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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Spanish Wooden Press for Cheese Making
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish Wooden Press for Cheese Making
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1850s Spanish Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century French Industrial Table
Located in High Point, NC
This Early 20th Century French Industrial Table is a splendid representation of utilitarian design fused with rustic charm. Its robust, dark iron legs flaunt a unique A-frame shape, ...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

An Early 19th Century Hog Butchering Collapsible Work Table
By Shaker Style
Located in Hudson, NY
This rustic work purpose table made in pine was found in the New Lebanon area of Upstate New York. Used only during hog butchering time, mostly in early fa...
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Pine

19th Large Butcher Block
Located in Marseille, FR
Large butcher block from the 19th century. Restoration to be planned on the work plan, large frieze drawer. Dimension height 86 cm for a width of 1...
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19th Century European Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

Work Bench from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Substantial, antique, solid oak work bench executed in the traditional form of a shoe foot trestle table with its wide lower shelf doubling as a strengthening...
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19th Century American Primitive Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

William IV Work Table, Trumpet Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
SN2416 Fine quality and very unusual, William IV thuya wood work / sewing box, having octagonal well figured top with shaped and carved frieze, tapering...
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19th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Amboyna

Unusual Victorian Work Table in Walnut
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn138 Very unusual Victorian, walnut work table with shaped lift up lid, fitted interior with carved frieze below and slide out section under frieze, all standing on 4 carved legs wi...
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19th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Walnut

Biedermeier Sewing-or Working Table, Munich, 1810-1820, cherry wood
Located in Belmont, MA
Original outstanding Biedermeier sewing- or working table, Munich 1810-1820. Cherry wood veneer embellishes this beautiful table. The top is divide...
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1810s German Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Cherry

Antique Sewing Table with Chinoiserie Lacquer 'English, Early 19th Century'
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique sewing table is beautifully decorated from base to table-top in golden chinoiserie lacquered stories and patterns. The table is from ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

William IV Mahogany Work Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV mahogany work table, having a single drawer over a basket, above the stem terminating on a platform base on bun feet, raised on castors. This pi...
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19th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Chic Napoleon III Worktable
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Chic Napoleon III worktable (travailleuse) ebonized, bronze-mounted and brass inlaid marquetry in the queens style (a la reine) with inlaid initials, France, 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Early 20th Century French Industrial Table
Located in High Point, NC
This Early 20th Century French Industrial Table is a splendid representation of utilitarian design fused with rustic charm. Its robust, dark iron legs flaunt a unique A-frame shape, ...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

Argentine Baker's Table
Located in Round Top, TX
An impressive baker's table from Argentina having a top constructed of three wide wood planks and painted apron with central faux drawer raised on four metal legs with large casters,...
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Early 20th Century Argentine Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

Small Brutalis , Industrial Table with Iron base
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Powerful Industrial , Brutalist small Table/Stool, beautiful patinated Elm Top on a Cast Iron patinated base, can be used for different purposes,...
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1920s British Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

19th Century French Wooden Worktable
Located in High Point, NC
Made in France during the 19th century, this antique work table features an unusual structure with three drawers — two regular ones and one tip-out drawer — suspended above a lower s...
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19th Century French Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

Industrial Table for New Britain Machine Co.
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A two-tiered table in patinated steel and iron By New Britain Machine Co.
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1920s American Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

An Edwardian Satin Walnut Sewing Work Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
An Edwardian Satin Walnut Sewing Work Table A beautiful and useful piece of Edwardian furniture, the Table or work Box has an inlaid lift up top which reveals deep internal storage ...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Walnut

Lyra Sewing Table in antique Biedermeier Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Ash root on solid conifers. Straight, bipedal base on lyre-shaped, perforated cheeks with metal sides. Underneath pull-out woollen drawer. Four-sided base plate. Top drawer with comp...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

1900s French Wood White Patinated Shop Counter With Marble Top
Located in High Point, NC
This early 20th-century French shop counter features a white patinated wooden frame and a solid marble top, offering both charm and durability. Its timeworn finish reflects years of ...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Marble

Early 20th Century French Industrial Table
Located in High Point, NC
This Early 20th Century French Industrial Table is a splendid representation of utilitarian design fused with rustic charm. Its robust, dark iron legs flaunt a unique A-frame shape, ...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

Patinated Cast Iron Industrial Table from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A beautiful, substantial and unusually refined industrial machinist's table in patinated cast iron having a beveled-edge top with rounded corners and v-shaped tapering legs.
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

19th Century South German/West German Biedermeier Sewing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Cherrywood on solid softwood. Straight, two-wise frame box made of baluster-shaped columns, connected by turned column. Four-sided tabletop in compartments for sewing utensils. (G...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood, Cherry, Softwood

Industrial Steel Rolling Table from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tall industrial table having a forged steel square top and angled legs with casters and a flat steel "H" shaped stretcher.
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Steel

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.
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Pine

French Painted Iron Table, Circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th-century industrial iron table with incredible patina displaying some original paint in a range of hues. The frieze and legs share a simple, straight-lined program, extende...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Work Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century Victorian burr walnut work table, having a single drawer in the top above a pullout / pull-out basket. Standing on four elegantly shaped legs,...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Walnut

Exceptional Pair of Small Drapiers Tables
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant small pair of French Drapiers Tables, in a bleached Pine wood with a great shine and patina of the wood, from the South of France from around 1920, can be used for d...
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1920s French Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Pine

Edwardian Painted Satinwood Ladies Workbox
Located in Cheshire, GB
Edwardian painted satinwood ladies workbox. The domed cover painted with a panel depicting young infants within a rose painted border, open...
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Early 20th Century British Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Satinwood

Early 19th Century Irish Regency Burr Elm Work Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
The molded rectangular hinged top supported over molded case opening to reveal fitted compartmental interior including two fitted spools, raised over shaped corner brackets supported...
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1820s Irish Regency Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Elm

Biedermeier Inlaid Rosewood and Fruitwood Work Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top deeply dished with a cushion-molded edge, over a frieze drawer inlaid with arabesque scrollwork; raised on four incurved legs joined by a shaped inlaid platform s...
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1830s Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Fruitwood, Rosewood

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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