Carpenters Oak Workbench
Oak Trestle-Base Carpenter's and Joiner's Workbench
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a beautifully chopped and gnarled carpenter’s workbench.
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
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19th century French Carpenter's Workbench
Located in Charleston, SC
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Antique 19th Century French Console Tables
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Early 20th Century French Rustic Sofa Tables
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Oak Trestle-Base Carpenter's and Joiner's Bench
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a beautifully chopped and gnarled carpenter’s workbench.
The trestle-style base is made of
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
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Oak
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Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Antique French Elm Carpenter's Work Oak Table Meuble De Metier circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French work bench from a carpenter's workshop, made circa 1900.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Industrial and Work Tables
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Iron
H 30.71 in W 98.04 in D 18.51 in
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and authenticity to your interior decoration with this unique former carpenter’s workbench. With its
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Giant Vintage French Workbench Early 20th Century
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
unique former carpenter’s workbench. With its generous dimensions, this workbench will seduce you with
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19th Century French Carpenters Work Table
Located in Houston, TX
original vise grip. Originally used as a carpenter's workbench, the thick oak top sitting on sturdy square
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Antique Late 19th Century French Industrial and Work Tables
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Iron
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Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Carpenters Oak Workbench, circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This antique workbench has two built-in wooden vices screws and a recessed tray where the carpenter
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Carpenters Oak Workbench, circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Carpenters Oak Workbench, circa 1900
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"Sauvignon"
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Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Carpenter's Workbench, circa 1920
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Oak Carpenters Worktable, circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Oak Carpenters Worktable, circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
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Early German Carpenter's And Joiner's Workbench with Chrome Standoff Glass Top
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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Carpenters Oak Workbench For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the carpenters oak workbench you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, oak and pine, every carpenters oak workbench was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect carpenters oak workbench — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A carpenters oak workbench is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Industrial styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Carpenters Oak Workbench?
Prices for a carpenters oak workbench can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,230 and can go as high as $6,900, while the average can fetch as much as $1,895.
Finding the Right industrial-work-tables for You
From drafting tables to preparation tables to kitchen islands and more, the collection of antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables on 1stDibs features a wide range of robust furnishings that fit seamlessly into modern interiors.
Work tables, just like most tables, have evolved considerably over the years.
More than 1,000 years before iconic American furniture brand Herman Miller would help shape the way we work — and later, how we live at home — monks who lived and worked in medieval-era monasteries stood at what you might call crude writing desks, translating religious texts and copying them by hand.
While those who practiced the art of handwritten letters definitely needed a suitable writing desk, the world wouldn’t see proper roll-top desks and the like until the 19th century. Owing to the work of architects such as Antoni Gaudí, these monastery “desks” were essentially work tables. (Chairs, much less actual desk chairs, weren’t a part of the workspace until the Renaissance.) It was a far cry from the cozy home office that affords many of us the opportunity to work remotely today.
Near the end of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution brought with it the founding of mills and factories, and hand production methods gave way to machinery and mass production. Factory workers needed sturdy industrial tables to perform tasks that required precision and to support the manufacturing industry. Spare work tables — durable and easy to clean — were constructed of metal and wood and became essential on assembly lines and in packing facilities. Today, industrial-style furniture celebrates the past even as it suggests vigor, productivity and brawn.
Aside from how well antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables will fit in your industrial-style interior — think raw brick walls, exposed steel beams and oak floors — these furnishings have practical uses. They’re a must-have item for a number of creative endeavors: They’re an ideal food-prep surface in your kitchen or an efficient work surface for any kind of hands-on workshop or painting and drawing studio. With some creativity, you can turn a vintage wood industrial table or work table into a desk, dining room table or coffee table.
At 1stDibs, we love the industrial-style furniture trend, and here you can find a wide range of antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables as well as other furnishings that will look wonderful in your heavenly loft space.
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