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.
Antique Painter's Palette · Oak
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. Someone used this palette for years. Perhaps decades. They mixed reds, greens, blues, and blacks across its surface until the wood stopped being a support and became an a...
Oak
Decorative Industrial Belt Motif Cast Iron Frames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Late 19th century, decorative, belt motif, industrial, cast iron frames that once embellished horse barn stalls. The opening measures 6.75 inches diameter....
Iron
Picture Frame 8x10” in Quilted Black Oak by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite picture frame by R&Y Augousti, designed to hold an 8x10” photo, is a testament to sophisticated craftsmanship and timeless luxury. Meticulously handcrafted, the fr...
Glass, Wood, Oak
$575Sale Price|41% Off
H 40 in W 34 in D 1 in
Large Italian Giltwood Picture Frames, Elaborate Cast Detailing, 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1-128 large Italian frames with elaborate cast detailing. Overall size 40 x 34 x 1" Inside rabbit 30 x 24"
Resin, Hardwood
Two Malachite Picture Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two malachite picture frames. One is Landscape measuring 10 inches wide x 7.75 inches high. The other is Portrait. Each have a bronze inner frame. Both hold pictures measured at 5.7...
Malachite
$1,107
H 28.35 in W 22.45 in D 2.45 in
Antique Black Tramp Art Frame Folk Art Picture Frame Carved Wood Carved Oak
Located in Munich, DE
This tramp art picture frame was handcrafted and hand carved in the last decades of the 19th century. It is decorated with for pointed stars, square and rectangular pyramids, lozeng...
Oak
$1,282
H 24.81 in W 20.48 in D 2.01 in
Antique 19th Century Tramp Art Picture Frame Carved Oak Four Petal Flowers
Located in Munich, DE
This good size tramp art frame was handcrafted out of wood in the last decades of the 19th century. The frame features a rich variety of ornamental carvings in high reliefs made up f...
Oak
$595
H 32.5 in W 26.5 in D 2 in
Antique Victorian Gold Gilt Oak Wood Leafy Scroll Deep Picture Frame 32.5 x 26.5
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Gold Gilt Oak Wood Leafy Scroll Deep Picture Frame. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 32.5" H x 26.5" W x 2" D. Picture Area: 24" x 18"
Oak
$1,153 / set
H 8.85 in W 6.88 in D 0.6 in
Antique & Handcrafted Pair of Moorish Arabic Motifs Inlaid Picture Photo Frames
Located in Lisse, NL
All handcrafted and very stylish pair of photo frames with inlaid Islamic designs. You don't necessary need to have an Arabic (inspired) interior to fall in love and decorate your home with these stunning Moorish picture frames. The workmanship is there for everyone to see and the combination of the warm colors of the wood and the inlaid shell simply is to die for. It is every antique sellers...
Shell, Wood
$440 / item
H 8.67 in W 6.3 in D 1.19 in
Decorative Diagonal Picture Frame N019 Solid Cast Brass Aluminum Handmade Spain
Located in Benahavis, AN
The decorative diagonal picture frame was created by David Marshall, it is made of sand cast aluminum and sand cast brass. Handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop...
Aluminum, Brass
Antique Italian Reliquary
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Italian reliquary with silver thread double-headed eagle and foliage and floral motif on a red silk background. Inscriptions with sev...
Wood
Large Antique Giltwood Frame
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6498 - Large rich giltwood frame, perfect for a mirror or for an important painting. For a mirror it's better to mount by Yourself, due to transport problems : on request I can do,...
Fruitwood
$810Sale Price|40% Off
H 18 in W 16 in D 2.5 in
English Billiards Trophy Shield Plaque in Oak with Silvered Mount, circa 1900
Located in Brentwood, TN
An English billiards trophy shield plaque, circa 1900, crafted in oak and mounted with silvered metal elements. The shield-form plaque features a central relief panel depicting a bil...
Metal
19th Century Hanging Picture Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite set of 19th-century French hanging picture frames showcases the elegance and craftsmanship of the period. Made from intricately d...
Bronze
Lucite and Chrome Picture Frame by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois designed this stunning Machine Age metal and Lucite picture frame. The rare photo frame was crafted in France circa 1960. The modernist industrial desig...
Metal, Chrome
Sold
H 9.45 in W 16.15 in D 1.58 in
set of 3 wooden clothing hanger from the 1960s handmade decorative
Located in The Hague, NL
It is an old hanger, made of wood reinforced with wire and still very robust. Beautiful curved suit hanger with metal hook and locking pants bar. But can also be used very decorative...
Bentwood
Industrial Machine Age Chrome and Lucite Picture Frame, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning French Machine Age metal and Lucite picture photo frame designed in the 1960s. Modernist industrial design, the geometric chromed metal base holder has the screws visible....
Metal, Chrome
Sold
H 9.45 in W 5.91 in D 1.58 in
Industrial Machine Age Chrome and Lucite Picture Frame, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautiful French Machine Age metal and Lucite photo frame with a modernist industrial design from the 1960s. The chromed metal base holder...
Metal, Chrome
Industrial Photo Frame
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial antique photo / picture frame. Formed out of wood, plastic and metal. Double-sided, each frame can hold a picture on each side. The film sheets slide out and the b...
Metal
French Industrial Machine Age Chrome Picture Photo Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
Impressive machine age metal picture photo frame. Modernist industrial design with geometric holders on large metal plinth. The frame is complete with one clear glass sheet and one m...
Chrome
Antique Folding Brass Lined Looking Glass Oddity
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Brass lined looking glass folding Odditiy. Unknown object, each side houses a convex lens. Use unknown to me.
Brass
French Iron Industrial Sign, Clock, or Mirror Frame
Located in Highwood, IL
Stunning handwrought iron antique French sign frame retaining bits of it's original paint. Though we aren't sure what type of business this was used for, we thought it would be great...
Steel