Industrial Folk Art
Industrial Style
Industrial-style furniture has 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 furnishings 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. Patina is the keynote to a decor in sync with such surroundings. On 1stDibs you will find designs that wear their age beautifully — and were built to last.
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Antique Industrial Steel Ladies Eyeglass Mold, Circa 1965
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Industrial steel eyeglass mold from 1965. Mounted on a custom made steel stand. Can be displayed with the press plate extended or closed as shown. Untouched surface. Tremendo...
Category
1960s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Unusually Large Antique Industrial Copper Pot / Mlonumental Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusually large antique copper Industrial pot / vessel. The exact end use of this piece is a mystery. Probably used to pour seeds or other small solid items. Great shape. Natural unt...
Category
1880s American Antique Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Copper
19th Century Blue Glass Tram Window Advertisement
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century blue glass tram window advertisement
A rare find, these advertisements were once so common in the tram windows and tram shelters but few have survived probably becau...
Category
Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Industrial Folk Art
Thom McAn Antique Foot Rest
Located in Redding, CT
Thom McAn antique foot rest. Used in stores to tie and try on shoes. Great collector piece of Industrial Folk / Advertising Art. Says on foot rest "Thom McAn, Try my Big 4 Hosiery, t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Metal
Very Large Scissors and Needle Trade Sign, Mounted
Located in New York, NY
Brass scissors and needle trade sign with pivoting needle, 19th century. Measures: height 35”, length 28.5”, depth 10”.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Architectural Mold for a Ships Engine
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Antique architectural mold in the form of a wheel. All handmade and entirely intact. Can be hung on a wall or with a piece of glass on top used as a cocktail table.
Category
1890s American Antique Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Industrial Folk Art Bicycle Stool
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A fun Folk Art industrial stool with painted metal base and shaft having swiveling leatherette seat and a bicycle sprocket, chain and fixed pedals as foot rests. A nice unique piece ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Iron EXPO Sign, 1950s, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Iron EXPO sign, 1950s, Belgium awesome vintage EXPO - Sign from the 1950s.
This late Art Deco sign is made of solid metal.
Comes from a former exposition building in Ieper Belgium,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Primitive and Rustic Gravity Cream Separator Can in Green on Red Legs
By Sears, Roebuck & Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible antique gravity cream separator. An incredible piece of Primitive and rustic vintage farm equipment. It has the most glorious patina ever.
This is so cool!!! It is a fabu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Antique LC Smith & Corona Typewriter, circa 1920s
By L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is an original LC Smith & Corona Typewriter #8 10 with a 10 inch carriage and an open-frame design. The keys are nickel with white face and black numbers. Four rows of keys with...
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Nickel
Rare Early Enamel Sign Advertising Eley-Knoch Shot Gun Cartridges
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Rare early enamel sign advertising Eley-Knoch shot gun cartridges
Very Rare old sign, is made in ceramic enamel it is a heavy piece with the usual rust and distress finish expect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Unique And Early Safety Helmet
Located in Peekskill, NY
This type of head gear was used in shops to protect workers from flying particles. This hood was perfect if you worked on grinders or a wire wheel. This shop made example has a nice ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Massive Antique Half Hull Ship Model
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and important massive late 19th century half hull model ship of the
steel screw steamers "CZAR" and CZARITZA" built by
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Builders, Newcastl...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th C. French Pétanque Game Balls Collection of 8
Located in Stamford, CT
A collection of 8 antique late 19th century French Petanque balls resting on lucite bases. These balls are all steel and wood with steel nail heads. Petanque is very similar to Bocce...
Category
1890s French Antique Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Giant Pestle and Mortar Pharmacy/Drug Shop Trade Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Giant pestle and mortar pharmacy/drug shop trade sign
A very rare piece, Wonderful early 20th century pharmacy or chemist trade sign in the form of a pestle and mortar, made in gi...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Tin
London Laundry Co. Industrial Trolley Cart
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
London Laundry Co. Industrial trolley cart
Great piece from the London Laundry Co. Clerkenwell, the cart is made in thick heavy duty parchment and has iron wheels and wooden band...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1959 Two Tone Tin Litho Oldsmobile Coupe Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful orange body with a black top with all it's chrome. Interior is a plaid, very cool. Wheels all roll fine. Although it was hardly played with the friction motor in the rear d...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large European 1930's Nautical Map Reader Magnifying Glass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This European set of two nautical magnifying glass map-readers are quite unusual and rarely found. It is fully encased in it's heavy wooden and metal enforced box. Hailing from betwe...
Category
1930s German Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Barnfind Antique Large Tadpole Rider Tricycle Pedal Car, France, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Awesome Barnfind, this large Tadpole Rider Tricycle pedal car. This antique pedal car was made in France circa 1930-1940. It's made of heavy solid metal, has a trunk which can be ope...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Cast Iron Vintage Door Stop Bulldog Terrier with Collar
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous vintage c1940 cast iron bulldog doorstop. Classic black & white original paint with patina. Green collar with a bell.
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Yellow Iron Letter N, 1970s
Located in Mratin, CZ
This vintage industrial letter N was made during the 1970s and comes from the old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,5 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Yellow Iron Letter R, 1970s
Located in Mratin, CZ
This vintage industrial letter R was made during the 1970s and comes from the old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 2 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Yellow Iron Letter N, 1970s
Located in Mratin, CZ
This vintage industrial letter A was made during the 1970s and comes from the old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 2 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Art Deco Period Steel Day Bed for Convalescing Factory Workers
Located in Stamford, CT
A very unusual and rare Art Deco period antique all steel day bed. Great flowing tubular designed supports and legs. Originally made for convalescing factory workers from a factory i...
Category
1920s Unknown Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1950’s Double Sided Modern Cabins Neon Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1950’s double sided Modern Cabins neon sign with enamel face. It has new transformer, new wiring and new neon.
Category
1950s North American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Tin Litho Windup Toy Skier Girl by Chein C1945
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous working tin Litho toy skier by the Chein toy co. C1945. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Tin Litho Windup Toy by Louis Marx "Jumpin Jeep" C 1950
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous colorful and full of unpredictable moves when fully wound. Louis Marx toy company was prolific during the mid century era producing a full array of tin windups. In excellent...
Category
1950s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Very Rare and Important 1937 Papier Mâché Masks from Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A 1937 theater Land on stage revue of the new movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Walt Disney is supposed to have helped design and consulted on the production at the time of th...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Cast Iron Hubley Scottish Terrier Door Stop
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Black and white Scottish terrier door stop by Hubley. C 1930 complete with no breaks or cracks. Has some paint loss due to age and normal use.
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early Danish Double Sided Neon Bakery Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
When we first found this neon sign our restorer was excited to work on it. He believes that the sign was a handmade and one-off being produced by a skilled metal fabricator. It was m...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Wood Framed Glass Two-Sided Electric Sign, circa 1930
Located in Surrey, BC
This is a very rare one of a kind automotive collector item.
Cantilevered cast iron sign for Brighton Garage. Two-sided, electrified sign with its lettering reverse-painted on glass...
Category
1930s Canadian Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Old Brooklyn Bayside Fuel Cobalt Blue Enamel Sign
Located in Garnerville, NY
A nice dose of Old Brooklyn. A large cobalt enamel on steel Bayside Fuel advertising sign. Formerly Astral Oil Works, the becoming Bayside Fuel circa 1937. The old terminal on Kent A...
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Enamel, Steel
1930's Neon Sign Lunches
Located in Chicago, IL
1930's Neon Sign Lunches. It has new wiring and new transformer.
Category
1930s North American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Letter N, 1950s
Located in Mratin, CZ
This vintage letter comes from the old advertising banner. It is made from dyed concrete. It weighs 6 kg.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Enamel Letter N, 1930s
Located in Mratin, CZ
This vintage industrial enameled letter N was made during the 1930s and comes from the old advertising banner.
Category
Early 20th Century European Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Oversized Industrial Aluminum Advertising Store Display Scissors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, oversized, advertising, store display, painted aluminum scissors open and close as real scissors. Makes a great, rustic, folk art piece or wall art.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Letter I, 1950s
Located in Mratin, CZ
This vintage letter I comes from the old advertising banner. It is made from dyed concrete.
Weight: 2 kg.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
1950’s Liquor Neon Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1950’s single sided Liquor neon and porcelain sign. New transformer and new wiring. It does work.
Category
1950s North American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Mounted Turnstile “To The Fun House” from Coney Island, New York
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and Historical Industrial Era Mounted Turnstile from the Fun House at Coney Island, New York, featuring original painted finishes mounted on wood plinth with label reading, “T...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Folk Art Painting On Board "To The Fun House" from Coney Island, NY
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Early 20th Century. Original condition Folk Art painting on board "To the Fun House" from Coney Island, NY depicting a young man running in shorts and tank top on white ground and mo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Cast Iron Vintage Door Stop of a Prancing Horse C1920
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous prancing horse door stop in cast iron. Great detail and patina.
Category
1920s British Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Marx Tin Litho Windup E12 Toy WW2 Tank C1950
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous tin Litho Windup Toy Tank in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Rubber treads are pliable, windup motor is strong with a working locking mechanism. Great graphic...
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Cast Iron Bulldog Doorstop C1948
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Pair of cast iron bulldog doorstops with old repaints. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, no damage or bad repairs. Chips to paint. Priced and sold individually.
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1920's Light Up Directional Service Glass Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1920's light up Directional Service glass sign. It does work.
Category
1920s North American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Wicksteed Fire Engine Child’s Fairground Rocker, Circa 1950
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Wicksteed fire engine child’s fairground rocker Circa 1950
Magnificent mid twentieth century wicksteed fire engine child’s spring rocker, England circa 1950, the fire engine bran...
Category
1950s English Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Antique Industrial Steel Ring Collection on Custom Stands '10'
Located in Stamford, CT
A collection of 10 antique industrial hollow steel rings originally found in a long closed factory in Pennsylvania. Their original purpose unknown. All mounted on black painted custo...
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large Industrial Metal Marquee Letters YOU Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 3, Large, industrial, painted metal, building signage, marquee letters YOU. The width of the letters Y and O is 24 inches and the letter U is 18 inches. Sold together as the w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early JJ Newberry Dept Store 5-10 & 25 Cents Sign Gilt Reverse Glass 192
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous double sided reverse painted with gilt lettering sign from a JJ Newberry store in my hometown of Port Jervis NY. Pair of signs available which were originally mounted over t...
Category
1920s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Antique Novelty Wire Clothing Hanger Collection '9'
Located in Stamford, CT
This is the second of two collections of 9 antique wire hangers available. These are circa 1890s-1940s. Very abstract and whimsical and easy to display. Two are signed with the store...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1940s Coney Island Amusement Park Kiddie Car Fire Engine in Original Condition
By Pinto Brothers Mfg.
Located in Savannah, GA
Produced by Pinto Bros Mfg of Coney Island, New York, this all-original 1940s firetruck was part of a circular ride at the famed Coney Island Amusement Park. Featuring lucky Number 4...
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Milk Glass London Street Sign
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous etched milk glass street sign from the City of Westminster, England.
Original Arts & Crafts style frame in excellent vintage condition.
Category
1920s English Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Milk Glass, Oak
C1950 Painted Tin Drink Pepsi Cola Sign
By Stout Sign Co.
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous blast from the past, red white & blue pepsi tin bottle cap sign by the Stout sign co. St Louis Missouri. A little faded and some rust due to age and normal wear. This item c...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Custom Framed Collection of 56 Antique Employee Photo ID Badges 1900s-1950s
Located in Stamford, CT
A museum quality framed collection of 56 antique employee photo ID badges dating from the early 1900s-early 1950s. Great facial images covering a cross section of American labor. Sev...
Category
1930s American Vintage Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Metal
"Alliance" Helmet & Jacket Sculpture by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Optician's Trade Sign, Belgium, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large antique optician's trade sign.
This iron wall sign dates circa 1920s and was used for 3 generations of Optic's Shop in Belgium in Charleroi. This Optometrist Sign is an eye-ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage English Nautical Binnacle in Tall Copper/ Brass and Mahogany Housing, Ty
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made by John Lilley & Gillie Ltd., England. A standard binnacle form in copper/brass housing with arms set with red and taupe painted iron Kelvin's balls (the taupe one with open hol...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
"W.A. Jones" Helmet & Jacket Sculpture by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Oversized Bonze Advertising Store Display Scissors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, oversized, advertising, store display, bronze scissors open and close as real scissors. Makes a great, rustic, folk art piece or wall art.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
