Plastic Decorative Objects Photos

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Silver-plated & Bakelite tea service by Jean G. Theobald for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. or Meriden, CT at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Chromed steel & plastic chair by Hans Luckhardt & Wassili Luckhardt for Desta Stahlmöbel of Berlin at Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany.Plastic French powder box at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Plastic English picnic set , French powder box & ashtray from HMS Queen Mary at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Silver-plated & Bakelite tea service (1928) by Jean G. Theobald for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. or Meriden, CT at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Chromed steel & plastic chair (1929) by Hans Luckhardt & Wassili Luckhardt for Desta Stahlmöbel of Berlin at Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany.Plastic French powder box (1930) at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Plastic English picnic set (1927-32) , French powder box (1930) & ashtray (1934) from HMS Queen Mary at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Plastic ashtray from HMS Queen Mary & closed ashtray from England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Plastic Melamine dinnerware by American Cyanamid at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Plastic Melamine dinnerware by American Cyanamid at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Perisphere & Trylon plastic model from 1939 World's Fair at Kirkland Museum. Denver, CO.
Plastic ashtray (1934) from HMS Queen Mary & closed ashtray (1930s) from England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Plastic Melamine dinnerware (c1937) by American Cyanamid at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Plastic Melamine dinnerware (c1937) by American Cyanamid at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Perisphere & Trylon plastic model from 1939 World's Fair at Kirkland Museum. Denver, CO.
Plastic lamp in Fox Theatre. Atlanta, GA.Bakelite napkin holder rabbits at Kirkland Museum. Denver, CO.Electric radiator heater made of Bakelite at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Phenolic resin plastic yoghourt-maker by Yalacta at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Plastic lamp in Fox Theatre. Atlanta, GA.Bakelite napkin holder rabbits (1940-50s) at Kirkland Museum. Denver, CO.Electric radiator heater made of Bakelite (c1950) at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Phenolic resin plastic yoghourt-maker (c1950) by Yalacta at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Charlie Parker's plastic saxophone at American Jazz Museum. Kansas City, MO.Silver & bakelite carp pendant from USA at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.All plastic Habitat chair & ottoman by Jerry Adamson made for Moshe Safdie`s Habitat `67 at Montreal's Expo at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Modern 'Sacco' beanbag chair by Pierro Gatti, Cesare Paolini & Franco Teodore; plastic garden bench by Walter Papst; & Cone Chair by Verner Panton at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.
Charlie Parker's plastic saxophone (1953) at American Jazz Museum. Kansas City, MO.Silver & bakelite carp pendant (1963) from USA at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.All plastic Habitat chair & ottoman (1967) by Jerry Adamson made for Moshe Safdie`s Habitat `67 at Montreal's Expo at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Modern 'Sacco' beanbag chair (1968) by Pierro Gatti, Cesare Paolini & Franco Teodore; plastic garden bench (1961) by Walter Papst; & Cone Chair (1958) by Verner Panton at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.
Modern 'Sacco' beanbag chair by Pierro Gatti, Cesare Paolini & Franco Teodore; plastic garden bench by Walter Papst; & Cone Chair by Verner Panton at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Plastic Panton'-chair by Verner Panton at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Modern plastic mushroom table lamps at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Plastic rotary phones at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.
Modern 'Sacco' beanbag chair (1968) by Pierro Gatti, Cesare Paolini & Franco Teodore; plastic garden bench (1961) by Walter Papst; & Cone Chair (1958) by Verner Panton at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Plastic Panton'-chair (1971) by Verner Panton at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Modern plastic mushroom table lamps at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Plastic rotary phones (1980s) at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.
Coffee & tea service in silver & plastic by Michael Graves for Alessi of Italy at Musées des Arts Décoratifs. Lyon, France.Apollo 11 souvenir Melamine plate at Nixon Library. Yorba Linda, CA.

Coffee & tea service in silver & plastic (1983) by Michael Graves for Alessi of Italy at Musées des Arts Décoratifs. Lyon, France.Apollo 11 souvenir Melamine plate at Nixon Library. Yorba Linda, CA.


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