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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Biedermeier Sewing Stand, Cherry Wood, South Germany, circa 1825
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Sewing Stand, Cherry Wood, South Germany circa 1825
Rare, very fine Biedermeier sewing stand. Cherry wood veneered and solid, han...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Velvet, Cherry, Softwood
Fabulous 19th Century Ladies Work Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous 19th century fruitwood ladies work table with a gorgeously rich patina. The moulded top of rectangular form, surmounted with 3/4 gallery r...
Category
19th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Patisserie Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century French iron patisserie table with a decorative base in the shape of a lyre. This piece features a time worn patina, an original marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Rustic French Poplar Serving or Work Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A well worn poplar serving or work table with lots of interesting wear and naturalistic grain and knotholes. The natural curves of the poplar planks give this piece a truly organic c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Poplar
French Provincial Work Table, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
French Provincial fruitwood work table or console table, 19th c., rectangular top, over two drawers to front and side, rising on tapered legs.
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Pennsylvania Dutch Farmhouse Harvest Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large, rustic 19th century Pennsylvania Dutch American farmhouse table, harvest table, or work table. Features a nearly 10 foot long plank top...
Category
19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Ebonised Fruitwood Parisian Boulangerie Counters, Kitchen Island
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1860
Pair of matching ebonised fruitwood Parisian Boulangerie counters, matching with a single drawer and shelves. Breadboard ends to the tops.
Would make an excellent Kitc...
Category
1860s French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
A Gorgeous 19th Century Fruitwood Work or Side Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A gorgeous 19th Century fruitwood work or side table. The moulded and shaped top with galleried rail raised above frieze with single drawer opening to reveal lined and fitted interio...
Category
19th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Derbyshire Dales Sheep Shearing Table
Located in Alton, GB
An original Victorian oak sheep shearing bench. This antique sheep shearing bench has a lovely, natural colour to the panels with four stable leg...
Category
19th Century British Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Georgian Pine Bleached Country House Storage Chest / Counter Island
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1820.
Georgian pine bleached country house storage chest / counter Island.
sku 1310.
Measures: W122 x D54 x H80 cm.
Category
19th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
19thC English Painted Prep Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
19thC English painted pine prep table
Measures: W 108 x D 77 x H 83cm.
Category
1870s English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
A Striking Sheraton Revival Satinwood Work Table, England Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very elegant & striking satinwood work table / side table, showing a richly figured 'fiddle grained' oval top inlaid with a crossbanded border and kingwood banding, opening to a cr...
Category
Late 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century French Pine Drapers Table Store Display
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic 19th century French drapers table or store display table featuring 10 work drawers. This large table was used in cloth merchant shops for...
Category
19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
English Satinwood & Ebony Inlaid Compartmentalized Ladies Dressing Table, C 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Satinwood ladies dressing table with flanking inlaid bell flower and foliage hinged lids revealing a compartmentalized interior with ebony string inlay, original adjustable m...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Crystal
A Fine Regency Satinwood and Calamander Work Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular overhanging top with broad calamander banding, over one frieze drawer fitted with chased brass knobs, set between recessed retangular panels above an ebonized beaded ...
Category
1810s Regency Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Collapsable Wood & Iron Table from a Shoemaker's Shop
Located in Chicago, IL
Truly cool collapsable wood and iron table in the shape of a shoe. From a shoemaker's shop in Buenos Aires. Wonderfull patina and form.
Category
1880s Argentine Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
19th Century Grand Scale Italian Work Table, Etabli
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sensational grand scale Etable - Work Table from Northern Italy. Soundly constructed from beech with its vice. Wonderful as a kitchen island or as a potting table.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Beech
French Green Marble Top Baker's Table
Located in New York, NY
French green marble top baker's table. 19th century scrolling metal trestle form base with center medallions and acorn stretcher finials all supportin...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
English 19th Century Oak Drop Leaves Draper's Table with Brass Measuring Tape
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English oak draper's table from the 19th century, with brass measuring tape and drop leaves. Created in England during the 19th century, this oak table features a rectangular top with inlaid brass measuring tape flanked with two drop leaves (the top measuring 45"W with the leaves down). The apron showcases two drawers with scalloped hardware...
Category
19th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
19thC Welsh Pine Post Office Sorting Counter /Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
19thC Welsh Pine Post Office Sorting Counter/ Table with original cast iron foot brackets in place.
Provenance: Post Office - Abers...
Category
1870s English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique French Work Table or Server with Marble Top
Located in Sheffield, MA
The wonderfully sturdy rustic French country Provincial style worktable or serving console table is constructed of slotted framing to hold a veined marble top having beveled edges wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid 19th Century English Victorian Octagon Sewing Table
Located in Forney, TX
An English Victorian carved oak sewing table from the mid 19th century. Having an octagonal hinged top with foliate carved border, opening to fitted compartmentalized interior, divid...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fabric, Oak
18th Century Georgian Artist's Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A small early English artist's table with a flip top work surface and pull out side shelf. Wonderful dark oak with good grain and patina. Sturdy and would also work as a side, end or...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Work Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian burr walnut inlaid work table having a quality burr walnut pretty inlaid shaped lift up top opening to reveal a fantastic fitted interior with storage compa...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Primitive Wooden Carpenters Shaving Shave Horse Long Work Bench Clamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Primitive wooden carpenters shaving shave horse long work bench clamp. Has not been tested for use. Circa 19th century or earlier. Mea...
Category
19th Century Primitive Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine
French 19th Century Butcher's Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful later 19th century Butcher's Table from the South of France. Beautifully constructed in the Papillon style - butterfly - with a cast iron base and its original marble top...
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
French 1890s Patisserie Table with Painted Iron Scrolling Base and Stone Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique French patisserie table from the late 19th century with recently added stone top and painted iron scrolling base on casters....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Stone, Iron
Antique Industrial Apothecary Prep Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique, industrial, zinc covered, cast iron, apothecary prep table features an enameled cast iron lower shelf at 11 inches height.
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Large Antique Painted Prep or Draper's Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
A fabulous prep or draper's table, newly painted for a distressed look. The top has been bleached for a clean appearance. The two wide drawers open and close easily and snugly. This ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Canadian Pine Work Table
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century French Canadian yellow pine country work table with one large deep dovetailed / chamfered central drawer, overhanging one board top / cabrio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Canadian Country Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Fine Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Work Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique Victorian burr walnut work table having a marvelous burr walnut top, a single drawer to the side and a half moon shaped sewing drawer covered in a pretty pink floral mat...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Oak Carpenter Press Table with Five-Bottle Storage Rack
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique table was crafted in the Poitou region of France, circa 1880. The rustic, oak piece decorated with the word "Sauternes" across the front, has a very thick top and featur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Victorian Iron Washstand with Wash Bowl and Pitchers Set, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare Victorian era French iron washstand and wash bowl with pitcher sets.
Set made off of a metal washstand and very good condition, a large wash bowl...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Early Rustic Folding Table Possibly Use for Paper Hanging
Located in Sheffield, MA
An early rustic folding table used by tradesman possibly for paper hanging. Table folds up making it easy to transport to projects.
Use this tab...
Category
19th Century American Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Early Victorian Flame Mahogany Work Side Sewing Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality early Victorian C1840 flame mahogany work side sewing table box.
This is a lovely item, that is full of age, charm and character.
An attractive, rare and v...
Category
1840s Early Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Work or Dining Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish work or dining table in folk art from the early 19th century, around 1820. The table is a Swedish antique, genuine and honest with a solid frame and simple design. The propor...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Yellow Garden Table with Natural Patina on Iron Trestle Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th-century French yellow garden table with a rectangular top, natural patina and iron trestle base. A romantic addition to any garden, patio...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal, Iron
Early 19th Century William IV Rosewood Chess Top Sewing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality early 19th century antique freestanding William IV rosewood chess top sewing table having a quality rosewood inlaid chess top, one long drawer to the...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Other
Antique Victorian circa 1860 Burr Walnut Work Side Sewing Table Box
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Victorian circa 1860 burr walnut work side sewing table box
This is a lovely item, that is full of age, charm and character.
An attractive, rare and versatile piece wit...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian C1880 Inlaid Burl Walnut Amboyna Work Side Sewing Table Box
Located in Miami, FL
Antique fine quality Victorian C1880 inlaid burl walnut and amboyna work side sewing table box. 19th Century Aesthetic period styling. This is a lovely item, that is full of age, cha...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rustic Antique Wood Farm Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rarely seen dynamic form in original distressed condition with great all over age and use patina. In an overall weathered finish to a pale gray tone, with some mortise and tenon co...
Category
19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
19thC French Printers Cabinet / Counter
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1890
19thC French Fruitwood Printers Cabinet / Counter with adjustable shelves
W187 x D57 x H103 cm.
Category
1890s French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Large 18th Century Swedish Rustic and Primitive Pine Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Large Swedish pine table from the late 1700s. The table is rustic and primitive with clean and lightly patinated surfaces on both the table top and X-base. The table top consists of ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
19thC English Butchers Bench Work Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1890.
19thC English butchers bench work table
Solid beech top with pine pegged tapered front & stout block rear legs. Sourced from a butchers...
Category
1890s English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Beech, Pine
19thC French Fruitwood Drapers Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1900.
19thc French fruitwood drapers table
Could be raised as a kitchen counter/island with castors
Sourced from the South of France
Measures: W200 x D58 x H7...
Category
1890s French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Distressed Country Farmhouse Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A heavily worn and distressed hand painted yellow faux wood grain farmhouse kitchen work table.
Hand-crafted of solid wood, richly det...
Category
19th Century Country Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century European Table Top Cabinet with Great Storage
Located in Atlanta, GA
A European workbench or table from the late 19th century with contemporary additions. This antique farmhouse style table from Europe features a rect...
Category
19th Century European Primitive Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
19thC English Country House Pine Farmhouse/Prep Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1870.
19thC English Country House pine farmhouse/prep table with 3 wide plank top, H stretcher and large drawer to one end.
Sourced from Somerset
Measures: W 272.5 x D 87....
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Late 18th Early 19th Century Tavern Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine late 18th-early 19th century tavern/work table with strongly turned legs, ball feet, breadboard plank top and bottom H-form stretcher. The table has a long drawer on one end w...
Category
Late 18th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century American Classical Sewing Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fine and rare, beautifully restored American Classical period sewing stand work table in mahogany and rosewood.
Elegantly sophisticated, this scarce antique is a wonderful example of high quality early 19th century American craftsmanship. Exhibiting fine detail throughout, the exquisitely handcrafted work table features a hinged shaped top with rounded corners, curved concave front, stunning highly figured matched rosewood inlay complimented by mahogany cross banded edge, set over a conforming shaped case. Lifting the top opens to reveal a fitted interior divided into eight compartments, including a hinged lid with built-in flip-up pin cushion, various size shaped lids are finished in mahogany accented by contrasting satinwood string banded border, a faux drawer front with contrasting mother-of-pearl escutcheon rests above a single frieze drawer with hand carved dovetail joinery and original turned wooden pull. Below, a perfectly proportioned carved, turned and fluted solid mahogany central pedestal rises from a shaped platform base, in true Empire fashion, the base is further raised on ornately carved paw feet.
Beautiful, rich antique mahogany color...
Category
Early 19th Century American Classical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Primitive 19th Century European Country Pig Bench / Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A primitive handmade 19th century rustic European countryside pig bench - work table. Hand carved and painted green, with stunning extra thick natural live edge rough-hewn shaped woo...
Category
19th Century European Primitive Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
George 111 Mahogany Work / Writing Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
An excellent early Georgian Mahogany Writing / Work Table dating around 1780-1800. A fine example of a Writing Table of this period in very good condition. There is a drawer on eithe...
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish 18th Century Work Table, Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome 18th century Etabli - Work Table from Spain. Soundly constructed from chestnut and pine with slightly splayed legs. Wonderful character. The top is 9" deep.
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Chestnut, Pine
Old 19th Century Winegrower's Table in Pine, Disassembles into Two Parts
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old 19th century winegrower's table in pine;
disassembles into two parts.
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
English Regency Mahogany Leather Reading Table with Flanking Candle Slides 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany satinwood and ebony inlaid one drawer reading table with a ratcheted leather top, cross banded tulip wood, flanking candle slides...
Category
1790s English Regency Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Black Japanned Work Table
Located in New York, NY
With gilt chinoiserie decoration of court figures in a mountainous landscape on a black ground; the hinged rectangular top with canted corner opening to a paper-lined interior; raise...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Sheraton Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Oak Workbench
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A lovely, all-oak workbench, entirely assembled with wooden keys - not a single nail has been used.
Comes apart completely.
Width measurement is fo...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
French Sewing Table, Manner of Alphonse Giroux Paris, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
French Sewing Table, manner of Alphonse Giroux, Paris, 19th century.
This pretty small sewing table has a beautiful birds eye maple veneer and its...
Category
1880s French Neoclassical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Antique and Vintage Industrial Tables and Work Tables
From drafting tables to preparation tables to kitchen islands and more, the collection of antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables on 1stDibs features a wide range of robust furnishings that fit seamlessly into modern interiors.
Work tables, just like most tables, have evolved considerably over the years.
More than 1,000 years before iconic American furniture brand Herman Miller would help shape the way we work — and later, how we live at home — monks who lived and worked in medieval-era monasteries stood at what you might call crude writing desks, translating religious texts and copying them by hand.
While those who practiced the art of handwritten letters definitely needed a suitable writing desk, the world wouldn’t see proper roll-top desks and the like until the 19th century. Owing to the work of architects such as Antoni Gaudí, these monastery “desks” were essentially work tables. (Chairs, much less actual desk chairs, weren’t a part of the workspace until the Renaissance.) It was a far cry from the cozy home office that affords many of us the opportunity to work remotely today.
Near the end of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution brought with it the founding of mills and factories, and hand production methods gave way to machinery and mass production. Factory workers needed sturdy industrial tables to perform tasks that required precision and to support the manufacturing industry. Spare work tables — durable and easy to clean — were constructed of metal and wood and became essential on assembly lines and in packing facilities. Today, industrial-style furniture celebrates the past even as it suggests vigor, productivity and brawn.
Aside from how well antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables will fit in your industrial-style interior — think raw brick walls, exposed steel beams and oak floors — these furnishings have practical uses. They’re a must-have item for a number of creative endeavors: They’re an ideal food-prep surface in your kitchen or an efficient work surface for any kind of hands-on workshop or painting and drawing studio. With some creativity, you can turn a vintage wood industrial table or work table into a desk, dining room table or coffee table.
At 1stDibs, we love the industrial-style furniture trend, and here you can find a wide range of antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables as well as other furnishings that will look wonderful in your heavenly loft space.
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