Industrial Architectural Elements
INDUSTRIAL STYLE
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.
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Style: Industrial
Industrial Size Kitchen Meat Hook in Bright Sunshine Yellow
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large and bold this large industrial era meat hook has been freshly powder coated in bright sunshine yellow. Feast your eyes on this bold statement collectib...
Category
1950s French Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Antique Architectural Wall Building Anchor Star 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An iron architectural building star anchor mounted on a steel base. The 19th Century star is originally part of a brick building and used to anchor in to...
Category
19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century American Gray Cast Iron Eagle
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century American cast iron eagle. It came from Pittsburgh.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
XL Blueprint Copy of “Proposed Golden Gate Bridge Crossing of San Francisco”
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fascinating and expansive six-foot-wide 1950s copy on paper of a historically important and rare 1923 panoptic engineering blueprint titled “Proposed Highway Crossing - San Francisco to Sausalito” by John G. Little & Co. It depicts a pair of suggested solutions for bridging the world famous Golden Gate, the mile-wide strait where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean.
Both crisply rendered San Francisco-to-Sausalito crossings are meticulously drafted in full at 1” = 400’ scale, with each having a total length of 22,780 feet (4.31 miles). The proposal at top depicts a high-level bridge with three 1,100 ft. spans, and the proposal at bottom depicts a combination trestle-and-tube design that presciently evokes the similarly submerged Transbay Tube that would open fifty years later nearby. Little estimated their respective costs to be $14,000,000 and $11,000,000—or approximately $215,333,000 and $169,190,000 when adjusted for inflation.
As shown in the aerial view map at top right, the proposed connection points would’ve been near where Van Ness...
Category
1950s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Paper
1920s Ornate Hand Wrought Iron Floral Balcony Railing Piece
Located in New York, NY
1920s original ornate balcony railing with amazing hand-wrought iron detail and a hollow metal top. Has rust. Please note, this item is located in our ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
WYETH Original Perforated Metal Screen / Room Divider in Blackened Steel
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A perforated 1/2" steel screen / room divider with a graphic circular / round pattern in a blackened finish.
Shown here suspended from an I-beam and trolly.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel
Industrial Oversized Aluminum Vent Propeller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, aluminum, vent propeller is a wonderful, repurposed, industrial sculpture or architectural element.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Gucci Marquee Store Sign from a NYC Building Meat Packing District
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Iconic Gucci nameplate with their stylized aluminum letters that are 22 inches high. Impressive size to display. Letters will unbolt easily.
Category
Late 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
19th Century Cast Iron Door Stop by the Baldwin Foundry
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century cast iron door stop by the Baldwin Foundry
Needless to say a heavy piece which though worn with age still retains some of its original gilded finish
At the top there...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of Industrial Iron Bases from Late 19th Century
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19th century made by Adams Brothers foundries made of cast iron. These two heavy leg bases will hold any heavy marble, slate or wood top perfectly for your design needs. These a...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Massive Glass Blowing Crucible on Pedestal, Color Glass Residue
Located in East Hampton, NY
This amazing and Large ceramic crucible that was used for industrial glass blowing and now used in High End decoration as Art vessels or orchid planters...
Category
2010s American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Iron Window Guards
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique architectural handwrought iron window box railings or guards are made of substantial iron bars, decorative balls top the corners. There are thr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Antique Oak and Brass Lumber Caliper by E. S. Lane, Upton ME
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Turn of the 20th century, oak and handcrafted brass hardware, lumber caliper by E.S. Lane, Upton ME used to measure the amount of timber from a tree fea...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Antique Oak and Brass Lumber Caliper by William Greenlief
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Turn of the 20th century, oak and handcrafted brass, lumber caliper by William Greenlief used to measure the amount of timber from a tree features a sli...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Rustic Industrial Rolling Lumber Cart
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rustic, industrial, rolling lumber cart featuring a slat pine surface in it's original, work-worn patina with tall side risers, can be repurposed for a multitude of uses.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Pine
Large Sunshine Yellow Powder-Coated Industrial Fan
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large sunshine yellow powder-coated industrial fan.
Fan is in working spinning condition and is newly powder-coated.
$125 flat rate front door del...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
1930s Industrial Sign Letters PORN Sculpture by Colorado Artist Bill Nelson
Located in Las Vegas, NV
From the artist:
“PORN,” 2018, 6 foot tall x 5 foot wide. Salvaged early 20th-century store sign letters, blue light bulbs, electrical wiring is a satirical homage to Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture, re-examining the state of human relationships, in fact, the state of humanity itself, nearly 50 years after Indiana completed the first rendering of his iconic sculpture. In his version, porn, assemblage artist Bill Nelson...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Sheet Metal, Wire
Brass Marquee Letter N
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass, architectural, marquee letter N can stand tabletop or hang on the wall.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Cast Zinc Aluminum Alloy Gilt Marquee Letter E
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cast zinc aluminum alloy, marquee letter E, features a painted gilt surface with its wonderful, weather-worn, original patina.
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Zinc
Gucci Store Sign Front Metal, Advertising, 1980s
Located in Wallkill, NY
Original vintage sign from a Gucci store. Aluminum or sheet steel, circa 1980s. This will make a stunning decor piece. Be sure to check our storefront for ...
Category
1980s Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Cast Iron Machinist Precision Parallel Straights Sculptures
By Jean Prouvé, Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Cast iron machinist's Swiss cheese straight edge rules. Heavy, large, metal, no cracks.
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Huge Impressive Movie Theater Lion
Located in Peekskill, NY
I'm told that this Lion was an architectural element outside a theater. It looks like MGM but can't say for sure. The weathered patina tells me it was mounted outdoors and the scale ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Composition
Two Large Rustic Architectural Cast Iron Mirrors
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Great pair of European custom-made mirrors from period European factory windows. These mirrors are in the spider web design. Original red paint on cast iron.
Can be sold separately.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Six Assorted Metal and One Bakelite Antique Glove Stretchers Some Engraved
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine group six custom designed collectible assorted metal and one Bakelite antique glove stretchers all having spring action. Some Engraved, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Early Antique Collection of Eight Bone Glove Stretchers Made in France
Located in Stamford, CT
Collection of eight antique spring action bone glove stretchers made in France. The large ones measure 8 inches, the smaller at 6 inches.
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Large 19th Century Industrial Steel Coal Drag Shovel Bucket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, late 19th century, early industrial age, coal, drag shovel bucket features a newly re-surfaced and sealed, steel body with rivets and wrought iron hardware. This is highly uni...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
1930s Architectural Silvered Foundry Form, Mold, Casting, Sculpture Garden
Located in Buffalo, NY
Industrial Foundry Form, factory casting, beautiful silver zinc original paint, wonderful patina, whimsical, fantasy Art Deco design,'Emaerald City' Very sculptural, see other listings for additional Foundry molds.
Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools, carved out or built up to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. To make a wooden mold, wood needs to be stacked up, like a relief, or cut-out, like a sunken relief, with handles or other pieces to grab and pick up the mold from the molding material. Individual pattern pieces that get packed into the molding material are carved and shaped. The space or forms that these pieces make in the molding material will be the inverse of the final cast piece.
These antique foundry molds...
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Machinist's Straight Edge
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A precision crafted machinist's straight edge made of patinated and perforated cast steel.
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel
1930s Architectural Silvered Foundry Form Mold Casting Coffee Table Garden
Located in Buffalo, NY
Industrial foundry form, factory casting, beautiful silver zinc original paint, wonderful patina, stepped Art Deco design, would make an amazing coffee/cocktail table. See other listings for additional foundry molds.
Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools, carved out or built up to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. To make a wooden mold, wood needs to be stacked up, like a relief, or cut-out, like a sunken relief, with handles or other pieces to grab and pick up the mold from the molding material. Individual pattern pieces that get packed into the molding material are carved and shaped. The space or forms that these pieces make in the molding material will be the inverse of the final cast piece.
These antique foundry molds...
Category
1830s American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Collection of Industrial Late 19th Century Maple Dumb Waiter Pulleys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collection of two, large and small, maple, dumb waiter pulleys circa late 19th century are unique, Industrial objects.
Large pulley is 38" x 22".
Small pulley is 22" ...
Category
1880s American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Maple
1930s Architectural Silver and Black Foundry Form, Mold, Casting, Coffee Table
Located in Buffalo, NY
Industrial foundry form, factory casting, beautiful silver zinc and black original paint, wonderful patina, stepped Art Deco (Paul Frankl) design, would make an amazing coffee or cocktail table. See other listings for additional foundry molds.
Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools, carved out or built up to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. To make a wooden mold, wood needs to be stacked up, like a relief, or cut-out, like a sunken relief, with handles or other pieces to grab and pick up the mold from the molding material. Individual pattern pieces that get packed into the molding material are carved and shaped. The space or forms that these pieces make in the molding material will be the inverse of the final cast piece.
These antique foundry molds...
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Antique American Industrial Foundry Pattern Mold
Located in Rochester, NY
A spectacular and large American machine age industrial foundry pattern mold in beautiful as found original old worn painted surface - from a Western N...
Category
20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Late 19th Century Architectural Rosettes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of late 19th century cast iron architectural rosettes with original red or green paint surface. Presented on custom museum stand.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Miracle Vintage 4 Pack Twist In Coil Spring Levers Boosters Automotive Spacer
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage package of 4 twist in coil spring boosters. Easy-to-install, aluminum twist-in Coil Spring Boosters increase spring height for improved weight...
Category
Late 20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Pair of Industrial Heavy Duty Cast Iron Shelf Brackets
Located in New York, NY
Late 1900s heavy duty 10 in. x 10 1/4 in. Cast iron shelf brackets that have a reinforcing truss. Priced as a pair. Please note, this item is l...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
6 Piece-Set Greek Theda Chain Terra Cotta Stone Blocks
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century NYC building façade terra cotta stones. These feature a Greek letter Theda chain-like design. With original patina. Priced as a set of six. Please note, this item ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of American Industrial Cast Iron Table Legs, Early 1900s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of early 1900's Industrial style cast iron table legs. These heavy legs are able to hold weight and are rustic due to their age. Small quanti...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of Industrial Cast Iron Machine Base Legs Rustic Early 1900s, 32.75 In. H
Located in New York, NY
These reclaimed industrial cast iron legs are original to early 1900's heavy machinery. The surface has a rustic look due to years of weathering but can also be restored to a more p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
1980s Brass and Aluminum Lobby Registrar Directory from 20 West 57th St
Located in New York, NY
1980s reclaimed building directory or registrar from 20 West 57th St made of brass and aluminum.
Category
1980s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
French Easel, circa 1920s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Artist's Easel, French, circa 1920s. This easel is a versatile piece and can be used for it's intended purpose, as an easel, or to display a work of art, or hold a flat scree...
Category
1920s French Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
1915 Original Goodyear Farm Tractor Wheel
By Goodyear
Located in New York, NY
Original Goodyear brand Implement tractor wheel. Made in the USA, circa 1915. This can be seen at our 400 Gilligan St location in Scranton, PA.
Category
1910s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel
Industrial architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Industrial architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage architectural elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, plastic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Industrial architectural elements made in a specific country, there are North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original architectural elements, popular names associated with this style include and Goodyear. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for architectural elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $420 and tops out at $1,580 while the average work can sell for $1,000.
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