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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
A Rustic Farmhouse Chopping Block Table
Located in Sherborne, GB
A great 20th century heavy topped block table, it looks like it has come from an industrial setting. Nautical Rope maker? Net fixer? I bought it by the coast! It would be great in li...
Category
1950s English Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Beech
19th century rosewood worktable
Located in Altrincham, GB
19th century rosewood worktable, the top with canted corners and inverted bowfront opening to reveal a fitted interior with lidded compartments ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood, Satinwood
Spanish Colonial Sabino Wood Work Table
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rugged, and sturdy wood work table with wonderful age worn patina, single drawer, Spanish Colonial. Mexico, circa early 19th century.
Category
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Smaller Scale French Work Bench
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Can there be such a thing as a pretty work bench? I think so.
This is lovely rare small scale antique French work bench with beautiful old faded blue paint residue. It retains its 2...
Category
19th Century French Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Iron Base Table with Pine Top
Located in Round Top, TX
Fantastic six leg iron base table with wonderful pine top. Very cool, great design.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
1950s French Enamel Bistro Table French Bistro Table a great fun piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
1950s French Enamel Bistro Table
French Bistro Table a great fun piece would work well in the Garden, the table has iron legs and it is in good u...
Category
1950s French Provincial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Dutch Bleached Cherry Kitchen Table / Butcher Table
Located in Carmine, TX
Kitchen table handmade in the Netherlands in the early 1800s using Cherry and pegged construction. This is a very well-built table that was meant to be used and abused and it has hel...
Category
1820s Dutch Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Cherry
19th Century Sewing or Side Table Made of Walnut
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful sewing or side table made of walnut, solid and veneer with ribbon inlays. The table dates back to the time of Altdeutscher Stil period, circa 1870. In very good restored co...
Category
Late 19th Century German High Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine, Walnut
Rustic Antique American Farmhouse Weathered Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A one-of-a-kind rustic antique American country work table in original plum - wine paint finish with heavily worn distressed patina!
Full of antique character and unique folky charm, featuring primitve hand-crafted farmhouse craftsmanship and solid wooden construction, having a plank boarded top, simple wide apron with pegged detail, rising on distinctive spool-turned Jenny Lind legs terminating in tapering ring-turned feet.
This rustic folk art table most likely originating in the Southern United States, handmade during the early/mid-19th century by a farmer, not a formally trained carpenter or furniture maker, adding to the overall antique character, elegant warmth, and rich historical depth.
Dimensions: (approx)
33" High, 64" Wide, 31" Deep
Provenance / Acquisition:
Acquired from reputable auction house Bright Star Antiques Co., Sulfur Springs, Texas. May 2022 Session 1.5 catalog. Founded on generations of experience in rare antiques and furnishings, Bright Star has been specializing in rare American country antiques and architectural elements for over 25 years.
Condition:
Beautiful age, weathered patina and attractive faded mellow coloring. Heavily worn, naturally distressed, chippy paint, losses, warping, slight wobble, substantial wear and tear consistent with age and use. Not overly strong or sturdy, but certainly functional and delivered ready for immediate use.
Jenny Lind’s Legs?
Johanna Maria Lind (Sweden; 1820–1887) spent many nights in the U.S. during her wildly popular concert tour, presenting an opportunity for furniture makers to claim that P.T. Barnum’s Swedish Nightingale rested in one of their beds. Celebrity endorsements—sanctioned or not—had been found to boost sales, and 19th-century entrepreneurs had little aversion to stretching the truth. By the time she returned to Europe, Jenny Lind’s name or likeness had been affixed to riding hats, cigars, dolls, perfume, and more. Still, the association between spool-turned beds and the name “Jenny Lind” appears to be a 20th-century phenomenon, likely an attempt to conjure a connection to simpler times after the fact.
Several bits of folklore connect the opera star with specific beds. The most widespread asserts that Philadelphia furniture manufacturer George J. Henkels placed a special bed—actually, a carved Rococo piece with a side canopy—in Lind’s hotel, and later gave it to her as a gift or, in a divergent ending, vowed to name it after her. A second story centers on a common, early 19th-century mahogany spool bed...
Category
Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
American Walnut Two Tier One-Drawer Server, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American walnut two-tier server with carved scalloped skirt, one-drawer with original wooden knobs, and terminating on turned bulbous legs, Early 19th Century.
Category
1820s American American Colonial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
19th Century Sculptur Table Academy of Fine Arts Berlin Rotating Oak
Located in Epfach, DE
Rare sculptor's table or base for heavy objects, previously intended for marble and stone objects, a special statement due to the solid oak finish
The plate of the object is mounted...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Elegant George III Mahogany Pembroke Sewing Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An elegant George III mahogany Pembroke sewing table, of typical form with two shaped flaps on either side of a central drawer and pleated silk w...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Sewing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Decent Biedermeier sewing table, circa 1825.
Mahogany on solid softwood. Straight, two-handed frame box on a telescopic column on saber-shape...
Category
19th Century European Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Softwood
Extra Long French Architectural Iron Base Table w/ Distressed Wood Top
Located in North Miami, FL
Not sure what we love MORE, the wonderful and intricate iron base OR the aged and worn wood top on this industrial dining table/ work table. It is LONG and it is FABULOUS.
NOTE: ...
Category
1950s French Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Painted Work Table with Red Base, France, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Painted work table with deeply patinated top and charming red base. Trestle base has double stretchers with original wood joint pegs. Three plank pine top shows varying degrees of ...
Category
19th Century French Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Regency Mahogany Sewing Table
Located in King's Lynn, GB
Here we have a Regency (1811-1830) mahogany sewing table. Featuring two drawers to the frieze, one either side and a fabric lined basket, which also slides open. The base, with gadro...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
1950s Central European Wooden Patinated Bakery Table
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden bakery table from Central Europe, circa 1950. A square, black painted frame supports a worktop of natural wood. Wooden panels on three sides of the tabletop create an enclos...
Category
1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Populaire Workbench or Counter, France, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art populaire workbench, a timeless piece steeped in history and character, featuring three spacious drawers and the versatility to serve as a sideboard, counter, or workbench. Its a...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Primitive mortuary Table Industrial Workbench Brutalist
Located in Cookeville, TN
Large Brutalist carpenters bench or work table with patina due to age in all the right places. Past History as Mortuary Table Circa 1800's.
This is quite simply one of the most inte...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
8' Rustic American Chestnut Trestle Work (Console) Table Deep Patina
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
8' Rustic American Chestnut Trestle Work (Console) Table with Deep Patina
United States, Early to Mid-20th Century
A striking and authentic 8-foot rustic American trestle table, ric...
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Chestnut, Pine
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
1900s Swedish slatted & turned wood flower display stand in the style of Eiffel
Located in London, GB
This lovely Swedish flower and plant display stand is from the early 1900s.
It is in three slatted beech tiered sections and turned wood cross supports reminiscent of the style of Ei...
Category
1890s Swedish Other Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century French Cheese Display Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century French cheese display table.
The base is painted metal and the large top is made of porcelain. This would be an ideal kitchen island, folding table in a utility or back ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Counter 19th Century from Germany
Located in Udenhout, NL
Antique counter from the 19th century from the brand
Kanterbräu. This is a very unique item.
Category
1890s German Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Massive Spanish 19th Century Shop Counter
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This massive Spanish 19th century shop counter is over 14 feet long (14’-5 ¼”long). The top of this table is made of four wide plank solid walnut boards that boast incredible patina ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Other Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Dutch Art Studio Console or Table
Located in North Miami, FL
Beautifully distressed and patinated in hues of greys, blues and reds; after years of art making and artistic work this magnificent antique Dutch working art...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
American Mahogany Two-Drawer Work Table, Boston, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany two-drawer work table with fitted interior, out set corners supported by turned ringed columns, terminating on a bulbous turned pedestal with reeded splayed legs an...
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Sewing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sewing table, the well-figured top with lift-up ends above two frieze drawers with knob hands to the upholstered pull-out sewing box. Raised up on turned ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
A.R.P. Writing Desk Edition Minvielle France, 1955
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare and collectible desk designed by A.R.P. (Atelier de Recherches Plastiques) and manufactured by Minvielle, France 1955. Studio A.R.P. was an association between three talented de...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
1950s Industrial Work Table from Czechia
Located in High Point, NC
This work table built in Czechia circa 1950 is divided in two identical sections equipped with deep wooden drawers: their coarse metal handles mirror the iron A-shaped legs that supp...
Category
1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Monumental Pine Display Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Monumental 19th C pine display table. Originally a work table from an armoury. 1860
Reference: 7945
Dimensions
150.5 inches (382 cms) Wide
29 inches (...
Category
19th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century French Oak Carpenter Press Table with Eight-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 "Provence" across the front, has a very thick top and feature...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century English Dairy Skimming Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century unusual English dairy skimming table with zinc top and original brass drain plug. The table was used to skim the cream from the top of milk in early dairies. These are f...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Antique Victorian Irish Killarney Work Arbutus Marquetry Inlaid Work Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
An exceptional quality Irish Killarney ware arbutus work table inlaid throughout with shamrocks, thistles and roses. The shaped octagonal top with radia...
Category
Mid-19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Writing Sewing Stand in Bird's-Eye Maple Veneer
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French writing sewing stand made of bird's eye maple veneer, circa 1830 top lifts to reveal original mirror frame and moving compartments. Very good condition for its ag...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Collapsable Wood & Iron Table from a Shoemaker's Shop
Located in Round Top, TX
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
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
American Empire Crotched Mahogany Swivel Fold Top Work Table, Circa 1830s
Located in Germantown, MD
An Empire Mahogany Work Table, dating from the early 19th century. Key features include:
Material: Constructed from solid and
flame mahogany veneer, showcasing expert book-matchin...
Category
Early 19th Century American American Empire Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French side table with chinoiserie decorated with Chinese lacquer from 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
French coffee table with chinoiserie
French side table with chinoiserie, finely decorated with Chinese lacquer, in the interior compartment divided into small spaces and small drawe...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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
19th Century Biedermeier Sewing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Highly interesting Biedermeier sewing table, circa 1820.
Mahogany on solid beechwood. On strongly curved cross-legged legs, joined by a slightly in...
Category
19th Century Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech, Mahogany
19th Century French Black Wooden Working Table with Brass Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century work table in blackened wood inlaid with brass fillet, the lid reveals a tray with three compartments and a niche, it opens with a belt pocket. Curved legs, trim
brass ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine antique Victorian quality rosewood marquetry inlaid work table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine antique Victorian quality rosewood marquetry inlaid work table, having a quality rosewood serpentine shaped marquetry inlaid brass edge, a lift up top opening to reveal a bevell...
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Brown painted workbench with shelf and drawers
Located in Beerse, VAN
Reddish brown painted workbench in original and untouched condition. The paint is from a later date but has gained, just as the top, a beautiful patina througout the years. The table...
Category
1950s Belgian Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Tavolo da Lavoro in Larice Metà XX Secolo
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolo da lavoro, realizzato in legno di larice con quattro gambe tornite raccordate da fascia sotto piano e in basso appena sopra il piedino tornito. Su queste fasce poggiano due pi...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble
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
French Industrial Table in Wood with Iron Reinforcements
Located in Marbella, ES
French Industrial Table in Wood with Iron Reinforcements.
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
19th Century General Store Table
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Store table from Rooker's General store in Gadsen, TN. Rooker's opened for business in 1862. These tables were used for displaying wallpaper rolls. Perfect...
Category
19th Century American Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
American Sheraton Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple Sewing Stand, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Sheraton mahogany and bird's eye maple one drawer sewing stand with original knobs, outset rounded corners, and terminating on turned bulbous tapered legs. Early 19th Century.
Category
1810s American Sheraton Antique Industrial and Work Tables
English 19th Century Painted Work Table-Chest
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century English industrial work table or workbench has plenty of storage. Oak planks of the top surface show tactile patina throughout, marks left by the labors of those wh...
Category
19th Century English Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century Louis Philippe Cherrywood Sewing or Side Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful sewing or side table made of cherrywood veneer on spruce body. The table dates back to the time of Louis Philippe period / late Biedermeier, more specifically from the time...
Category
Early 19th Century German Louis Philippe Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Cherry
English Victorian Papier Mache Pearl Inlaid Black Lacquered Vanity
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (circa 1860) black lacquered & decorated pearl inlaid papier mache ladies' bureau/work table with filigree pediment and hidden ga...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
A beutiful satinwood birch and ebony Bieder
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century German Biedermeier satinwood birch work table
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Birch, Ebony, Satinwood
Large Workbench, circa 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Large workbench with wooden top.
Has a great patina that is created over the years.
This workbench can be used as console table.
Category
1850s Belgian Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Iron & Concrete Garden Console Table – Rustic Industrial Charm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique French garden console table features a beautifully aged rusted iron frame with intricate decorative elements, exuding a timeworn, industrial aesthetic. The tabletop is c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Concrete, Iron
19th Century Country French Farmhouse Walnut Worktable
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique Country French farmhouse walnut work table, France, circa 1850.
This beautiful table embodies rustic elegance. Crafted of wormy walnut...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Iron Table, France circa 1950s (Two Available)
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rectangular dining table made of bent/folded sheet metal, with traces of off-white paint. Tapering legs.
Category
1950s French Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
19th C. George IV Partial Ebonized Bookmatched And Carved Mahogany Sewing Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 19th Century George IV Partial Ebonized Bookmatched And Carved Mahogany Sewing Stand
The sewing stands Opens to view thirteen graduated, including two 8-slot radial, compartmen...
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19th Century British George IV Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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.