Industrial Desk Accessories
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
Iconic Kartell 4672 Dark Brown Plastic Paper Basket - Ufficio Tecnico Design
By Kartell
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Paper basket in dark brown plastic model 4672, designed by Ufficio Tecnico Kartell and produced by Kartell in the 70s.
This square base basket has rounded edges, a signature of the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Industrial Mid Century Metal Filing Document / Letter Tray Desk organiser 50s
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Vintage tiered metal filing tray, from the 1940’s - 1950’s.
A Sophisticated Grey and Stylish Design Filing Tray.
Can be either free standing on a desk, or wall mounted.
Likely to...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Machine Age Industrial Nickel Plated Piston Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of bookends fashioned from a large internal combustion engine . Assembled in a machine shop or aboard a ship . Piston cut in half . Attached to quarter inch thick base them nick...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Desk Organizer with Perpetual Calendar by Fabio Manlio Ciocca for Guzzini, 1980s
By Guzzini
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Stylish desk organizer with perpetual calendar made of plexiglass, designed by Fabio Manlio Ciocca and produced by Guzzini in the 80s.
This lovely vintage piece has a rigorous squar...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
1960s Table Fan by OMNIA type VS20, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan
Made of metal and plastic
Fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Small Table Fan by STROJ SMALT, 1960s Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan
Made of metal and plastic
Fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Design Magnetic Writing Set from Biliko in Blue, Italy, 1970s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Eye catching and rare writing set ‘Biliko’ set, with stylish round support and matching pen made in Italy in the 70s.
Biliko (actually ‘bilico’) is the Italian word for ‘balance’ or...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Unusual Magnetic Writing Set in Red from Biliko, Italy, 1970s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Eye catching and rare writing set ‘Biliko’ set, with stylish round support and matching pen made in Italy in the 70s.
Biliko (actually ‘bilico’) is the Italian word for ‘balance’ or...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Ettore Sottsass 1970s Melamine Office Set Olivetti Synthesis 45
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Amazing office set from the iconic Synthesis 45 series, designed in the 1973 by Ettore Sottsass and manufactured by Olivetti.
The story of Olivetti Synthesis goes back to the golden ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Bronze Pyramid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze sculptural pyramid with geometric tubing.
Dimensions
5" width x 4" depth x 4.5" height.
Condition
Excellent vintage condition; bronze carries age appropriate patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Underwood Typewriter and Table
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this antique underwood typewriter and table. Both items were found in a place where time stopped. The machine is working perfectl...
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Decorative Paperweights '8' in Black / White / Red Terrazzo
By Bentu Design
Located in Paris, FR
'8' paperweights in terrazzo (Black / white / red). Brass detail.
Set of three pieces.
Measures: 8.3 x 6 x 6 cm
Bentu design furniture and lightings derive its uniqueness fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brass "Reserved" Button
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass decorative object or paperweight. This brass button showcases a round face with embossed "RESERVED" on the front. It would be great as an office paperweight or decorative obje...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hollow Brass Rectangular Object
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial rectangular brass object. The brutalist form features a hollow center. The geometric block can be used as a bookend or decorative element.
Dimensions
4" width x 2" dept...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Smith Corona Typewriter and Case
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Smith corona typewriter and case.
Black Smith Corona standard typewriter made in USA. This typewriter features round glass keys. Th...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1920s Industrial Vulcanized Office Factory Desk Wastebasket Trash Can
Located in Hyattsville, MD
American vulcanized fiber company factory office trash can, small to medium in size. The cleanest example that we have ever found, even with paper label to the outer bottom as well. ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Natural Fiber
Small Table Fan, 1960s Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan
Made of metal and plastic
Fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Two Tesla industry Telephones in bright yellow , wall mount
By Tesla
Located in Vienna, Austria
A pair of industrial telephones from the company Tesla Stropkov, a.s., produced 2004 in Slovakia. The telephone model 4 FN 153 27 has pased the EU regulations 1999/ 5/EU.
This teleph...
Category
Early 2000s Slovak Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
0riginal Vintage Industrial Art Deco Table Fan by Marelli Italy
By Marelli
Located in Vienna, AT
This iconoc Italian table fan has been produced by Marelli ca 1940s.
It is in original condition, with some wear and some losses at the base consistent of age and use, preserving a b...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Vintage Kodak Wooden Trimming Board by Eastman
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique vintage kodak wooden trimming board by Eastman. The wooden cutting surface measures 6 inches tall by 5 inches wide by 3/4 inches tall. Some of the original writing can be seen on the surface of the board and the ruler on the top is visible. This board was used for trimming photographs. Beautiful and interesting piece for your use or library decor...
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Rolls Royce Radiator Musical Decanter Sprit of Ecstasy Mascot
By Rolls Royce
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Rolls Royce radiator musical decanter sprit of Ecstasy Mascot
1960s-1970s Rare Rolls Royce musical decanter
Large desk ornament, Rolls Royce musical decanter with the “Silver Sprit of Ecstasy” Mascot by Charles Sykes Silver Spirit
This is a cast metal model radiator with the Rolls Royce mascot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Braise Cast Iron Flat Press Laundry Trivet, France, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
This cast iron trivet is particular Because it was created to put braises inside.
This type of model represented a step forward for the laundress b...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Underwood Vintage Manual Typewriter
By Underwood Universal
Located in Pasadena, TX
Underwood ” Vintage manual typewriter
The Underwood Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New Y...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Large Stainless Steel Industrial Fork Mold Sculpture for Silverware
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large vintage industrial factory mold in stainless steel in the shape of a large dinner fork.
These highly decorative sculptures are sold separately or a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique World War ll Era US Navy Bakelite Switch Board Phone, c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
World War ll era US Navy Bakelite and wood switch board telephone with original "Bay Area" label.
Creator US Navy.
Date of manufac...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Coffee and Tea Tin K. Tiktak's Amsterdam Groningen, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique Coffee and Tea Tin from the Early 20th Century.
Designed and made for K.Tiktak Coffee and Tea Factory, which was located in Amsterdam and Groningen Holland , The Netherlands.
A beautiful dark green Lithographic Tin - Decorative Box.
The lid of the box is loose and the little handle is lost, but due the age that's normal.
The beautiful silver Lithografic design of the Factory Building is still in very good condition.
An old coffee and tea container, a shop storage container, a shop counter tin
which is a great decorative box, a collectible Coffee Tin and a decorative object.
Tiktak's Coffee History started in 1870 and they became famous for their afternoon tea and coffee. They are known for coffee with a soft taste. This Dutch Company survived all the years and still produces the finest coffee and tea.
Great decorative item - home decor - home decoration - gift idea - coffee collectables...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Tin
1940s Herbert Terry Anglepoise Draughtsman's Task Desk Lamp No 1209 Industrial
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
The ultimate in desk lamps – a very genuine Post War four-spring model 1209 Anglepoise draughtsman’s task lamp manufactured by Herbert Terry & Sons, Redditch, England.
‘The Anglepo...
Category
1940s British Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
Royal Quiet DeLuxe Two Tone Typewriter and Case, c.1948 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A vintage Royal Quiet DeLuxe typewriter in two tone crinkle finish. Shell re-designed by Henry Dreyfuss, Squared shell, grey and black with oval chrome inserts for front levers. Keytops changed in this typewriter from round glass to "tombstone" glass with chromed rims. Original case with Bakelite handle.
Creator Royal Typewriter...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Industrial Metal Machine Block
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial machine blocks. The brutalist form features alternating striations along the sides with two brass dots on either end. These geometric blocks can be used as bookends or as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Antique Army Green Stenograph with Original Case c.1918 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
This is an original Master Model Four Stenotype stenograph from La Salle University with Bakelite keys, original case and original labels. Leather handle on the case. All th...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
20th Century Bronze / Brass Industrial Flame Proof Ceiling Light / Desk Lamp
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Solid bronze desk lamp with braided cable and dimmer switch.
Comes with vintage Edison filament lamp E27.
Made in the 1980s by Kokosha - Osaka, Japan.
...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Art Deco Stenograph with Original Case c.1920-1930 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
This is an original Art Deco Stenotype stenograph with Bakelite keys and original wooden case covered in leather. Leather handle on the case. All the keys work properly.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1950's Industrial Time Card Rack, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial, metal worker time card rack.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Early 19th-Early 20th C. Copper Adding Machine C.1887-1920 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An antique Comptometer copper and tin adding machine with yellow and green Bakelite buttons and original metal name tag, manufactures tag and side decorations. The lever somew...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Globe by Weber Costello Co. Ornate Cast Iron Base
By Costello
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful Large size world globe on ornate copper flashed cast iron base... Showing signs of wear,,minor loses,(see photos).. Approx 3" dent to bottom (un...
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Vintage Olympia De Luxe Portable Typewriter with Carrying Case
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Olympia portable typewriter with carrying case
1960s Olympia Monica portable typewriter with hard carry case made in West Germany. Typewrit...
Category
1960s German Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Small Table Fan, 1960s Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan
Made of metal and plastic
Fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Remington Rand Model 5 Typewriter with Portable Carrying Case
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Remington Rand model 5 typewriter with portable carrying case.
This Remington Rand 5 streamlined portable typewriter was built in the 1940s and features a hard carrying ca...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Steel
20th Century Tin Plate Perpetual Calendar from Bank of Montreal, 1817
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
20th century tin plate perpetual calendar from Bank of Montreal, 1817
A great piece showing signs of wear now perhaps but this calendar was first i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Tin
Antique Stenograph with Original Case/Manual, circa 1930 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About:
This is an original Stenotype stenograph with Bakelite keys and original case and manual. All the keys work properly but doesn't seem to imprint on the paper.
Creator: Steno...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Set of Four Large Sunshine Yellow Powder-Coated Industrial Wrenches
By Trimo
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four large sunshine yellow powder-coated industrial wrenches.
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Early 20th C. Copper and Bakelite Adding Machine c.1904-1922 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An antique Comptometer copper and tin adding machine with yellow and green Bakelite buttons. The lever pulls forward and back working the inner mechanisms. The piece has retai...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Tin
Pink Bakelite Electric Table Fan by Tana VEB Germany, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s electric Bakelite table fan in the color pink.
This cute little fan made of Bakelite has the color pink with marbled pattern.
It's a vintage German electric fan from the 1950s ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage Metal & Plastic Table Fan, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan made of metal and plastic from former Czechoslovakia.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Small Rail Paper Weight Fragment in Bright Sunshine Yellow
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small cut off, a fragment, of a smaller size rail link, newly powder-coated in bright sunshine yellow.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Industrial Iron Desk Decoration Letter Sign, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from sheet metal and plastic
in good original condition
nice patina.
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Vintage Auböck String Bottle Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
Heavy and solid sculptural looping wire bottle holder by Carl Aubock II. In excellent shape, surface shows fine patina, according to age. The rattan grip wrapping still fully intact....
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1920s Bostonian Tailors Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a Bostonian Tailor.
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Tool Vice, Powder Coated Bright Yellow Desk Accessory
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage vice powder-coated in bright yellow.
Just look at this antique vice which has been painted in "bright sunshine yellow". The tool vice is made in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Industrial Steel Clad Hardwood Elliptical Wastepaper Basket/ Trash Can
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Industrial Steel Clad Hardwood Elliptical Wastepaper Basket/ Trash Can
Intricately crafted with elongated silver-leaf clad rim, standing 15.5 -Inches high, with a lower point of 9" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Silver Leaf
Collection of 12 Perspex Teaching Blocks & Lenses
By Griffin & George Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A collection of twelve Perspex teaching optical blocks and lenses.
Various shapes, forms and blocks, convex and concave, a number are backed with a white film.
Three have their...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Commercial Balance Scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique commercial balance scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels is the type of precision instrument for which the company was known during the early 20th century. Note the attention to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
French Tole Split Wire Early 20th Century Trash Can with Liner
Located in Hudson, NY
This very rare survivor or the early years of the 20th century was purchased in France at the Paris Flea market and remains in very good condition for being approximate 100 years old...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Brass Desk Top Model of a Kedge Admiralty Anchor
Located in London, GB
A brass desk top model of a Kedge admiralty anchor.
Well modeled with Shank, stock, crown, flukes, shackle and keep pin.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
20th Century Bronze / Brass Industrial Flameproof Ceiling Light / Desk Lamp
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A reclaimed solid bronze table lamp by Morio Denki a Japanese manufacturer of Industrial grade fixtures & fittings. These lights were originally wall light...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Early Leather Briefcase
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a delicate and early leather briefcase. The lock works and the leather straps are intact. There is no damage and it has just the right patina.
Category
1910s American Vintage Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Lens on Stand by Pye of Cambridge
By William Pye
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century lens on a weighted stand by Pye of Cambridge.
The rotating lens is mounted in a gilt brass dial marked with 360 degree circle, the height and angle can be ad...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Optical Glass
19century English Balancing Scale
By G. None
Located in Tarrytown, NY
19century English balancing scale.
Category
19th Century European Antique Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Industrial desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Industrial desk accessories 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 desk accessories created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, plastic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Industrial desk accessories made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desk accessories, popular names associated with this style include The Stenotype Co., Bentu Design, Costello, and George Carwardine. 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 desk accessories differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $80 and tops out at $2,774 while the average work can sell for $426.
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