handles. Made somewhere in the 1940s-1950s. There is a 1" scratch in the center ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Dorothy Thorpe Etched Mirrored Glass Tray with Lucite Handles
Located in New York, NY
A vintage serving tray, produced sometime between the 1940s and 1950s by designer Dorothy Thorpe, with glass mirror tray, beautifully decorated with layered etchings of floral design...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Mirror
Pair of Dorothy Thorpe Candleholders
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of two-lite contemporary Lucite candleholders designed by Dorothy Thorpe.
Category
1960s American Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Dorothy Thorpe Etched Glass and Lucite Tray
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco serving tray by Dorothy Thorpe. The tray has signature etched floral motif, with rope twist Lucite handles. Excellent original condition, marked with the Thorpe cartouche.
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Mid-Century Chrome and Lucite Candleholder by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Weesp, NL
Chrome and Lucite Mid-Century candleholder by Dorothy Thorpe.
This elegant piece was created by Dorothy Thorpe in the early 1950s.
Measurements: D 21 x W 16 x H 20 cm.
Born ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Dorothy Thorpe Lucite, Chrome and Mirror Magazine Rack
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lucite, chrome and mirror sculptural magazine rack featuring mirrored base that holds twelve chrome sockets into which the Lucite uprights are secured.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Dorothy Thorpe Pretzel Lucite Candlesticks
Located in Westport, CT
Pair of Dorothy Thorpe twisted Lucite and chrome candlesticks
In original condition. Slight imperfection interior line in Lucite, shown last two images.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
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Located in Chicago, IL
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Located in North Miami, FL
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Located in Richmond, VA
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Dorothy Thorpe Lucite and Nickel Candleholder in Pretzel Shape
Located in Miami, FL
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Located in Richmond, VA
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New and Vintage Plastic Furniture and Decor
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.
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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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