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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Art Deco
Rare Herman Miller Action Office Standing Desk and Drawing Table, 1960s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A rare and hard to find Herman Miller - Action Office standing desk and drawing table, circa 1960s. Large working surface, which can be tilted into any max 90-degree angle position ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Aluminum

Giuseppe Rivadossi High Table in Oak Wood by Officina Rivadossi 1970s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
High work table in oak wood designed by Giuseppe Rivadossi and produced by Officine Rivadossi in 1973. Originally realized for a fabrics Atelier in Brescia (Italy), this table presen...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Oak

"Leonardo " Table by Achille Castiglioni for Zanotta
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Iconic table by Castiglioni for Zanotta. Adjustable in height. White laminate top. Literature: Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950-2000, Torino, pag.148.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Rosewood Desk by Joaquim Tenreiro, Bloch Editors, 1960s, Brazilian Midcentury
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely crafted Rosewood Desk designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) belonged to BLOCH EDITORES S.A. BUILDING, a Brazilian publisher founded in 1952 and closed in 2000, wh...
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Rosewood

Eliot Noyes Rolling Work / Dictating Table for IBM
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A classic Mid Century industrial form , a rolling small scale telephone , dictating machine desk table . Manufactured by IBM for in office use when you needed a portable work surface , a great piece that can be used for a laptop , cell phone or gaming stand...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Steel

Vintage Large Set of Industrial Furniture in Wood and Metal, Italian Made, 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
Industrial furniture from the fifties and the sixties is making a strong comeback, because finally its high design qualities are being recognised and awarder even if most of the time...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Jean Prouvé Compas Direction Desk in Natural Oak and Black Metal for Vitra
Located in Glendale, CA
Jean Prouvé Compas Direction desk in natural oak and black metal for Vitra. Originally designed in 1953, Prouvé's iconic desk is based the design on t...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Steel, Metal

Herman Miller Rolling Table Base with Custom Solid Walnut Top
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1970s Vintage Herman Miller aluminum group table base on casters- with a custom made solid American black walnut top. The top was added to the base circa 2016 and is oiled walnu...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Aluminum

Rattan "Triple Arch" Dining Room Table with Mahogany Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rattan "Triple Arch" dining room table with mahogany tabletop featuring unique table legs each with 3 single pole rattan arches. We only purchase and sell only the best and finest ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Rattan, Mahogany

French Pastry / Chocolatier Table with White Marble Top
Located in London, GB
A French Pastry / Chocolatier table with white marble top, lovely Art Deco feel to the design of the table, with lovely inlay details to the front an...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Marble

Italian mid-century modern wood and metal industrial work table, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern wood and metal industrial work table, 1960s Industrial work table with wooden top and small side tray top. The structure is made of tubular metal. The larger surface and the height of the table are directional and adjustable via two butterfly nuts...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Rosewood Desk by Joaquim Tenreiro, Bloch Editors, Brazilian Midcentury, 1965
Located in New York, NY
This bloch desk was designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992), the “father” of Brazilian modernism, in 1965. The desk offers an interplay of rosewood tones and its elegance is complem...
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Rosewood

Vintage Butcher Block Pedestal Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique butcher block made of wood, which is smaller than most traditional butcher blocks and has a tripod pedestal base. It would be a great addition to a small kitchen space and could be used for chopping herbs or as a pedestal for displaying a sculpture or other decorative object. The block shows signs of age with splits in the wood, which is to be expected given its vintage nature...
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Store Counter 50s-60s
Located in Milano, IT
Bench with under-top drawer made of mahogany veneer wood with polyester finish and legs with 'grissin'.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Mahogany

Sleek Danish Mid-Century Johannes Andersen Style Console Table in Pecan Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury pecan wood console table has slender tapered legs and a light warm tone. A great console or entry table. This table has been lightly refinished with remaining wear vi...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Hickory

Mid-Century Modern 4 Drawer Writing Desk by Baumritter
Located in Freehold, NJ
This Mid-Century Modern writing desk from the Birchcraft line by Baumritter features hardwood construction, original light finish, durable formica top, and four dovetailed drawers. ?...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Brass

Iron and Oak Backgammon Table
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage rustic iron table with zig zag style legs and rustic thick oak with painted backgammon design. Other measurements: painted board size: 13.5 length x 12.5 width whole boa...
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Iron

1930s Art Deco Raymond Patten Signed Industrial Kitchen Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous original American Art Deco industrial Smartline kitchen work table, designed by Raymond Patten (American, 1897-1948), retailed by Internation...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Industrial and Work Tables

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Chrome, Enamel, Stainless Steel

Hans Wegner for Andreas Tuck Mid Century AT 33 Teak and Oak Sewing Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Hans Wegner for Andreas Tuck midcentury AT-33 Teak and Oak sewing table This table measures: 25.25 wide x 22.5 deep x 23.75 high. When expanded the width of the table is 46.5 inch...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Rattan, Oak, Teak

Rosewood Desk Brazilian Midcentury Design by Joaquim Tenreiro, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Original condition.
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Handmade Solid Maple Carpenter's Workbench c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Beautifully constructed handmade solid Maple carpenter's workbench with two working steel vices, an inlay section for carpenter's tools, two metal "dogs", twelve "dogs holes" ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Steel

Mid 1980s Wood and Steel Table by Will Stone
By Will Stone
Located in Bridgeport, CT
In Mahogany Veneer on Wood and Steel, an Elemental Mid 1980’s Table by Will Stone. Known for his Squiggly Leg Steel and Glass Pedestal Tables, this Wood top design is seen more rarel...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Steel

Vintage American Architectural Wire Metal Garden Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Green weathered painted metal wire architectural table with four circular holders that can accommodate planters perfect for a garden or outdoor table. Because of the age the green pa...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

20th Century American Vintage Industrial Machinist Table, Metal Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Art Deco American metal table composed of solid steel and with three circular holes. The side table is in good condition. Wear cons...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal, Steel

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...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Steel

Wim Rietveld Pyramid table black Ahrend de Cirkel 1960
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Minimalist and industrial designed small sized 'Pyramid' table designed by Wim Rietveld and manufactured by Ahrend de Cirkel, The Netherlands 1960. It has a fantastic shaped structur...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

1960s Gunni Omann Model 75 Teak Desk for Omann Jun Møbelfabrik
Located in Praha, CZ
- item has been carefully refurbished.
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Poul Kjaerholm Professors Desk by Rud Rasmussen, Denmark
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Experience the beauty of Scandinavian design with this stunning professors desk by Poul Kjaerholm, manufactured by Rud Rasmussen in Denmark. The sleek wood and linoleum tabletop pair...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Elegant Italian Desk Convertible into Sewing Machine
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant Italian desk convertible into sewing machine from the 1950s. The desk through its shapes and lines is very reminiscent of Gio Ponti's design line. The desk is made by the Vigorelli ( of Pavia) manufactory. The small desk has in the left side five pull-out drawers and the top one has a key. In the right leg we have a door that can be opened by knob with the sewing machine mechanism inside. At the base we find a cast-iron riser...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal, Iron

Mid-Century Maple Carpenter's Workbench, C.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
About An original mid-century carpenter's workbench. The base is stamped "Made in Finland" and has two working steel vices, a pull out draw, large bottom storage, an inlay section f...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Steel

Rosewood Desk with Painted Glass Top by Joaquim Tenreiro, Bloch Editors, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely crafted rosewood desk designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) belonged to Bloch Editores S.A. Building, a Brazilian publisher founded in 1952 and closed in 2000, wh...
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Rosewood, Glass

Charlotte Perriand Cansado Gray Formica Table, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Wood, metal frame legs. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris. After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed. In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminium, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Charlotte Perriand Mid-Century Modern Black and Grey Cansado Table, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Wood with formica, metal frame legs. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris. After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed. In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminium, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Flapper Writing Desk
Located in PRAHA 8, CZ
A truly nostalgic piece of art with a whiff of modernity. The playfully curved symmetric legs hold the thin shape together, topped with a wide desktop of admirable rounded edges. Its...
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2010s Czech Art Deco Industrial and Work Tables

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Macassar, Mahogany, Zebra Wood

Charlotte Perriand, Mid-Century Modern, Wood Metal Cansado Table, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Wood, metal frame legs. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris. After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed. In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminum, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

American Designer, Organic Work Table, Painted Iron, Walnut, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An iron and walnut organic work table designed and produced in the United States, 1950s.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Iron

Italian Mid-Century Wooden and Glass Writing Desk
Located in Milano, IT
Cute wooden writing desk of fine Italian manufacture from the 1950s. The desk is made in the frame entirely of fine, light-coloured wood. The legs supporting the structure are long...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Brass

1930s Oak Sewing Box Table with Drawer
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
1930s Oak sewing box table with drawer. This is a good sturdy side table, with a good colour, just open the top to find a blue satin lining in the ...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Industrial and Work Tables

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Oak

Charlotte Perriand Cansado Gray Table, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950. Wood, metal frame legs. Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa). In original condition, with wear consistent with age and ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

French Art Deco Bronze Marble Top Washstand Vanity
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish French Art Deco period washstand or vanity featuring a patinated bronze finish and Carrara marble shelves. Crafted from an iron frame with fitted bronze round sleeves on the ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Industrial and Work Tables

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Iron

1930s Oak Sewing Box Table by Morco
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
1930s Oak sewing box table by Morco This is a good sturdy side table, with a good colour, just open the top to find a pleated yellow lining and a p...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Industrial and Work Tables

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Oak

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

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Metal

1954 Coen de Vries Desk in Birch w/ Ebony Base, Red Drawer and Formica Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great little writing desk in birch wood with ebony x-base, colored drawer and formica top. Coen de Vries is one of the Dutch pioneers of industrial...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Formica, Birch, Ebony

Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood and White Marble Top Work or Side High Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and functional Italian high or tall work table on four carved legs with white marble top and bottom shelf. Can be used as console table, sofa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Carrara Marble

Art Deco Tubular Chrome Desk/Library Black Top Table Attrib to Wolfgang Hoffmann
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Stylish Art Deco tubular chrome desk or library table with black wooden top, attributed to Wolfgang Hoffmann. Chrome base with round corners, blac...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Chrome

Table Art Deco, France, 1930, Material, Bronze and Iron
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table Material: bronze and iron Style: Art Deco France. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Bronze, Iron

Vintage English One Drawer Oak Industrial Table, Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage English One Drawer Oak Industrial side table. Good vintage condition. Wear appropriate with age and use Measures 24"W x 15.5"Dx 29.75" ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Oak

Artist-Working Pedestal, 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist-working pedestal in wood, in great structural condition. c.1930s.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

French Industrial Inspired Kitchen Island in Stainless, Brass and Rift-Cut Oak
Located in Chicago, IL
Certainly, one of our most unique and possibly best-looking solutions to having a great looking kitchen island, while being able to tuck away a pair of stools...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

French Industrial Inspired Kitchen Island, Steel and Bronze Built Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
An absolutely beautiful French Industrial inspired kitchen island built in our Chicago workshop to your custom specifications. This particular country French kitchen island was const...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Brass, Bronze, Steel

Fine Pieced Burl Top Dining/ Work Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A beautifully constructed table with an artistically conceived piece-work top in deep toned Burl Wood veneers. The top is plank-constructed in different dark wood grains of different...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Art Deco Desk with Leather Chair, Rosewood Veneer, France, 1930s
Located in Regensburg, DE
Top Class original french Art Deco Executive Desk with original leather swivel armchair from France, 1930s. Excellently restored conditi...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal, Chrome

Sculptors Modelling Stand Tripod Base Adjustable Rotating Tiranti Vintage, 1950
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- This sculptor's modelling stand is usable and in working order - It also creates an atmospheric aesthetic as a display stand for sculpture, object or lamp. - It has been used for decades and accumulated different materials and colours giving it a unique patina. Heavy duty and versatile modelling stand. Tubular aluminium legs, which can be folded for storage and transport. The feet are constructed from steel rollers mounted in gun metal castings and can be locked. Fitted with a 35.5cm (14”) top made of 25mm (1”) exterior grade plywood. This is mounted on a pair of quadrant castings, which enables the stand to be tilted and locked for low relief work. The top also locks in a vertical position for storage and transport. The height is adjusted with the heavy duty screw thread and lock nut. Measures: Adjustable Height - 104cm to 130cm Depth of tripod base - 69cm Width of tripod base - 69cm Square wooden top - 35cm Double plywood top thickness - 5cm Alec Tiranti Ltd has been a leading supplier of sculptors equipment since the 19th century. Giovanni (John) Tiranti founded the Company in 1895, as John Tiranti & Co., in High Holborn, and within a year moved to Foley Street, London W1. He later moved to 13 Maple Street, W1, where the Company became John Tiranti Ltd. The Company remained there until 1941, when the building was destroyed by a direct hit with a bomb. Giovanni Tiranti died in 1926, and his two sons Alec and Dom carried on. Throughout all this time the Company sold sculptor's tools, materials and equipment as well as new and antiquarian books...
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1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Desk Made In Teak By Omann Junior From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
The desk in teak, designed by Omann Junior in the 1960s, is a prominent example of Danish furniture design from that time. With its characteristic teak wood design, the desk radiate...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Teak

1950s Teak Writing Desk, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- Carefully refurbished.
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Teak

Friso Kramer "Reform" Industrial Dining or Work Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sleek, mid century, Reform Table designed by Friso Kramer for Ahrend Circle in 1955. Industrial enameled grey metal frame with faux teak wood formica top...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Trestle Base Dining Table in Quartersawn Walnut by Brian Holcombe
Located in Princeton, NJ
Dining table in quarter sawn walnut featuring a trestle base, carefully constructed utilizing interlocking joinery and without metal hardware or screws. The construction of this tabl...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables

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Walnut

Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Mid Century Elm Magazine Library Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent mid century elm magazine library table The table measures: 25 wide x 16 deep x 26.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood, Elm

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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