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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1940s
18th C. William IV Style Refinished Mahogany Two Drawer Sewing Table Work Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Late 18th Century William IV Style Refinished Mahogany Two Drawer Sewing Table or Work Table. Measures 25" in width, 18.5" in depth and stands 29" tall.
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Late 18th Century William IV Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century French Marble Top Red Painted Iron Pastry Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Rectangular in shape, the antique "Table de Boucher" (butcher table or pastry table) would add the ideal amount of surface space to any kitchen. Crafted in France circa 1780, the pas...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Marble, Bronze, Wrought Iron

Louis XV work table panelled in rosewood and bois rose
Located in Cantù, IT
Louis XV work table panelled in rosewood and bois rose Private Collection Mice of Domenico di Rugiano
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1790s Italian Louis XV Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century Monumental French Pine Drapers Table Store Display
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare authentic 18th century monumental French drapers trestle table or store display featuring 16 work drawers. This massive work table was used in a mercery or Habadashery by cloth ...
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18th Century French Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Iron

18th C. Swedish Period Baroque Table w/Stone Top- A Great Kitchen Work Table!
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Baroque stone top table from the early 18th century. This antique kitchen table from Sweden features it's original stone top, ...
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Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Stone

Organic Farm or Work Table from 18th Century, France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An impressive primitive 18th century work table. A wonderfully worn and weathered table in very good vintage condition, the repairs and attention to how this piece was built are certainly an advantage to the aesthetic. Handsome, French and ready to be the focal point of any room, used as a decorative piece to display everything from books to collections, or a wonderful utilitarian table...
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18th Century French Primitive Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Large Industrial Antique Drafting Table by Dietzgen
Located in Hudson, NY
Large Industrial Antique Drafting Table by Dietzgen. A large model with wonderful patina on top. Cast iron handles for adjusting height. Table ...
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1940s European Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

Industrial Work Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Industrial wood top work table on casters. Heavy Duty.
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1940s American Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

Tecnigrafo Anni 40
Located in Felino, IT
tecnigrafo vintage in legno. anni 40/50. marca P. Resta,Torino, logo ETB. in buone condizioni. va ripulito e ricondizionato. munito di cassetto. funzionante. movimento del piano con...
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1940s European Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Steel

Bancone Da Lavoro, Anni 40
Located in Felino, IT
Bancone da lavoro, anni 40 Bancone da fabbro, anni 40. Conservato originale. Inclusa morsa e levigatrice, lampada- solido e stabile, adatto per l'utilizzo quotidiano. Necessita di...
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1940s Italian Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Directoire Period Walnut Draper's Table with Marquetry Band
Located in Birmingham, AL
A grand 18th century French Directoire period table de drapier from a draper's atelier in Narbonne, a wealthy port city in Southern France in the Occitanie region, circa 1780s. Handc...
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1780s French Directoire Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Fruitwood, Walnut

Unusual Irish George III Harewood and Satinwood Inlaid Work Table
Located in New York, NY
The table top in the form of a rectangular box finely inlaid with an oval flowerhead centered by bellflower spray spandrels; the sides inlaid with bellflower garlands and brass carry...
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1780s Irish George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Satinwood, Harewood

Mid Century Drafting Table by Anco C1940 Oak & Maple
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Great size and construction using oak for the base and maple for the top. Iron adjustment hardware all in very good condition with age related wear. No abuse. Height reaches 44inches and is fully adjustable to all angles. Has the original vinyl cover.
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1940s American Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

18th Century George III Mahogany Architect's Desk on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
English George III mahogany architect's/drafting desk or writing table, 18th century, having an adjustable gold tooled leather writing surface, fittings for candleholders, and a sing...
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18th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Brass

Vintage French Rustic Wood and Iron Folding Work Table
Located in Houston, TX
Interesting rustic table from France. Practical folding design with large surface area for working or meals. Nice patina.
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1940s French Rustic Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

French Vintage Mechanical Deco Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
By Georg Albert Ulysse Caruelle - this is a fantastic adjustable/ articulating table with an extendable leg (see detail images) and swiveling table tops (one square, one rectangular). Also adjustable heights - ALL original mechanisms. Dimensions as shown, but it is adjustable - SEE DETAIL IMAGES. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR EAST HAMPTON, NY SHOWROOM. KEY WORD: Dupre Lafon, Art Deco...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

Six Leg Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Six leg table with an iron base and wonderful wood blue top.
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1940s Italian Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

Exceptional Table from Moto Guzzi Motorcycle Factory
Located in Chicago, IL
Wood and iron table from the Moto Guzzi Motorcycle Factory. Fantastic construction and paint.
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1940s Italian Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

Pennsylvania Dutch Pin Top Work Table 18th Century
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A really special and honest Pennsylvania Dutch (Doylstown) work table ca' 1740-1760. Walnut with pin top, the table has a beautiful patina and nice graining. Heavy and very sturdy-ca...
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Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Merchant's Counter with Drawers and Hammered Tin Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage merchant’s shop counter in solid oak with storage and hammered tin details. This piece is massive and heavy! It would be an exceptional anchor for the right space as an island, countertop, or cash...
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1940s Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Oak

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 ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Industrial Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Pine

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...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Oak

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...
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1790s English Regency Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Brass

Factory Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Wood and iron table from the Motoguzzi Factory.
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1940s Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Steel

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...
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Late 18th Century Unknown George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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...
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Late 18th Century Rustic 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...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Oak

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.
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18th Century Spanish Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Chestnut, Pine

Late 1700s Swedish Rustic Baroque Centre Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish baroque centre table from the late 1700s. The table is a work table and rustic and primitive in its construction. The detached table top i...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Pine

Midcentury Walnut and Brass Italian Work Table with Wheels, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury walnut and brass work table with wheels. This wonderful piece was produced in Italy, during 1940s. This great item is made...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Brass, Copper

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...
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Mid-18th Century English Sheraton Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Yew Wood Work Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large early rectangular table with overhanging banded plank constructed top. (the top with old crack fills, see photos). With an apron drawer near one end, and another drawer on on...
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Late 18th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables

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Yew

Rustic 18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Side Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
Rustic 18th century Spanish Baroque period side table handcrafted in the early 1700s of solid walnut in the Catalan region having a rectangular top decorated with fruitwood inlay for...
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1710s Spanish Baroque Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Fruitwood, Walnut

Vintage Architect Drafting Table, circa 1940
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage metal and wood architect's or drafting table. Tubular steel with wood tabletop, circa 1940, mid-20th century.
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1940s Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

Work Table of a Blacksmith, USA 1780
Located in Milan, IT
A blacksmith‘s work table The shelf, square shape, made in a single block of iron, presents on the surface and on different edges of different shapes silhouettes, was used by the bla...
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1780s American Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

French 17th Century Moulin, Grain Grinding Billot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sensational Arte Populaire Billot used for grinding grains, corn, wheat, etc. It is constructed from a massive billot, chopping block with an iron band around the top so that groun...
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17th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

1940s Swiss Utility Tray Table by Georg Albert Ulysse Caruelle for Embru
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A beautifully engineered utility tray table or workstation with a copper plated steel base and a bakelite handle. The upper surface swings around ha...
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1940s Swiss Bauhaus Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

18th Century Danish Baroque Table with Turned Legs
Located in Pasadena, CA
An 18th century Danish Baroque style table featuring one drawer with two handles and interesting turned legs. The table consists of a newer top.
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18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

American Walnut One Drawer Pegged Strecther Table, Northeastern, N.C. Circa 1730
Located in Hollywood, SC
American walnut stretcher table with a carved molded edge top, single drawer with original wooden knob, and terminating on turned bulbous ring pegged legs with connecting stretchers,...
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1730s American American Colonial Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Walnut, Pine

Modern50 Assemblage Vitrolite Glass Coffee Table on Wheels Vintage Industrial
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage and rare white Vitrolite milk glass slab on a streamline aluminum accordion Art Deco folding coffin cart. All functioning correctly and fluidly. ...
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1940s American Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

18th Century Baroque Farm Refectory Desk Table with Two Drawers & Stretchers
Located in Miami, FL
This elegant, antique fruitwood desk was crafted in Spain, circa 1780. The rustic writing table has been stripped down from its original dark fini...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

French Wooden Pétrin Table with Original Dough Bin and Baluster Legs, circa 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French wooden pétrin table with removable top, original dough bin and single side drawer from the mid-18th century. Born during the reign of King Louis ...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

Metal Console Table
Located in Napa, CA
Metal console table with beautiful rusty patination, hints of paint.
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1940s French Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Metal

English Mahogany Tambour Inlaid Tripod Sewing Table, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany tambour circular sewing table with satinwood inlay, fitted compartmentalized interior , silk upholstery , and terminating on splayed tripod cuffed legs with the or...
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1780s English George III 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...
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1780s English George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Crystal

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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