1880s Industrial and Work Tables

19th-century hand-crafted butcher's block sits atop a pine base which is very sturdy, with no movement at all. Iron straps at the corners and iron rods pass through the butcher bloc...

Antique Bakery Island, soon to be a Kitchen Island imported from Ireland. This is the description from the gentleman whom we purchased the shop counter from in Ireland, who has been in the antique business for the last 40-years. “Rare 19th. C. Irish Scumbled Pine Baker's Island with four working drawers over eight panel doors with towel railing at the side raised on square legs”. What the description of the newly converted Kitchen Island was missing are the correct number of drawers, which now stand at eight large and very functional drawers. As beautiful as this potential Kitchen Island was, the height just did not work for our Modern American Kitchen Islands, which is roughly 36”. So, this Antique Irish Bakery Counter, or Bakery Island, has been sitting in our workshop for months, while we thought about all the possible options to raise this Antique Island up to 36” in height. Finally, it dawned on us to fabricate another set of (4) matching drawers, with 19th c matching style hardware that we could create and still maintain the beautiful original aesthetics of the Irish Bakery Island. The real obstacle was not casting the hardware (which we did inhouse), but blending the all-original 19th century scumbled finish, which can be difficult. The top of the Antique Island and 75% of the entire Kitchen Island’s body still maintains its original 130-year-old finish. I do have to confess, that the original towel bars on the end of the Antique Kitchen Island...

Painted Pine Preparation Table Sweden circa 1880 Scrubbed pine top on painted base with two drawers. Measures 66.25”L x 30.25”d x 36”h / 31.25” ( surface height ).

Carpenter’s work bench, French, made of waxed beech wood from the French Alps. This industrial “etabli” features its original vise and drawer. The depth listed includes the vise, the...

A 19th century original cobblers bench, rack. This was a functional working mans portable work bench with worn old finish with lots of well used wear.

A kitchen island having a painted double-sided cabinet base, each side with drawer over double-door cabinet, and one side with a tall open shelf. Two-inch-thick plank white oak top. ...

Manufactured in Lille, France, circa 1880, this wood butcher block features a well-used, square parquetry top. The billot (as it is known in France) would have been used in a butcher...

Circa 1880 French Elm top bakers Prep table with removable elm top and two deep drawers. Measures: W 152 x D 75 x H 90 cm.     

Made by Carl Zeiss in Germany. Adjustable cast iron table base using a screw type system. The tabletop features an inlaid glass top.

Circa 1890 Monumental 19thC French pine work trestle table with Belgium bluestone top Pegged construction (slight bow in the centre of stone top) Measures: W 250 x D 62 x H 78 cm...

Circa 1890 19thC English ebonized double sided mahogany shop counter Four glazed doors to the front with internal shelving, original brass...

19th century French work counter handcrafted in Normandy of solid walnut with oak drawers, circa 1880s. This impressive counter, from a boutique in Deauville, a seaside resort on the...