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Located in Jensen Beach, FL
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in Philadelphia, PA
The price listed includes one chair. If interested, we also have a couple of white Molar chairs available separately.
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By Wendell Castle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The price listed includes one chair. If interested, we also have a black Molar chair available in a separate listing.
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Postmodern Wendell Castle White Fiberglass "Castle Chair"
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Located in West Chester, PA
This striking mid century modern Wendell Castle lounge chair was designed and produced circa 1969. Similar to Castle’s Molar chair, the whimsical, organic sculptural form is a signat...
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Early Production Wendell Castle White Fiberglass "Castle Chair" W C embossed mar
By Wendell Castle
Located in Buffalo, NY
This striking mid century modern Wendell Castle lounge chair was designed and produced in the 1960s . Similar to Castle’s Molar chair, the whimsical, organic sculptural form is a sig...
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Pair Molar Chairs by Wendell Castle 1970s, gel-coated fiberglass space age mod
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MOLAR ARMCHAIRS WENDELL CASTLE C.1969 Molar Armchair designed by Wendell Castle, part of his Molar Group collection. Exceptionally unique design informed by Castle’s extensive exper...
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Postmodern Wendell Castle Red Fiberglass Castle Lounge Chair
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This striking Wendell Castle lounge chair was designed and produced, circa 1970. Similar to Castle’s Molar chair, the whimsical, organic sculptural form is a signature of his playful...
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Armchair in painted fiberglass, molar tooth shaped. Designed and produced by Wendell Castle. USA, 1960s.
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Contemporary Brass Lounge Chair With Velvet Upholstery
By Troy Smith Studio
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Wendell Castle molar chair
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Wendell Castle's molar chair is a functional sculpture. The idiosyncratic designer created his own unique visual vocabulary in the 1970s which was executed in fiberglass to accommoda...
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Wendell Castle Molar Chair, Yellow Gel Coat Fiberglass, 1969
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Located in Buffalo, NY
An important piece of design history. A Molar Group chair/ sculpture by Wendell Castle, circa 1969.
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Molar Group Armchair by Wendell Castle
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Located in Highland, IN
The "Molar" chair by Wendell Castle is a perfect example of Castle's design sensibility.
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Pair of Molar Group Lounge Chairs by Wendell Castle
By Wendell Castle
Located in Chicago, IL
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Post-Modern Fiberglass Molar Chair
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'Molar' lounge chair after Wendell Castle is made from gel-coated white fiberglass with black rubber footing.
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Post Modern White Acrylic Lucite Trompe L'oeil Handkerchief Ghost Chair, 1980s
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H 31 in W 46 in D 32 in
Post Modern White Acrylic Lucite Trompe L'oeil Handkerchief Ghost Chair, 1980s
By Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning Postmodern surrealist floating lounge or club chair in the form a trompe l'oeil draped handkerchief with a shape very reminiscent of the Molar chair by Wendell Castle .
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Wendell Castle Molar Settee and Pair of Chairs, Original Black Gel Coat Finish
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Wendell Castle Molar Settee and Pair of Chairs, Original Black Gel Coat Finish
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Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare, original, molar settee / loveseat and pair of molar chairs designed by Wendell Castle and manufactured by Beylerian, circa 1970s.
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Wendell Castle White Molar Fiberglass Settee Table & Chairs
By Wendell Castle
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wendell Castle White Molar Group Living Room 4-piece Set from same estate; 2 Armchairs, Settee, and a rare Swivel Table. All pieces pencil marked with serial numbers to interior, o...
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Molar Chairs by Wendell Castle
By Wendell Castle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Wendell Castle Molar Lounge Chair
Located in Miami, FL
ALL FIBERGLASS CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED BY WENDELL CASTLE WAS TOTALY REFURBISHED.
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Pair of Wendell Castle Molar Group Arm Chairs
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Located in Miami, FL
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1970s Molar Chair, Child's Version, by Wendell Castle
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Located in Denton, MD
Often referred to as the Baby Molar Chair, this is an early, pre-production, signed version, made in Castle's own studio in fiberglass.
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Molar Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal molar chair for your home. A molar chair — often made from fiberglass, plastic and rubber — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a molar chair — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each molar chair bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Molar Chair?
The average selling price for a molar chair at 1stDibs is $6,750, while they’re typically $1,950 on the low end and $23,000 for the highest priced.
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.
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