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Industrial Seating

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
Industrial Modern Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Industrial modern bench with a hand-hammered iron frame in a gunmetal finish with Napa off-white leather cushions. A classic bench with a unique form. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Industrial Quilted Leather Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern industrial quilted leather armchair with top-grain Cuba brown vintage leather with quilted and boxed backrest and seat cushion with oak...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Industrial Cast Iron Pedestal
Located in Buchanan, NY
An industrial stool or pedestal with a cast iron base and a turned wooden top. Add a touch of vintage industrial to your home with this incredible cast iron stool. Originally used as...
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Industrial Cast Iron Pedestal
Industrial Cast Iron Pedestal
$960 Sale Price
46% Off
Industrial armchair DUV without arms Cream leather handcrafted by Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's armchair without arms DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwo...
Category

2010s Portuguese Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Canapé Chesterfield capitonné fauve
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Canapé Chesterfield capitonné fauve
Category

1950s French Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Leather, Wood

Wooden Stool by Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Located in Vienna, AT
Oak stool with semi-circular seat, three round tapered legs. Designed by Arne Hovmand-Olsen in Denmark in the early 1960s.
Category

1950s Austrian Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Hardwood, Oak

Authentic Tolix Tabouret Blue Grey Raw Steel High-Back Counter Stools- Set (3)
Located in Chicago, IL
Authentic French Made Steel High-Back Counter Stools in a blue-wash over raw metal. We currently have just under 900-pieces of genuine French Made Tolix Dining Chairs, Counter Stools...
Category

2010s French Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal, Steel

Matching Pair of Mid Century Industrial Modern Steel & Bent Wood Side Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A funky matching pair of industrial side chairs circa 1950's. These feature painted steel frames with bent plywood seats. Overall good condition having some light scuffs. Nice warm v...
Category

1950s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Set Of Four Industrial Painted Steel Café Dining Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a set of four vintage American bent tubular steel café dining chairs. Each chair is lightweight and comprised of cold rolled "furniture" steel with a painted finish that show...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Steel

Noa Chair Blood Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
Is it possible for an inanimate object to truly embody the essence of a yogi? To possess strength and harmony simultaneously? To effortlessly stand in the face of the seemingly impos...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Seating

Materials

Sheet Metal

Industrial Wabi Sabi Primitive Chairs, France, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Unique dining chairs, crafted from steel that embody the industrial and primitive aesthetic that has become increasingly sought after. Originating from the north of France, these pie...
Category

1950s French Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Design Stool Adjustable in Height Italian Production of the 40s
Located in bari, IT
Italian Industrial archeology technical stool from the 1940s. The stool can be adjusted in height by +/- 5 cm in reference to the standard hei...
Category

1940s Italian Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Walnut

Industrial Adjustable Brushed Steel Drafting Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, drafting stool features a brushed steel frame and back with a 14 inch round, swivel, maple seat that is height adjustable from 27.5 - 31 inches.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Vintage Adjustable All-Wood Piano Stool, Italy
Located in Praha, CZ
Stable whole wooden vintage stool with original patina. The hight is adjustable. The upper part has a diameter of 30 cm. The widest part at the ground is 39 cm. 61 cm is the maximum ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Seating

Materials

Wood

Custom Made Cronos Foot Stool in Steel Structure and Luxe Ivory Bouclé
Located in London, GB
Introducing the Cronos II footstool, a symbol of metal furniture's fortitude. Paying homage to a titan of Greek mythology, this elevated seat projects an aura of strength, splendor, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Roberts Bar Stool with Wood Inlay Walnut Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Vintage Dutch Cognac Colored Leather Club Chair
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This cognac-colored leather club chair comes from the Netherlands. It is upholstered with cognac-colored leather and features metal rivets and wooden legs.
Category

1970s Dutch Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Leather

Curva ArmChair and Stool by Estúdio Few
Located in Mesquita, BR
Useful as an armchair, stylish as a lounge chair. It was designed for a super relaxed, well-inclined posture. The Curva Armchair by Estudio Few works both ...
Category

2010s Brazilian Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Antique English Factory Stools c. 1900 a Pair
Located in Newtown, CT
Antique Pair of English Factory Stools. One signed Tagg and Co. Engineers New Castle, the other unsigned. Stool height is 17" and the seat width is 13.5". At one time these could ...
Category

Early 20th Century English Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Industrial Metal Machine Age Shop Stools from Schrade Knife Factory in NY
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Fantastic set of six industrial metal stools from schrade knife factory in Ellenville NY.
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Boeing B-52 Bombardier's Ejection Seat For Lower Deck
By Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is an ejection seat from a Boeing B-52 that is set up for training. The tag on the seat indicates that it was the Bombardier's seat which is a downward ejecting seat located on ...
Category

1950s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Pair of Midcentury Industrial Stools, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Midcentury industrial stools with a red and yellow wooden seat and a black metal base. Very much in the style of Belgian designed Willy Vandermeeren. ...
Category

1950s Belgian Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Pipe Chair - Modern Industrial Aluminum Silver Frame Chair with Colorful Webbing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Assembled from aluminum piping and steel connectors, the tubular frame provides a sturdy structure versatile for indoor and outdoor use. The customizable webbing seat allows for a pe...
Category

2010s Korean Industrial Seating

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Industrial Adjustable Drafting Spring Stools by American Cabinet Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial drafting stool designed by Charles E. Miller for American Cabinet Co. features an adjustable height, steel, spring suspension base with ori...
Category

Early 20th Century North American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Industrial Adjustable Stool
Located in New York, NY
Unusual example of Industrial furniture, this stool is adjustable in height (Highest Position 37.5 x Lowest Position 30.25 inches) it also has adjustments for the height of the backr...
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Wrought Iron

Set of 2 German Duktus Kitchen or Barstools from Bulthaup
Located in Hamburg, DE
Kitchen stool from the Duktus series of Bulthaup. This is no longer produced and elements from the series are correspondingly rare. The stools are very stable and high quality proce...
Category

20th Century German Industrial Seating

Materials

Wood

Vintage Pair of Slatted Oak Benches Made by Falcon, Circa 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing pair of vintage chairs. They have heavy cast iron frames with solid oak slats attached. The cast has Manufactures name impressed in each leg. Each of 23 oak slats are attache...
Category

1950s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Roberts Bar Stool Walnut Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Pair of Distressed French Leather Club Chairs c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Sold as a pair only. Original sheep hide leather club chairs with burnished rivets trimming the back. Carved wooden feet and rolled arms. CREATOR Unknown. Paris, Franc...
Category

Early 20th Century French Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Custom Industrial Leather Gymnasium Pommel Horse Bench
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom, industrial, gymnasium pommel horse bench features a mid 20th century pommel horse newly covered in supple, russet leather paired with antique cast iron factory pedestal legs....
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Blackened Iron Belt Strap and Canvas Bench
Located in North Miami, FL
This industrial style bench with clean lines is topped by a cognac leather piping seat cushion and two cognac leather belt straps to keep it in place. This...
Category

2010s American Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Vintage Kreuzschwinger Chair by Till Behrens for Schlubach
Located in Hamburg, DE
This is an original Till Behrens Kreuzschwinger chair or armchair in a rare version with woven braid and armrest. It is an elegant design classic, the further development of the cant...
Category

20th Century German Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Award-Winning Kartell 4870 Stackable Chairs, Anna Castelli Design, 1980s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Pair of award-winning stackable chairs Kartell 4870, designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell in 1986. This beautiful model was awarded with the ‘Compasso D’Oro’ 1987. The des...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Plastic

Pentágono Airmchair by Estúdio Few
Located in Mesquita, BR
It's an armchair of sculptural quality. Besides being comfortable, it was designed to play a prominent role in the decor. On a perfect pentagon base, the armchair emerges with a tangle of angles that create new shapes with every change of perspective, a design that never gets old. The loose fabric seat molds to the body, as if we were in a hammock. Structure in carbon steel, powder coated finish and natural leather. This piece was design by Bernardo Senna in 2022 and manufactered by Estudio Few...
Category

2010s Brazilian Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Pentágono Airmchair by Estúdio Few
Pentágono Airmchair by Estúdio Few
$1,664 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Antique Industrial Aluminum Rolling Desk Chair by General Fireproofing Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique industrial aluminum rolling desk chair by General Fireproofing co. Amazing patina, surface and finish, curved aluminum slat back for optimum ...
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Aluminum

Roberts Counter Stool with Wood Inlay Maple Prairie Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Hand Dyed Brown Leather Aviator Hammered Metal Swivel Captains Armchairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this hand dyed vintage heritage brown leather aviator office chairs with aluminium riveted frames These are the ever popular aviator chairs...
Category

20th Century English Industrial Seating

Materials

Chrome

1940s Metal Medical Industrial Stool
Located in Newfoundland, PA
1940s metal swivel medical stool. Wonderful addition to your Industrial or Mid-Century Modern space. Measuring seat diameter 13-3/4 inches base 13-1/8 inc...
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Vintage Industrial Round Butcher Block Wood 18" Cast Iron Pedestal Base Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Industrial Round Butcher Block Wood 18" Cast Iron Pedestal Base Stool. Item features a solid wood "butcher block" round seat, round metal heavy base, very nice vintage item, ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Industrial "Sit Wel" Office Desk Task Chair By Remington Rand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage industrial office task chair was manufactured as a stenographer's chair by the office supply and typewriter company Remington Rand. The chair model is called the "Sit We...
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

1930s Rare Children Wooden Folding Chairs
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1930. We offer this beautiful folding children chairs made in plywood and iron structure. Fantastic utilitarian chairs that cleverly fold down so you can store them tidily away...
Category

1930s American Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Industrial Style Molded Plywood Seats Industrial Drafting Stools MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Industrial Style Molded Plywood Seats Industrial Drafting Stools MINT! Adjustable Seat Height: 24"-29"
Category

20th Century Unknown Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Vintage swivel office chair Kovona, Czechoslovakia 1970´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This vintage desk chair was made by Kovona company in the 1970s. Fully functional, adjustable, rotatable. It’s made of iron and beech wood. In good vintage condition, showing slight ...
Category

Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Pair of 1960s Italian iron and leatherette armchairs
Located in Premariacco, IT
Pair of 1960s Italian industrial vintage style armchairs with iron frame and black/bordeaux leatherette upholstery. They are in excellent condition as shown in the photos.
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Swivel Counter Stool w/ Turned Seat in Walnut and Blackened Steel, Made to Order
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A custom counter stool with a turned walnut seat on a patinated steel base. A custom counter stool with a turned walnut seat on a patinated steel base.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Roberts Bar Stool with Wood Inlay Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Bar Stools Industrial Style Wood and Iron Mid-Century Spain
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Industrial stools If you are interested, but have any questions regarding this article, contact me and I will be happy to answer your questions as soon as possible. Pair of industri...
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Industrial Seating

Materials

Wrought Iron

Industrial bar stools with whale back, 1990s, set of 5
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Set of 5 industrial barstools with Whale back. Seating height 75 cm Back height 107 cm wide 50 cm depth 47 cm Industrial barstools in good condit...
Category

1990s European Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Roberts Counter Stool with Wood Inlay Walnut Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Madison Hairpin Counter Stool Walnut Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A well-designed piece of furniture blurs the line between functionality and art. The Madison stool is a geometrical masterpiece testing the boundary of what we think is possible with...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Roberts Counter Stool Walnut Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Pair of Industrial Height Adjustable Toledo Shop Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Industrial shop stool by Toledo Metal Furniture Co. feature stained pine seats and painted steel frames. The seat diameter is 14 inches and the foot print is 20 inches. The s...
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Pair of Industrial Swivel Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of Industrial stools featuring a slatted back, sturdy black iron legs and upholstered swivel seating. (Please confirm item location - N...
Category

1960s Vintage Industrial Seating

Constantine Armless Dining Chair with Upholstered Back and Seat, by Mark Zeff
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Constantine armless dining chair from Blackbarn Bronze Age collection by Mark Zeff, cerused oak frame with antique brass details and upholstered back and seat. Bronze Age collection...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Brass

Industrial Stool Tolix style
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Industrial Stool Tolix style Wear consistent with age and use Minimalist - Seating - Metal Stool Measures : Base : 30cmx30cm - seat : 26cmx26cm H:46,5cm
Category

Late 20th Century Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Green Industrial Iron Workshop Swivel Stool, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial three-legged height adjustable workshop stool made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. Measures: Min.- Max. seat height: 40 cm - 57 cm. Seat diameter: 34 cm. Weight...
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Seating

Materials

Iron

Pair of Large Designer Thomas Bernstrand Honken Bla Station Armchairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare pair of Thomas Bernstrand and Lindau Borselius designed 2015/2016 Honken armchairs for station RRP €8,800 A very good looking and well made suite, they are an absolute masterpiece of contemporary design, the brown leather seat and back cushions are thick hide, lightly filled and do the job very well, the oak writing slope...
Category

20th Century Swedish Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Vintage wrought iron bar stools, 1970s - set of 4
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage brutalist bar stools with elegant wrought iron bases and wooden seats and backrests. These bar stools are very robuste and have a nice look to them. 1970s - Germany Dimens...
Category

1970s German Vintage Industrial Seating

Materials

Wrought Iron

Natural Oak and Steel Buell Stool
Located in New York City, NY
Each Buell stool is handcrafted and made locally in New York. Its simple yet sleek construction consists of a steel frame with a dark bronze patinated fin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Seating

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 industrial Resort Chairs by Friso Kramer for Ahrend de Cirkel, 1960s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
the comfortable office.dutch designer friso kramer presented an impressive range of modern furniture in the 50’s. you may know the „revolt“ and „result“ series – and this is the more...
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Seating

Materials

Metal

Industrial seating for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Industrial seating 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 seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Industrial seating 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 seating, popular names associated with this style include Zieta, Gispen Culemborg, Paulo Kobylka, and Willem H. Gispen. 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $78 and tops out at $48,500 while the average work can sell for $1,300.

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