Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of 1970s plastic furniture on 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
plastic,
metal and
glass. Find 7089 options for an antique or vintage piece of 1970s plastic furniture now, or shop our selection of 64 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an item from our selection of 1970s plastic furniture — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each choice in our collection of 1970s plastic furniture bearing
mid-century modern,
Art Deco or
modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one object in our assortment of 1970s plastic furniture that is appealing in its simplicity, but
Harvey Guzzini,
Kartell and
Artemide produced versions that are worth a look.
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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