Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
1960s Belgian Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
1960s Belgian Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
1960s Belgian Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
1960s Belgian Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Glass, Plastic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass
Late 20th Century German Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic, Paper
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Copper
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Wire
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome, Wire
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Swedish Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
1970s French Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Iron
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome, Wire, Metal
1970s Spanish Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Chrome, Wire
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
1970s Belgian Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Acrylic, Synthetic, Plastic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Chrome
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Acrylic, Synthetic, Plastic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Steel, Nickel
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Chrome, Wire
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal
1970s European Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Acrylic, Synthetic, Plastic
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Chrome
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Aluminum, Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Metal, Wire
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Nickel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Wire
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Plastic
1970s Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
Brass
1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Pendant Light
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.
Finding the Right Chandeliers-pendant-lights for You
Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.
While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.
The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina, with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier. (Note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too.)
Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged.
Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes.
Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.
For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.
The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the natural world-inspired designs of the Art Nouveau era to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room.
With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs — shop a collection today that includes antique Art Deco chandeliers, Stilnovo chandeliers, Baccarat chandeliers and more.
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