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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Victorian
19th Century Victorian Period Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century figured burr walnut Davenport desk. The piano top fall lifts to reveal 2 burr walnut veneered drawers and a pull out and ...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century Victorian Mahogany Single Drawer Wash Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 20th Century Victorian Style Mahogany Work Table or Sewing Table in great antique condition.
Measures 27" in width, 16 " in depth and 38" in height and 32" in height to top...
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian 19th Century Walnut Oak Country Linen Book Press London 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique mahogany linen or book press by Tomas Bradford & Co, London & Manchester, circa 1860.
The press having an upper frame with a large turned wooden screw with a turning h...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak, Pine
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
Materials
Oak
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
Materials
Aluminum
Massive Pine & Oak Workbench, Circa 1870
Located in Culver City, CA
Massive Pine & Oak Workbench
England circa 1870
Constructed from pine, with turned beech legs and oak slab top.
118.5”L x 24”d x 34”h
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1870s English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak, Pine
Early 20th Century Mahogany Work Table Sewing Table
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 20th Century Victorian Style Mahogany Work Table or Sewing Table in great antique condition.
Measures 39.25" in width, 17.5" in depth and 29.35" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Adjustable Small Surgical Drafting Table w/ Oak Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Adjustable Small Surgical Drafting Table w/ Oak Top.. Item featured is a nice small size, cast iron base with paw feet, adjustable height with tilting top...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Adjustable Small Surgical Drafting Table w/ Oak Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Adjustable Small Surgical Drafting Table w/ Oak Top. Item featured is a nice small size, cast iron base with paw feet on rolling casters, adjustable heigh...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Eliot Noyes Rolling Work / Dictating Table for IBM
By Eliot Noyes
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
Materials
Steel
1960s Gunni Omann Model 75 Teak Desk for Omann Jun Møbelfabrik
Located in Praha, CZ
- item has been carefully refurbished.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
"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.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Trumpet Sewing Table, English, Ladies Work Table, Early Victorian, 1840
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique trumpet sewing table. An English, rosewood ladies work table, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840.
Striki...
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Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Metal
Cast Iron Rectangular Pub Table Circa. 1910
Located in Fulton, CA
Unusual rectangular cast iron pub table from the early 20th century. Beautiful, classic pattern and detail to cast iron base. Wood top has been brush painted many years ago. Structur...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Rattan "Triple Arch" Dining Room Table with Mahogany Top
By Paul Frankl
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
Materials
Rattan, Mahogany
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
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern 4 Drawer Writing Desk by Baumritter
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
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Marquetry Burl Walnut Sewing Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Walnut and Marquetry Burl sewing table with plenty 9f storage and on Wheels. Measures 24.25" in width, 16" in depth and stands 27.5" tall.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
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
Materials
Metal
19th Century Maple Single Drawer Bobbin Legs Work Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Maple Single Drawer Bobbin Legs Work Table. Measures 27" in width, 17.5" in depth and stands 28.5" tall. Lower tier clearance is 15".
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Maple
19th Century Oak Single Drawer Legs Work Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Oak Single Drawer Work Table. Measures 34" in width, 23.5" in depth and stands 29" tall. Knee clearance is 24.5".
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Maple
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
Materials
Iron
Fantastic quality antique Victorian burr walnut trumpet work table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique Victorian burr walnut trumpet work table having a quality burr walnut lift up top with a moulded edge opening to reveal a fitted interior, carved walnut fre...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Metal, Iron
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
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Victorian Ladies Bobbin Turned Mahogany Sewing Work Table Stand Mirror
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique Victorian ladies sewing cabinet or work table. Made from walnut with a downswept top leading to a hinged compartment with baize lined dividers and hidden mirror at the rear over a lockable lower hand dovetailed drawer with northwind face escutcheon plate. The table is supported by four bobbin turned legs leading to serpentine foot / bracket connected by a central stretcher.
This mythological Norse-like figure is a common characteristic of a style of furniture commonly called “North Wind...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Baize, Mirror, Mahogany
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
Materials
Metal
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'.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Walnut Sewing Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice earl Victorian Burl walnut sewing stand and work table in very good condition. This unique piece has a fold out writing or work surface under...
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Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Rattan, Oak, Teak
Midcentury Walnut and Leather Italian Writing Desk, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian desk in leather and walnut wood, classic and very linear design for a desk from the middle of the last century.
Top of the desk all covered in light brown leather, w...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple, Walnut
Jean Prouvé Compas Direction Desk in Natural Oak and Black Metal for Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
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
Materials
Steel, Metal
Victorian 19th century cast iron garden table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Victorian 19th century cast iron occasional table circa 1870.
Fine quality in original condition with original paint, which really echoes t...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Victorian Iron Washstand with Wash Bowl and Pitchers Set, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare Victorian era French iron washstand and wash bowl with pitcher sets.
Set made off of a metal washstand and very good condition, a large wash bowl...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
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
Materials
Steel
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
Materials
Hickory
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
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
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
Materials
Steel
Antique 19th Century Faux Bamboo & Bird's Eye Maple Seamstress or Jewelry Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and stylish little side table with a perfect working lock and key.
Faux bamboo furniture has been around since the 19th century and we have sold several pieces both at home and abroad. Most common are the wardrobes and chests of drawers, but in all our years of buying and selling antiques we had never before seen a seamstress or jewelry table. This fine specimen has the most beautiful patina and the combination of the faux bamboo and the bird's eye maple simply is to die for. This fine and modest size table also comes with both the original and perfect working lock and key. Standing as strong and stable as the day it was handcrafted well over one hundred years ago, this quality crafted table is like an ode to European furniture makers from that era. No matter where you decide to use this little antique table...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Artist's Materials Table, English, Oak, Stand, Roberson & Co, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique artist's materials table. An English oak fold out companion stand by Roberson & Co of London, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1870.
Extraordinary arti...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
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
Materials
Metal
Wim Rietveld Pyramid table black Ahrend de Cirkel 1960
By Wim Rietveld
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
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
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
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
Steel
19th Century Victorian Period Black Painted Tole Pedestal Coal Scuttle
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century black painted octagonal English tole coal hod or scuttle with hinged lid. The entire box is painted in a glossy black and the top and front are decorated with...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Glass
19th Century 3-Drawer Turned Legs Mahogany Work Table on Wheels
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century 3-drawer turned legs mahogany work table on wheels.
Features two smaller top drawers measuring 6.75" in width, 13" in depth and 2.25...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
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
Materials
Iron
Victorian Wicker Sewing Stand
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Part of a large collection of ornate Victorian wicker that was collected over the years by a Senator's wife. Rectangular in shape, this Victorian wicker sewing...
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1890s American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wicker
Customized Mid-Century Modern Desk by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern L-shaped designed desk by Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom. Teak wood with an under right side connected extension.
Customized by French artist Fabie...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Resin, Lacquer, Teak
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 ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood, Satinwood
1954 Coen de Vries Desk in Birch w/ Ebony Base, Red Drawer and Formica Top
By Devo, Coen de Vries
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
Materials
Formica, Birch, Ebony
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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