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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Material: Plastic
Late 18th Century George III Mahogany Wingback Armchair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An antique Georgian winged armchair. It has been reupholstered in muslin. It has intricately carved claw feet made from solid mahogany.
Category
Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Foam, Mahogany
Poltrona "La Fonda" Charles & Ray Eames Herman Miller
Located in Minerbio, BO
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Poltrona Originale dell'epoca, come visibile in foto in condizioni incredibili, la pelle non presenta alcun graffio e/o strapp...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Steel
1 of the 2 Opaline Large Glass Lamp "Water Lily" by Koch & Lowy for Peill & Putz
Located in Rijssen, NL
One of the two Large Pedant Ceiling lamp wave by Koch & Lowy for Peill & Putzler, Germany Düren 1960s.
Peill & Putzler's "Water Rose" (or "Artichoke") received the "iF Product Desig...
Category
Early 1600s German Post-Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Italian Design Stilux Multicolored Pendant Chandelier from the 1960s
By Stilux
Located in Milano, MI
Multicolored Stilux pendant chandelier, made in the 1960s. Brushed anodized aluminium, painted aluminium, satin opal glass, perspex. The suspensions are easily adjustable via knot.
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Category
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Ikea lamp
By IKEA
Located in Nocera Inferiore, IT
Ikea balloon-shaped lamp discontinued vintage , table , bedside , wall mount. All plastic , accompanied by a long telephone wire, 25 cm wide x 30 cm high 12 cm
Category
18th Century Italian Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Plastic
80s lamp
Located in Nocera Inferiore, IT
80s plastic table lamp bottom of stock 31 cm high 35 cm wide 11 cm deep
Category
16th Century Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Clear and Frosted Lucite and Brass Chanderlier Flushmount Ceiling Lighting
Located in Toronto, ON
Stunning chandelier with brass base and lucite. This chandelier features clear and frosted lucite. There are 53 pieces of lucite in total. The brass base has hooks to place each piec...
Category
1780s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp by Tito Agnoli, Oluce 1960
By Oluce, Tito Agnoli
Located in Berlin, DE
Table lamp, model 25
Construction made of cast iron and brass, with a shade of green plexiglass.
Dimensions: H 46 cm, ø c.a. 35 cm
cf. Catalogo di produzione Oluce.
Category
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Late 18th-Century English Walnut Bench: Historical Craftsmanship Restored
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step back in time with our late 18th-century English bench, a remarkable testament to historical craftsmanship. Hand-crafted from walnut wood, this bench has undergone meticulous res...
Category
18th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Wood, Walnut, Upholstery, Velvet, Polyester
Abstract Painting, “Winter2”
Located in Ljubljana, SI
“Winter2”, Abstract Painting
Dimensions: 40cm x 40cm x 1,5 cm
Technique: Acrylic on canvas
Author: Miha Zorz
Year: 2020
Category
15th Century and Earlier Slovenian Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large 1920s wooden suitcase in fantastically condition usable as a coffee table
Located in München, DE
Beautiful large 1920's large overseas suitcase made of wood and cardboard.
Reinforced with thick bentwood and bakelite fittings.
Very good vintage co...
Category
1620s German Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Marble Block Lamp on Lucite Plinth
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic vintage MCM marble block lamp. Chic and simple body on a lucite plinth. Completely rewired and restored with all new wiring and polished ch...
Category
Early 17th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Table Lamp model 4720 by Filippo Panseca for Kartell, Italy, 1960s
By Kartell
Located in Milano, IT
Spherical lamp designed by Italian designer Filippo Panseca for Kartell, drawn at the end of the 1960s. Inside the glass sphere, a mirror is positioned diagonally and reflects neon l...
Category
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Plexiglass
Divino Pastor (Mexican School Colonial)
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
Beautiful painting of a Divino Pastor from the 18th century painted at the time of the Mexican colonial school
Category
18th Century Mexican American Colonial Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
1970s Coffee table, Opal Möbel
Located in Neuss, NW
Space age coffee table by Opal Möbel from the 1970s. High-quality white painted plastic frame with a glass table top.
Quality Features:
very good workmanship
high-quality ma...
Category
1770s German Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Double door in rustic larch wood, black background and painted panels, italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient double door in rustic larch wood, black lacquered background and painted panels, smooth back and push opening, built in the 18th century in Italy, it was an internal door mou...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Mylar
Elm Side Chairs Dressed in Mustard-Color
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of elm side chairs dressed in mustard-color linen skirts. English country side chairs hand-carved from elm wood in Queen Anne style ci...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Linen, Elm, Foam
18th Century Fragment Lamps-Pair
Located in Austin, TX
18th Century Water Gilt Fragments recreated as a pair of table lamps. Mounted on a round acrylic bases measuring 5" x 1" with acrylic finials. The fragments measure roughly 10" x 6.5...
Category
18th Century French Regency Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic, Giltwood
Lampade Italiane Modello Eclisse Design Vico Magistretti per Artemide, 1965
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Coppia lampade modello Eclisse disegnata da Vico Magistretti nel 1965 e prodotta da Artemide, produzione Italia anni 70
Ha vinto il Compasso d’Oro nel 1967 ed è diventata la rappres...
Category
1760s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Metal
Framed Large Nazca Textile Panel with Geometrical Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large woven textile panel from Nazca culture on the south coast of nowadays Peru circa 600 to 800AD. The panel with short fringes on the end used to be half of a sleeveless tunic (similar to poncho) in which two similar pieces were joined together. Professionally mounted and conversed on a linen-backed wood frame and presented in an acrylic shadow box. The textile was finely woven from a camelid fiber dyed with natural pigments. The work strikes the viewer immediately with its unexpected modernity. The tri-colored geometrical blocks created a zigzagged step design that is visually minimal but bold at the same time. Its repetition evokes a lyrical visual rhythm that is unparallel in the ancient textile art and could easily mistake it as an abstract art from the 20th century. The zigzag step design was one of the unusual abstract motifs used by the pre-Columbian weavers from Nazca, who created some of the most mysterious and soul-stirring work with a minimalism aesthetic that was rarely seen in the ancient world. Considering that the artists were completely isolated without the influences of other cultures, their intrinsic creativity and artistic vision are even more impressive.
Reference: James W. Reid, The Lee M...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Genuine Opalized Ammonite Fossil in Matrix (Positive/Negative) withacrylic stand
Located in New York, NY
Extremely unique ammonite fossil exposing positive and negative with its original matrix. It displays a brilliant opalescence of pink and purple. This piece is from the Upper Cretace...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Cement, Other
16th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry 7'4" X 5'4"
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
Category
16th Century Unknown Other Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Genuine Trilobite Cluster in Matrix with Acrylic Display Stand (wall mount)
Located in New York, NY
This incredible cluster of trilobites is found in it's original matrix and displays 11 complete or partial fossils throughout. This cluster comes with an acrylic stand so you can pro...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Calcite cluster
Located in BAARN, UT
All natural cluster.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Carbon Fiber
Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic Pausania Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide, Italy, 1980s.
In the 1980s, the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass collaborated with Art...
Category
1680s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Metal
Cherub Head Fragment With Gold Leaf on Newer Lucite Base
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved wood with gold leaf cherub head fragment on newer lucite base.
Category
18th Century Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fully polished malachite
Located in BAARN, UT
Fully poloished cluster.
Malachite is a green copper carbonate mineral.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Carbon Fiber
18th C. English Carved Giltwood Eagle Facing Left, on Lucite Pedestal Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This 18th-century English carved giltwood eagle, hailing from the Georgian period, is a magnificent example of artisan cabinetry from the era. The eagle carving is expertly carved fr...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gocce Lucite Acrylic Floor Lamp by New Lamp Rome Design Giuseppe Ravasio 1972
By New Lamp
Located in taranto, IT
Rare floor (..or table) lamp designed by giuseppe ravasio for New lamp Rome, about 1972.
A thick sheet of plexiglass with a pattern of engraved drops, illu...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Columns Converted to Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing pair of Italian table Lamps crafted with hand carved 18th century architectural solomonic column remnants embellished with birds, leaves and fruit presented on lucite bases.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Anglo-Indian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
French Gold Leaf Framed Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
This 18th century painting, signed by L.S. VERHEYDER, showcases a scene of a man and a horse in a field, framed in a luxurious gold leaf frame with d...
Category
18th Century Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Genuine Trilobite (Paradoxidoidea) Fossil in Matrix (11.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This museum quality, giant Paradoxidae from the Cambrian of Morocco are well-known trilobites for their size and beauty worldwide. The Species in this superfamily can be average to v...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Baron Rais d'Eisenberg, Hand-Colored Equestrian Engraving c. 1747, "Le Brillant"
By Eisenberg
Located in Morristown, NJ
18th century German, a hand-colored engraving of a dressage horse and rider from Description du Manège Moderne by Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron Rais d' Eisenberg (German, ca. 1700-ca. 1770). Engraved by Bernard Picart (French, 1673-1733). Titled "Le Brillant", this dressage engraving is plate XXXIII. There is a gallery label verso. The print is matted and framed under UF-3 plexiglass, which offers the maximum amount of UV protection (approx. 97%).
This print was originally part of an illustrated book Baron d'Eisenberg made describing the art of the cavaliers and depicting the different breeds of horses- The full title of the book is L'Art de Monter a Cheval: ou Description du Manége Moderne, Dans sa Perfection, published in Leipzig: Arkstée et Merkus, 1747). A set of 7 framed engravings from the same book sold at Sotheby's for $9,500 (plus tax and buyers premium).
Reference:
The author, a German horseman and artist, spent some of his youth at the manège of Saxe-Weimar before entering into the service of the Emperor. He then spent six years in Naples as the Master of Horse of the Viceroy before returning to Vienna where he studied under M. de Regenthal, the imperial Master of Horse. He participated in the coronation of the Emperor Charles V at Frankfurt in 1711, then spent some time in England, but was back in Germany before 1753. He probably died in Tuscany where he was Director and Master of the Horse at the Academy in Pisa. Brunet II, 957; Mennessier de la Lance I, p. 438.
The Baron wrote several important and lavishly illustrated books on horses: his Description du manège moderne dans sa perfection, London 1727, and Dictionnaire des termes du manège moderne, 1747, being the best well-known.
He dedicated Description du Manège Moderne to King George II and to his son, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Subscribers to the book included royalty and nobility from all over Europe.
The engraver was Bernard Picart, born in Paris in 1673. He gained honors at the Academy of Paris at the age of sixteen. He was a master designer and engraver and worked in Paris and Amsterdam until his death in 1733.
Dimensions:
9"h x 12"w (sight), 16.5"h x 19.25"w (frame)
Condition:
Good, some rippling to sheet, not examined out of frame.
Provenance:
Lombard Antiquarian Maps & Prints, Cape Elizabeth...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Genuine Natural Clustered Trilobites in Matrix '19 lbs'
Located in New York, NY
Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
C. 1625 After Antoine de Pluvinel, "Henry IV, Mounted", Hand Colored Engraving
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 17th century, French hand colored equestrian engraving. After Antoine de Pluvinel (French, 1552-1620), "Henry IV, Mounted", figure 42 from "L'Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de Monter a Cheval", c. 1625, matted and framed under UF-3 plexiglass (blocks approx. 97% of UV) , gallery label verso. Figures from this publication have sold at Christie's. Those were not hand colored.
A highly detailed engraving with the French King Henry 1V the central figure. Mounted on horseback, Le Roy (the King) is watched by no less than 10 courtiers some of whom are mounted on horseback, all of which are named in the engraving.
Antoine de Pluvinel (1552, Crest, Dauphine - 24 August 1620) was the first of the French riding masters, and has had great influence on modern dressage. He wrote L’Instruction du Roy en L'exercice de Monter à Cheval ("instruction of the King in the art of riding"), was tutor to King Louis XIII, and is credited with the invention of using two pillars, as well as using shoulder-in to increase suppleness.
In 1594, Pluvinel founded the "Academie d'Equitation" near what is now Place des Pyramides. There, the French nobility was trained not only in horsemanship, but also in all the accomplishments (dancing, fashionable dressing, etc.) It can be said that Pluvinel's influence on the aristocracy lasted from the late 16th century to the 17th century. Richelieu, the future Prime Minister of King Louis XIII attended the Academie; so did William, Duke of Cavendish.
Pluvinel's book was published posthumously by the Flemish engraver Crispijn van de Passe II and the royal valet de chambre...
Category
Early 17th Century French Baroque Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass, Boxwood, Paint, Paper
Poul Kjaerholm PK71 Nesting Tables, Denmark, 1960
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A set of three nesting tables, model PK71, designed by Poul Kjaerholm and manufactured by E. Kold Christensen in Denmark around 1960.
Each table has an eye-catching square structure...
Category
1760s Danish Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 Stackable Plastic Chairs by Pierre Paulin for Henry Massonnet
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of 4 stackable plastic chairs was designed by Pierre Paulin for Henry Massonet and manufactured by STAMP in France in 1988. The chairs stand ou...
Category
1680s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Set of 2, Japanese Wall Lamps, 1970s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Wall lamp called LISEUSE
Acrylic and brass
Around 1970, from Japan, brass, iron and acrylic structure
Switch on and off with the switch on the side
Completely new electrified.
Category
1670s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century Pair of Italian Carved Giltwood Brackets
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorative pair of 18th century Italian carved and giltwood corner brackets on mounted lucite stands. Fabulous accessories that make a real impact!
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Giltwood
Enric Franch's Toro Table Lamp In Steel, Metal And Plexiglass - Spain, 1976
Located in Girona, ES
Large spherical table lamp in lacquered steel, chromed metal and plexiglass, sliding height adjustment system. Three points of light.
Model: Toro, by Enric Franch Miret for STOA.
C...
Category
1670s Spanish Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
Ventilatore Marelli, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
L'azienda nasce nel 1891 a Milano come ditta individuale per iniziativa di Ercole Marelli, operaio in gioventù alla Tecnomasio Italiana di Milano. Inizialmente l'azienda produceva di...
Category
1650s Italian Industrial Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Iron
white modern Pallade Lamp by Studio Tetrarch for Artemide
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
This Pallade model pendant lamp was designed in 1968 by Studio Tetrarch (consisting out designers Adelaide Bonati, Silvio Bonatti, Enrico De Munari, Carla Federspiel) for Artemide. I...
Category
1660s Italian Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Pair of Small Mid-Century Modern Furry Chairs - France 1960
Located in Girona, ES
Pair of small furry chairs with polished brass legs, wooden seats and backs filled with foam (new), original synthetic covers.
France c. 1960.
Category
1660s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Brass
Industrial Iron Desk Decoration Letter Sign, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from sheet metal and plastic
in good original condition
nice patina.
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Industrial Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Italian 18th Century Pair of Baluster Fragments Made into Wired Lamps on Lucite
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian carved wooden fragments from the 18th century depicting balusters with gadroon motifs, made into US wired table lamps mounted on square lucite bases. Created in Ita...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Twisted Column Fragments Made into Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian twisted column wooden fragments from the 18th century, with carved giltwood grapevine motifs and round lucite bases. Created in Italy during the 18th century, each ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Wood, Giltwood
Baroque Bronze Mermaid Door Knocker Mounted on Lucite Stand, German 1680-1700
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early German baroque bronze mermaid door knocker on frosted lucite stand.
This door knocker is a work of art; heavy bronze with original patina, ...
Category
Early 1700s German Baroque Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare UFO Arc Lamp by Reggiani
Located in Paris, ON
An impressive item made in Italy by Reggiani circa 1960's. It is sitting on a solid steel base and extends upwards with solid chrome hardware. Its adjustable head is ideal for castin...
Category
1660s Italian Space Age Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Mid-18th Century Italian Giltwood Column Lamps
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of mid-18th century Italian giltwood column lamps on lucite bases. There are a total of four lamps available to be sold in pairs.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lucite
Sculptural 18th Century Chalice with Calcite Crystals in Sphalerite on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian wood chalice decorated with calcite crystals in sphalerite on a Lucite base. The hand carved and painted chalice is from a...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Paris 1960s Era Gold-Tone Metal and Bakelite Jeweled Medallion Handmade Belt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Paris, France, a 1960s Era belt made of gold-tone metal rectangular links with applied medallions, and bakelite 'jewels'. Unusual and impactful! Heavy and very well made.
Ass...
Category
1660s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Italian Peditment Fragment with Pectin Shells and Crystal on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian pediment fragment decorated with pectin shells and red phantom crystal points on a lucite base.
The piece is put together by ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
“Tuomas” Acrylic Pendant Light by Yki Nummi for Stockmann-Orno, Finland, 1950s
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This nice grey and white acrylic pendant light was designed by Yki Nummi for Stockmann-Orno in the 1950's. The lamp is in a very good condition with some minor signs of age and use.
...
Category
1650s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Metal
17th Century Italian Candlestick with Fossil Agate Coral & Pearls on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century distressed Italian decorated church candlestick with fossil agate coral and natural forming baroque pearls on a lucite base.
The 17th century Italian distressed candles...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Agate, Coral
18th c., Marble Cherub Fragment
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Hand-carved, Northern Italian, winged, marble cherub's head mounted on a custom, Lucite base.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Marble
Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment from Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique pre-Columbia textile fragment likely from Peru Chancay culture in Central coast that thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon, A.D. 1200-1550. Abstract geomet...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Late 18th C. Blue John Chalice Artifact mounted on Lucite Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This late 18th century object made of Blue John, the famous stone mined in only one part of England, is a very rare form of feldspar. Popular in the late 18th century and early 19th...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Pair of Portuguese 18th Century Painted Wood Table Lamps with Angel Depiction
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of 18th century Portuguese painted red wood column table lamps with traces of gilding throughout. These Southern European table lamps feature a wrap-around depiction that inc...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Plastic Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Wood
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.
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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