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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Antique Hand Painted Ivy League University Band Lunch Box c.1920
By The American Thermos Bottle Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An antique lunch box with metal thermos and original food storage case, advertising a college rock band "The Kollege Kids". It features three hands waving different school pen...
Chrome
Vintage Hand Painted "Louise" Box c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A vintage hand painted wood box. Decorative elements throughout. "Louise" painted on top. Shown with live size hand model. CREATOR U...
Wood
Louis XVI Hand Painted Wedding Box
Located in Essex, MA
Likely made in the Normandy area of France. Domed hinged top with wrought iron hasp and lock. Conforming case. With original painted surface.
Pine
Vintage Italian Music Box by Reuge, Hand-Painted Floral Design, 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Italian large footed music box in light gold color with top finely hand painted and wood inlaid with foliages floral decor, brass hardware. Small Vintage Italian handcrafted ...
Fruitwood
$520Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.5 in W 3.5 in D 2.5 in
Rare Vintage Russian Hand Painted Lacquered Small Wooden Box Signed Fedoskino
Located in Plainview, NY
A lovely Russian hand painted lacquered small wooden box with a red interior. The box features the frog princess and prince Ivan miniature fairy tale....
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique Russian Lacquered Box with Hand Painted Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique wooden box is unmarked and unsigned, but believed to have been made in Russia in circa 1890. The top of the box portrays a vignette of a shore scene where several men in...
Softwood
1920s Hand Painted Tin Bin Box by Chicago Globe Soap Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Rectangular Hand Painted Tin Bin Box by Chicago Globe Soap Company. The box is decorated with dancing Nymphs Fairies Nudes holding musically instruments.
Sheet Metal
Vintage leather clad hand painted Chinese dresser box.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage hand painted leather clad dresser box. This dresser box was handmade in Canton China. This box has two small drawers at the front and a lid that opens up and presen...
Leather
Hand Painted Floral Red Trinket Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand painted wooden trinket box. Richly decorated with floral sprays on each surface, with orange flowers and blue buds along green foliage against a bright red background. Edged i...
Wood, Paint
Vintage Red Hand Painted Chinoiserie Box with Faux Tortoise Trim
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful hand painted Chinoiserie decorative box. Trimmed in a faux tortoise painted molding.
Paint
$1,219
H 1.58 in W 7.88 in D 3.94 in
A Russian hand painted papier mâché box decorated with intricate scenes C1920
Located in Central England, GB
This top quality Russian black lacquered papier mâché box has an extremely fine hand painted central panel to its lid with a medieval scene set amongst a landscape with a castle and ...
Lacquer, Paper
$495
H 2 in W 6 in D 4.5 in
French Limoges Hand-Painted Porcelain Jewelry Box for Neiman Marcus, circa 1940
By Limoges
Located in Miami, FL
A refined and beautifully executed French Limoges porcelain box, circa 1940, hand-painted with delicate floral and avian motifs in vibrant enamels against a luminous white ground. Th...
Porcelain
Hand-Painted Rajasthani Dowry Box, Wood, Folk Art, Circa 1920s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1920s Anglo-Raj Hand-Painted Rajasthani Dowry Box A striking early 20th-century Anglo-Raj decorative wooden box, hand-painted and richly detailed with romantic and courtly scenes. Or...
Wood
Antique Porcelain Hand Painted Powder Box by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful antique porcelain hand painted powder box by Limoges, circa 1898. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks...
Porcelain
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H 23.23 in W 12.21 in D 23.63 in
18th Century Italian Wrought Iron Studded Antique Safe Cigar Humidor Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Northern Italian antique safe with typical hobnails and great 'burin' incision decors, a typical handmade technique of 'dots' engraving process typical from the period. This beautiful collector piece has a great metal color with patina of time and is a rare example of late 18th-early 19th century Italian master blacksmith craftsmanship, bringing to any room a unique elegance and character as well as an intriguing and conversational piece with the unique tricks and secrets of the unlocking mechanism combination. The amazing lock and opening mechanism works with 1 beautiful key and has 2 secrets, the first one opens the keyhole by sliding a moving hobnail while to unlock and open the safe you have to use the key in 2 different positions to find a hidden lever. The interior of the safe has been completely and newly refitted with a cigar humidor drawer...
Metal, Wrought Iron
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H 66.15 in W 36.23 in D 19.69 in
1825 Italian Wrought Iron Studded Antique Safe Cigar Humidor Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Northern Italian antique safe with typical all-around hobnails, with very rare plate reporting author, place and date of manufacturing, Giovanni Malizia, Milan, 1825, probably used i...
Metal, Wrought Iron
Vintage German Cigar Bin
Located in Houston, TX
This vintage German cigar bin was used to store cigars which were hand rolled in a German cigar factory. The bin has a beautiful aged wood patina with linen ...
Metal
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H 9.85 in W 12.21 in D 19.69 in
1860-1890 Italian Wrought Iron Antique Strongbox Newly Equipped as Cigar Humidor
Located in Carimate, Como
This strongbox is dated circa 1860-1890 and was used by the army of the Kingdom of Italy under the reign of the House of Savoy, the royal dynasty established in 1003 in Piedmont, tha...
Wrought Iron