Vintage Space Age French Fiberglass Coffee Table, 1960s

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Elegant square coffee table with rounded corners, made of polyester-reinforced fiberglass and lacquered in white.

France, 1960s

Width: 60 cm
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France, 1960s

Width: 60 cm
Height: 36 cm
Depth: 60 cm

In the 1960s, pop culture and counterculture movements generated new formal languages ​​that also influenced interior design. This movement moved beyond the modern style of the 1920s and 30s and embraced the use of materials such as plastic and its derivatives. The use of these materials enabled mass production, making designer furniture accessible to everyone, but especially to new generations of young people who wanted to distance themselves from the style of their parents' homes. These new materials, such as fiberglass and ABS plastic, gave designers a great deal of creative freedom and allowed for rounded shapes, something impossible with traditional materials. Numerous companies in the sector were established, primarily in France and Italy. The 1960s and early 1970s were a creative revolution, which was slowed down by the 1973 oil crisis as the price of raw materials rose. See less