Industrial Bookends
Industrial floor lamps, bar stools, desks and other industrial-style furnishings have experienced a resurgence in popularity with the rise of interest in minimalist design.
It's a look that celebrates the past even as it suggests vigor, productivity and brawn. The newly chic industrial style of decor repurposes the simple, sturdy furniture of an earlier world of commerce — brushed-metal storage cabinets and display shelves, task lamps and pendant lights with enameled shades, work tables with worn wooden tops and cast-iron bases — and couples them with aesthetic touches emblematic of energy and optimism, from bright upholstery fabrics to flowers.
The rise in prominence of the industrial style has come hand-in-hand with the residential repurposing of former manufacturing and warehouse districts throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. In many loft apartments created in shuttered factories, the architectural envelope has been left intact.
Industrial-style interiors feature elements like raw brick walls, exposed steel beams and oak floors whose history is written in every pit and gouge. Iron and glass transom windows give definition and interest to small kitchen areas anchored by kitchen islands made of marble, steel and brass, while taxidermy or vintage neon signs serve as wall art in living rooms dotted with leather club chairs. Patina is the keynote to a decor in sync with such surroundings.
On 1stDibs you will find industrial furniture designs that wear their age beautifully — and were built to last.
Late 20th Century French Industrial Bookends
Metal, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Unknown Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze, Copper
Early 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze
1920s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Iron
Late 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Early 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Early 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Brass
1920s British Vintage Industrial Bookends
Iron, Nickel
1940s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Bronze
1940s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Iron
1940s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Steel, Chrome
1960s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Metal
Late 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Industrial Bookends
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Metal
1920s French Vintage Industrial Bookends
Marble, Bronze
1930s French Vintage Industrial Bookends
Metal
Early 20th Century French Industrial Bookends
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Bookends
Travertine
1950s Austrian Vintage Industrial Bookends
Bronze
1910s European Vintage Industrial Bookends
Nickel
1930s Unknown Vintage Industrial Bookends
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Bookends
Agate, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Iron
1940s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Iron
1940s Vintage Industrial Bookends
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Chrome, Iron
1940s American Vintage Industrial Bookends
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze, Steel
Early 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Bronze, Steel