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
Fireplace Screen in Metal with a Blackened Steel Finish Customizable
By Redsoul
Located in Seattle, WA
The Court Screen is a modern metal fireplace screen cover that can be used flush fitted into the fireplace opening or can stand right outside a ...
Category
2010s American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel
Powder Coated Blue Industrial Metal Bin, Umbrella Stand or Trash Can
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Industrial metal trash can, bin or umbrella stand.
We can offer these bins powder coated in any color at buyers request.
Freshly powder coated in bright Maui blue, this tall an...
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
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
Falong (circle) Outdoor Wall Light by Ango in Collaboration With x Dots Design
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Collaboration art piece for Bangkok Design Week 2022
Ango + Krit Phutpim (Design director/ co-founder Dots studio)
Forms found in nature such as the hexagonal structure of the hone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Large Architectural Salvage, Four Foot Clock Tower Face
By Standard Electric Time Company 1
Located in North Miami, FL
Large tower clock face and mechanism - probably works (not tested) with roman numeral hours. Lucite backing can be illuminated - made of heavy metal, a GREAT piece.
Category
1950s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
1930s Corrugated Fire Resistant Clear Chicken Wire Glass
Located in New York, NY
Priced per square foot.
Reclaimed from old warehouses and industrial buildings, this corrugated industrial glass was used as exterior awnings or part...
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Sculptural Heavy Duty Aluminum Airplane Propeller C1960 Sensenich Co
By Sensenich
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic all aluminum and a large heavy vintage airplane propeller by Sensenich Corp from the sixties off of a piper cub. Not to be reused ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Oversize Large Scale Garden Armillary
Located in Sheffield, MA
Make a statement with this signed large scale Brutalist style iron garden sculpture or armillary with arrow and half round shape representing a part of the constellation encircling a round disc, a part of the solar system. This impressive nearly 8 feet tall and 9.5 feet wide sculpture...
Category
20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
1880s Pennsylvania Railroad Company Flyer Steam Train Locomotive Bronze Bell PRR
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rings beautifully, and moves smoothly. Gifted from the Governor of Pennsylvania, David Lawerence to the Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh...
Category
19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron, Bronze
Large Vintage Decorative Wooden Ceiling Fan
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French black-painted wooden ceiling fan.
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Antique Industrial Modern Vintage Factory Hand Truck Oak Wood and Iron Metal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Industrial Modern Vintage Factory Hand Truck with Oak Wood and Iron Metal Frame. Circa Mid 20th Century.
Measurements:
Upright: 51" H x 22" W x 27" D
Flat: 15" H x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
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
1930s Pontiac Dealership Logo Weathervane
Located in Peekskill, NY
Once standing atop a local Pontiac dealership, this Indian Head metal weathervane has a rustic weathered red finish, mellowed through years of service. Sure to be treasured by any au...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel
19th c. Chicago Stock Exchange Building Molding Fragment Architectural Element
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important hand painted plaster decorative molding fragment, by Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856-1924), from the interior of the Chicago Stock Exchange, circa 1893-1894.
...
Category
19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Plaster, Paint
19c Antique Copper Brass Coal Scuttle Umbrella Stand Holder Netherlands
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Handsome, hand wrought, industrial 19th Century Dutch Copper and Brass Coal Scuttle referred to as. "5KAN. This scuttle was used to carry coal or water. It has been elegantly repurp...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass, Copper
Pair of Antique 39 in. Ball Finial Cast Iron Fencing Posts
Located in New York, NY
Brownstone fencing cast iron newel posts with an attached bolt plate on the bottoms. There is expected surface wear. Priced as a pair. Please note, this ite...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Zinc Roof Final
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century French large zinc finial was originally a decorative element on a Parisienne building. It is now used as a decorative sculpture.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Zinc
Vintage Gucci Metal Marquee Sign from a NYC Building Meat Packing District
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous original vintage sign from a Gucci store in New York. Letters are 12.5 inches high, custom made from aluminum and mounted on sheet steel.
Category
Late 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1977 Architectural Salvage Sign Letter "S" Off Children's Hospital
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Came off the Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Dallas.
The letter "H" from this sign will be on the new Frasier reboot.
Built in 1977, these letters were the original sign on the b...
Category
1970s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage pulley Yugoslavia 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Add a touch of vintage industrial charm to your space with this fantastic vintage pulley from Yugoslavia, dating back to the 1970s. This piece of industrial history is perfect for th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Slovenian Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal, Steel
1930'S Theatre Curtain Pulley Stand by Hall Stage London
Located in Norwich, GB
A 1930's metal theatre curtain pulley stand from the Regent Theatre in Norwich, which became ABC cinema. Labelled 'Hall Stage Equipment London'. The handle cast stamp 'Hall Brixton S...
Category
1930s English Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Early French Hardware Store Counter Display
By Fichet Marine, Paris 1
Located in Peekskill, NY
The display reads "Fichet Marine Paris." A good guess is that this was a display for brass yacht hardware. There are three very heavy lick sets in the display. One has an early iron ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Bronze vault door and a pair of matching panels C 1910.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bronze vault door and a pair of matching panels C 1910. The set is comprised of a door having 9 turned bars within a flat, rectangular frame. It has a lock ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Antique Monumental Hand Forged Iron Railroad Wrench, Early 20th Century
Located in Elkhart, IN
A rare and unique antique rustic industrial iron hand forged monumental commercial railroad wrench. This piece would have been used to build and repair railroads or other commercial ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Bronze Bank Teller Window Guards
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bank teller window guards made by the Grand Rapids School Furniture Company. They are made of bronze with an antique patina. Good solid cond...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Antique Woven Wrought Iron Window Guard Grate
Located in New York, NY
Wrought iron guard grate piece with a woven pattern which protected a window opening. One available. Please note, this item is located in one of our NYC locations.
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Architectural Salvage Sign Letter "R" From a Dallas Children's Hospital
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Came off the Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Dallas.
The letter "H" from this sign will be on the new Frasier reboot.
Built in 1977, these letters were the original sign on the b...
Category
1970s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Architectural Salvage Sign Letter "P"
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Came off the Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Dallas.
Built in 1977, these letters were the original sign on the building.
Everything (except the dirt) that came off the building ...
Category
1970s Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Iron Column Pedestal or Plinth
Located in Sheffield, MA
An antique cast iron column pedestal base. Use it to support an outdoor sculpture to make a perfect statement. Pedestal has wonderful aged pa...
Category
19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
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
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
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
Antique Distressed Metal Faux Books with Travel Ink Well c.1900-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A stack of metal faux books with hinged lids. One contains a travel ink well. Bronze plate lid on glass container.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1900-1920.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Custom Neo-Classical Style Metal Armoire, Closet or Kitchen Cabinet Doors
Located in Sheffield, MA
Make it the size you need. Add interest and character to your next new building or renovation project. These neoclassical style doors are made of steel. Other finishes available.
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel
Antique Tin Ceiling Remnant
Located in New York, NY
We have taken these beautiful abandoned decorative tin ceilings and turned them into art pieces, framed with wood. By the late 1870s, tin began to appear o...
Category
1880s American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Tin
Vintage Architectural Salvage Sign Letter "I" From a Dallas Children's Hospital
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Came off the Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Dallas.
The letter "H" from this sign will be on the new reboot of the Frasier show.
Built in 1977, these letters were the original s...
Category
1970s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Industrial Steampunk Distressed Iron & Wood Rolling Hand Truck Cart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Industrial Steampunk Distressed Iron & Wood Hand Truck Cart. Circa Early 1900s Measurements: Laid Flat: 16" H x 53" W x 22" D.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Architectural Grand-Scale Wooden Foundry Molds - 2 Pieces
Located in Fulton, CA
A matched pair of wooden foundry molds. Large-scale measuring approximately 48 inches wide and 40 inches high. Would make an impressive wall decoration or could be repurposed as a ta...
Category
20th Century North American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century 1900's Tower Light Up White Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
Original American 1900's over sized tower light up clock with milk etched glass face and copper frame.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Copper
H&D Mfg. Co. 1877 Pair of Heavy Bronze Door Corner Hinges
Located in North Miami, FL
Outstanding and important salvaged bronze door corner hinges, they are stunning simply as an architectural element but can certainly be used for any doo...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
JP Morgan Bank Corrugated Translucent Glass Panel 90 Degree Angle Frame
Located in New York, NY
This is part of a 32-foot-high lobby light fixture in midtown Manhattan from the JP Morgan bank building on Park Ave. Each unit consists of a large 90 degree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Four Foundry Crucibles
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of four large foundry crucibles. Once used to heat and pour white-hot metals for foundry production, these unique crucibles feature exteriors encrusted with molten metals...
Category
20th Century English Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
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
Red & Green Lucite Brass Elevator Indicator Plate
Located in New York, NY
Brass elevator plate with a cutout downward red arrow and green upward arrow indicator made of Lucite. The original mounting screws are not available. Good condition with surface wea...
Category
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
Gucci Store Sign Front Metal, Advertising, 1980s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
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
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 20thC Hubley Bouquet of Flowers Cast Iron Doorstops
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Antique cast iron Doorstops by Hubley in original paint. No breaks or cracks in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear to the paint....
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Metal Screen / Room Divider
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
Early Antique Collection of Eight Bone Glove Stretchers Made in France
Located in Manhasset, NY
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
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
Antique 6 Foot Structural Cast Iron Fluted Column
Located in New York, NY
Thick cast iron column with a fluted body and decorative capital. The bottom is uneven and 6 inches will need to be cut off to make it even thus shorting its height. Please note, thi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Antique Tin Ceiling Remnant
Located in New York, NY
We have taken these beautiful abandoned decorative tin ceilings and turned them into art pieces, framed with wood. By the late 1870s, tin began to appear o...
Category
1880s American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Tin
Vintage 1977 Large Architectural Salvage Sign Letter 'H'
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Came off the Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital in Dallas.
The smaller letter "H" from this sign will be on the new Frasier reboot.
Built in 1977, these letters were the original sign ...
Category
1970s Vintage 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
Iron Eiffel Tower Garden Trellis
Located in New York, NY
7 Foot Eiffel Tower Décor Piece used as Garden Trellis. One of a kind, Custom made for a Florida designer between the 1950s- 1970s. Was first used indoors in a Paris themed...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel, Sheet Metal, Iron
Vintage French Restaurant Sign, Painted Metal, France, C. 1920
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative vintage French restaurant advertising signage in painted metal on both sides.
"Au Vieux Moulin" translated to "The Old Mill"
Untouched original with good patina.
Fran...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Antique Tin Ceiling Remnant
Located in New York, NY
We have taken these beautiful abandoned decorative tin ceilings and turned them into art pieces, framed with wood. By the late 1870s, tin began to appear o...
Category
1880s American Antique Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
Tin
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.