Mid-Century Modern Swedish Red Melamine Ashtray Gunnar Larson Gustavsberg, 60s
By Gunnar Larsen, Gustavsberg
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Space Age Red Melamine Ashtray by Gunnar Larson for Gustavsberg, 1960s
Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Swedish White Melamine Ashtray Gunnar Larson Gustavsberg, 60s
By Gunnar Larsen, Gustavsberg
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Space Age White Melamine Ashtray by Gunnar Larson for Gustavsberg, 1960s
Plastic
1960's Space Age Rare Ashtray in Melamine Germany
By Joe Colombo
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design on this cool red melamine Space age ashtray with removable top circa 1970's , in the style of Luiggi Colanni & Joe Colombo.
Plastic
Melamine Stackable Ashtrays or Snack Dishes, Walter Zeischegg for Helit
By Walter Zeischegg
Located in Riverdale, NY
4 Cool Melamine Stackable Ashtrays or Snack Dishes in graphic black and white.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Space Age Mustard Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
Manufactured in moulded melamine resin, the ashtray reflects the material experimentation that defined European industrial design during the 1970s.
Plastic
$450Sale Price|40% Off
Ico Parisi Square White Ashtray, Chrome & Melamine by Lamperti, Italy, 1970s
By Ico Parisi, Lamperti
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and large, square modernist ashtray from the 1970s. Designed by Ico Parisi for Lamperti Italy.
Metal, Chrome
Alan Fletcher Space Age Orange Yellow Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
Manufactured in moulded melamine resin, the ashtray reflects the technical and material experimentation that defined European design during the 1970s.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Space Age White Yellow Melamine Clam Ashtray 1970s Spain NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
This Clam ashtray by Alan Fletcher is an authentic New Old Stock example of his iconic 1970s space-age design.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Space Age White Blue Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
Manufactured in moulded melamine resin, the ashtray reflects the material innovation that defined much European industrial design of the period.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Space Age Yellow Blue Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
This Clam ashtray by Alan Fletcher is an authentic New Old Stock example of his iconic 1970s space-age design, produced in Spain by EFMEN.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Space Age Green Brown Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
This Clam ashtray by Alan Fletcher is an authentic New Old Stock example of his iconic 1970s space-age design, produced in Spain by EFMEN.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Mini Space Age White Caramel Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Manufactured in moulded melamine resin, the ashtray reflects the material innovation that characterised European industrial design during the 1970s.
Plastic
White Melamine sculptural Spiros ashtray by E. Peduzzi Riva for Artemide, 1968
By Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Iconic spiral ashtray made by Artemide in the 1960s. The sphere and spiral design give this simple object a more decorative and sculptural feel. Available also in white version.
Plastic, Acrylic, Rubber
Black Melamine sculptural Spiros ashtray by E. Peduzzi Riva for Artemide, 1968
By Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Iconic spiral ashtray made by Artemide in the 1960s. The sphere and spiral design give this simple object a more decorative and sculptural feel. Available also in white version.
Plastic, Acrylic, Rubber
Alan Fletcher Space Age Red Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS Design Objects
Located in Lisboa, PT
Manufactured in moulded melamine resin, the ashtray reflects the material innovation characteristic of 1970s industrial production.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Space Age Green Yellow Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS Model
Located in Lisboa, PT
Manufactured in moulded melamine resin, the ashtray reflects the material innovation that defined much European industrial design of the period.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Mini Space Age Red Caramel Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
Even at a reduced scale, the material gives the ashtray a substantial tactile presence and structural clarity.
Plastic
Alan Fletcher Mini Space Age White Red Melamine Clam Ashtray Spain 1970s NOS
Located in Lisboa, PT
This Clam ashtray by Alan Fletcher is the smaller-scale version of his iconic 1970s space-age design, produced in Spain by EFMEN and preserved in New Old Stock condition.
Plastic
Set of 3 Space Age Chrome & Melamine Ashtrays by Isamu Kenmochi Japan
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in San Diego, CA
Great set of colorful ashtrays designed by Isamu Kenmochi Japan circa 1970's chrome edge and melamine.
Chrome
Space Age Large Yellow Melamine Ashtray 1970s California Design
By Space Age Products
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool yellow Space Age large ashtray, circa 1970s in great condition never used made by Space Age products of California, nice and unique decorative piece from a great era.
Plastic
Melamine & Chrome Ashtray by Ico Parisi for Lamperti
By Ico Parisi
Located in Hanover, MA
Square form ashtray made of yellow melamine plastic and chromed metal designed by Ico Parisi (signed) and edited by Lamperti.
Space Age Large Red Melamine Italian Ashtray Tuborg Beer Advertising
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool red Space Age large ashtray, circa 1970s in great condition never used made in Italy Milan nice and unique decorative piece from a great era. Advertisement for Danish Beer Tuborg.
Plastic
Sold
H 0.91 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Amazing Set of 5 Original Ashtrays from Mexico68 Olympic Games in Striking Color
By Lance Wyman
Located in Mexico, DF
Original white melamine plastic ashtrays manufactured as souvenirs for the Mexico 68 Olympic Games.
Plastic
Avocado Green 1960's Melamine Ashtray
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Dale Chemical Co Avocado Green Melamine Ashtray.
Plastic
Vintage Dolder Grand Hotel Zurich Switzerland Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Marked on back Ornamin 4135. Collectible melamine hotel ashtray circa 1970's. Made in Switzerland.
Bakelite
Robert Welch Melamine Stainless Steel Ashtray For Old Hall c1960s
By Robert Welch
Located in Gravesend, GB
Rare Robert Welch Astray Light marks to inner shown. Very little use. Stainless steel and melamine.
Stainless Steel
Vallauris Ceramic Ashtray Vide-Poche, Mid-Century Design, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Valencia, VC
Mid-Century French Vallauris Ceramic Ashtray, 1950s French Vallauris ceramic ashtray or vide-poche dating from the 1950s, with a sculptural, rounded form and a richly textured surfa...
Ceramic
Ashtray vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, Au
Ashtray vienna around 1950s Original condition Original patina
Brass
Tommaso Barbi Midcentury White Ceramic Italian Ashtrays, 1960s
By Tommaso Barbi, B Ceramiche
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible Mid-Century Modern white ceramic ashtray. This fantastic piece was designed by Tommaso Barbi and produced by B. Ceramiche in the late 1960s in Italy. The manufacturer's...
Ceramic
$1,032Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.17 in W 13.78 in D 10.63 in
"Tremiti" Bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese, Italy, 1960s
By Danese Milano, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Berlin, DE
High glazed orange ceramic bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Danese, Italy from the late 1960s.
Ceramic
$438Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.97 in Dm 6.7 in
20th Century Space Age Decorative Aluminium Ashtray in two piece, Scandinavia
Located in Milano, IT
Sculptural ashtray - Metallic brutalist - Decorative Coffee table object With the habit of smoking drastically decreasing all over the world according to statistics, all kinds of p...
Aluminum
Gianfranco Frattini, Red Centerpiece / Tray, Progetti Italy, 1970s
By Progetti, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Firenze, IT
Red enamelled aluminium stackable tray / centerpiece designed by Gianfranco Frattini Manufactured by Progetti, Italy, 1970s. Manufacturer's label on the base Measures: Height 6 cm...
Aluminum
Midcentury Brass and Red Suede Italian Ashtray, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful and unique Mid-Century Italian ashtray in solid brass and deep red-colored suede. This stylish piece was produced in Italy during the 1950s. Fully original and in good vin...
Brass
$114 / item
H 0.79 in W 7.49 in D 4.34 in
White Lacquered Ceramic Ashtray - Vide Poche by Antonia Campi for Verbano
By Antonia Campi, Gio Ponti, Verbano
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. They are in in lacquered ceramic. These could be by Antonia Campi or Gio Ponti. These are vintage pieces, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but t...
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern red Plastic Table by Emma Gismondi for Artemide Italy
By Artemide, Emma Gismondi Schweinberger
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming red plastic side table was designed by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide Milano Italy , model Giano Vano in the 1970s. It is in very nice original condition with...
Plastic
$445
H 1.78 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
Midcentury Italian Ashtray in Wine-Red Leather and Crystal, Italy 1970s
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century ashtray in a refined combination of wine-red leather and thick crystal glass. This elegant piece was produced in Italy during the 1970s. Fully original and in a...
Crystal
Mid Century Red Glass Ashtray Bowl, Italy, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
This original vintage glass element was designed and produced in the 1970s in Lombardia, Italy. It is made in Sommerso Technique and has a fantastic faceted form. The vibrant color m...
Crystal
$275Sale Price|21% Off
H 3.25 in Dm 8 in
Midcentury Atomic California Pottery Ashtray by Sascha Brastoff
By Sascha Brastoff
Located in San Diego, CA
A large atomic design, California Pottery vase by the celebrated designer Sascha Brastoff, circa 1960s. A rare piece that is hand-painted and signed by Brastoff. Imprinted logo and h...
Pottery
Tommaso Barbi's ceramic tidy tray or ashtray, 1970s
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Tommaso Barbi's ceramic emptying bowl or ashtray, 1970s, Made in Italy. Beautiful round ceramic ashtray with a marble effect by Tommaso Barbi made in the 1970s. The attribution mark ...
Ceramic
Mid-century Design Ashtray by Ditmar Urbach, 1970's.
By Ditmar Urbach
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage ceramic Ashtray produced by Ditmar Urbach in Chechoslovakia Made of Glazed,Ceramic Good Original Condition
Ceramic
Mid-Century Postmodern Glass Bowl by Alessandro Pianon for Vistosi, 1960s
By Alessandro Pianon
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Italian Postmodern Glass Bowl by Alessandro Pianon for Vistosi, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional info...
Glass
$720
H 4.73 in W 8.27 in D 7.88 in
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Catchall Dish, French Vallauris, circa 1960s
By Georges Jouve
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Catchall Dish, French Vallauris, circa 1960s Large hand-shaped pocket organizer. Mid-century plaster enameled with glossy enamel circa 1960s. In the styl...
Enamel
$82,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 35.44 in D 61.03 in
Ubald Klug DS-1025 "Terrazza" Sofa for De Sede, Brown Leather, 1974, Set of 4
By Ubald Klug, De Sede
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Ubald Klug DS-1025 "Terrazza" sofas for De Sede, brown leather, Switzerland, 1974, set of four. Ubald Klug designed this rare modular DS-1025 "Terrazza" sofa as a real living landsc...
Leather
$22,000
H 46 in W 46 in D 8.75 in
One Light - immersive infinite perceptual ambient light wall sculpture
By Raymond Graber
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber‘s celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendental perceptual experience. In ...
Wood, Lights, LED Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Neon Light
Space Age Italian Chrome and Velvet Lounge Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Space age Italian armchair upholstered in red velvet corduroy with tubular chrome accent wrapping around the frame. Excellent candidate for reupholstery but could still be enjoyed as...
Chrome
Folk Art Sign
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian Folk Art sign with overscale finger, insribed ‘Left Luggage’.
Hardwood
MCM Bright Red Modular Desk Organizer by Karl Deyhle of Germany
By Gebrüder Deyhle
Located in San Diego, CA
Sculptural mid-century modern modular desk organizer by Karl Deyhle, produced in Germany circa the 1960s. Executed in vibrant red molded plastic, the set comprises multiple cylindric...
Metal
$530Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4.14 in W 2.56 in D 4.14 in
Set of 12 Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
By Roberto Beltrami
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Murano Glass
Space age red Ice Bucket, Guzzini Italy, ca. 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Firenze, IT
Space age red plastic Ice Bucket Guzzini Italy, 1970s Manufacture's logo H 18.5 × 17.5 cm diam. Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Plastic
$319 / item
H 8.86 in Dm 5.32 in
Established & Sons GELATO Glass Table Lamp in Rose Finish by Carlo Nason
By Established & Sons, Carlo Nason
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Originally designed in the 1960s as a wired table lamp, Carlo Nason and Established & Sons have redeveloped Gelato into a portable glass lamp, bringing the Italian designer’s art...
Aluminum
Modernist Jewelry Vitrine, Barneys New York
Located in Riverdale, NY
Modernist Jewelry Vitrine, Barneys New York from the 1990's. Elegant lines with drawer that pulls out on a hidden track. These modernist cube vitrines were scattered all over the mai...
Iron
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Round Tulip Pedestal Marble Top Dining Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in San Antonio, TX
Iconic Eero Saarinen oval marble top tulip dining table for Knoll International, circa 1990s. 54"x28" "In his purist approach to architecture and design, Eero Saarinen sought the es...
Marble, Aluminum
Midcentury Mosaic Coffee Table by Genaro Alvarez
By Genaro Alvarez
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
A pupil of Diego Rivera, Genaro Alvarez is one of the most famous mosaic artist producing some of the most celebrated midcentury designs in Mexico. He mixed Mexican smalti and semipr...
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Walter Lamb Square Lounge Chair
By Walter Lamb
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Walter Lamb Bronze and Rope Lounge Chair Manufactured by Brown Jordan Beautiful natural patina
Bronze
$500,000
H 39.5 in W 58 in D 82 in
Rare Antique 1901 Steinway Model B Rosewood Grand Piano Louis XV Rococo Restored
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Dayton, OH
Fully Restored 1901 Steinway & Sons Model B Louis XV Baroque Rococo Grand Piano – Serial Number 99151, Full 88 key keyboard. The most exquisitely detailed example of a turn of the c...
Fruitwood, Rosewood
$15,771 / item
H 11.82 in Dm 33.08 in
Doris Cast Bronze Multifaceted Coffee Table with Tuscan Green Patina
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Inspired by Doric columns in archaic architecture, the extruded multi-point star coffee table is finished with a black and green patina that is an exclusive Tuscan specialty. The cas...
Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
Japan, The Cookbook
Located in New York, NY
The definitive, home cooking recipe collection from one of the most respected and beloved culinary cultures Japan: The Cookbook has more than 400 sumptuous recipes by acclaimed fo...
Paper
Set Of Two Space Age Longue Chair 1960s
By Space Age Products
Located in Čelinac, BA
Space Age Longue Chair 1960s
Fabric, Wood
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.
Once a near-universal tabletop accessory, many antique, new and vintage ashtrays have taken on an entirely new purpose in today’s homes.
Whereas these formerly ubiquitous objects were associated with smoking, drinking, gambling and other vices, a well-designed and interesting ashtray is a candy dish, coaster or cocktail garnish receptacle in today’s interiors. But don’t discount its initial function. Amid your carefully curated coastal chic California decor, for example, a stone ashtray can help you manage the ashes that accumulate while you’re burning your morning incense. Old glass ashtrays, which are quite popular and easily found in free-form, organic shapes, can be a purely decorative final touch when styling a coffee table, whether you’ve filled it with wrapped lemon-drop candies or not.
In the postwar years, the democratization of luxury led to an explosion in the number of well-designed ashtrays, and there are many mid-century modern ashtrays to choose from on 1stDibs. (It’s no coincidence that sculptor Isamu Noguchi devised his “Dymaxion” version, which he hoped would make him rich, in 1945. Alas, it turned out to be too difficult to mass-produce.) The design collection of the Museum of Modern Art includes ashtrays by Carlo Scarpa (Murano glass, 1950–59); Achille Castiglioni (stainless steel with spring-like inserts, 1970); Masayuki Kurokawa (rubber and steel, 1973) and more. Smoking declined in popularity in the 1970s and ’80s, after the surgeon general’s warning began appearing on cigarette packs, but designers were still crafting ashtrays through the end of the century (especially outside the United States).
On 1stDibs, browse a collection of antique, new and vintage ashtrays that includes everything from modern and minimalist cigar ashtrays to outwardly ornate Art Deco ashtrays that evoke the opulence and elegance of the 1920s.
Simple or sophisticated, equipped with console, cart or custom cabinetry, these stylish bar areas deserve a toast.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
Faye Toogood and John Pawson are among the list of plate designers.
Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
Perhaps best known as a Revolutionary War hero, Revere was also an accomplished silversmith, and this pot is now available on 1stDibs.
Clever objects like these make feasting even more festive.
Get to know the innovators behind the pottery countercultural revolution.
Glass slippers might be the stuff of fairytales, but glass handbags? Artist Joshua Raiffe has made them a reality, and they're far less delicate than you might imagine, but just as dreamy.