Industrial Metalwork
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.
Early 20th Century Industrial Metalwork
Metal
1940s British Vintage Industrial Metalwork
Steel
Late 20th Century American Industrial Metalwork
Aluminum, Steel
Early 20th Century French Industrial Metalwork
Mid-20th Century Omani Industrial Metalwork
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Industrial Metalwork
Bronze
Late 19th Century Omani Antique Industrial Metalwork
Brass, Copper
20th Century Chinese Industrial Metalwork
Bronze
20th Century French Industrial Metalwork
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Chinese Industrial Metalwork
Copper
19th Century Turkish Antique Industrial Metalwork
Copper, Tin, Pewter
Early 20th Century American Industrial Metalwork
Metal
20th Century Belgian Industrial Metalwork
Plaster, Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Industrial Metalwork
Bronze