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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Rustic
French Sewing Table, Manner of Alphonse Giroux Paris, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
French Sewing Table, manner of Alphonse Giroux, Paris, 19th century.
This pretty small sewing table has a beautiful birds eye maple veneer and its...
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1880s French Neoclassical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Italy Mid-19th Century Kitchen Pinewood Dining Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a table totally handmade by the Italian master craftsmen in the traditional Italian style of the Mid-19th Century, widespread in the Northern part of Italy. This model was ti...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Large 19th century Scandinavian solid pine work table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Large 19th century solid pine work table circa 1890.
Impressive and large table which offers many possibilities for use. Such as in the garden room, kitchen or the ideal solution f...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish 19th century painted baking table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century painted baking table circa 1880.
Hand painted multi use table, which would have been used for baking and light use food preparation.
Rectangular top with half ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Early 20th c. Distressed Factory Rolling Worktable/Cart c.1930-1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A beautifully distressed factory rolling worktable/cart with large cast iron wheels. The body is thick wood covered with sheet metal on the top. All four wheels rotate for eas...
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Early 20th Century Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Antique Country Swedish Work Bench in Old Paint and Structurally Sound c1800's
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Swedish Woodworkers Bench or Work Table who apparently did an excessive amount of paintwork, or at least judging by the layers of old Swedish paint. Unfortunately, we were not the importers of this Swedish work table and only because it was in a building with numerous other Antique Swedish furniture that we assume it's also from Sweden. Structurally, the antique painted Swedish table...
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Early 1900s Swedish Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Central European Carpenter’s Bench
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage Central European wooden work table. Constructed from stout wooden beams, crafted with the owner’s livelihood in mind. This ultimate sturdy table’s newest craft is turning f...
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20th Century Czech Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Spanish Neoclassic Blue Painted Pinewood Gardening Table, 1st quarter 19th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Constructed entirely of pinewood and retaining its original paint, two tiers with block legs
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1810s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
1900s French Wooden Patinated Table
Located in High Point, NC
Crafted in France circa 1900, this charming antique table flaunts an original, slightly weathered patina in a muted light green hue, adding to the textural richness of its appearance...
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Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Wooden Bakers Work Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Created in the early 20th century, this wooden table exudes a farmhouse style charm with its traditional joinery, showcasing a thick and enduring build. The table has developed a bea...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Carpenter Work Bench 6 Drawer
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a 6 drawer Swedish carpenter work bench. its been restored,sanded and waxed. the top lifts off the bottom so it can be moved. both wood screws do ...
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1880s Swedish Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Pine Copper Lined Rustic Plant Stand
Located in Garnerville, NY
This one is for the house plant enthusiast. A copper lined long and narrow plant stand dating from the late 19th Century. A nice, dark patina on steel casters. The recessed front and...
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Late 19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Copper, Steel
Swedish Carpenter Work bench
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Carpenters work bench in Incredible condition! the top lifts off the bottom so that it can be moved.
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1910s Swedish Rustic Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Birch, Pine
Large 19th century Scandinavian pine painted table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Large 19th century Scandinavian pine painted table circa 1870.
Hand painted work table with a 3 plank top. Straight leg base with stretchers top and bottom all the way round.
Idea...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century Belgian Worktable
Located in High Point, NC
Built in the early 20th century, this charming antique work table stands on sturdy A-shaped legs with large square feet for added support. The long, narrow table top features a deep ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 20th century French folding metal garden table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century French folding metal garden table circa 1920.
Desirable bare rusted metal top with small parasol hole. Standing on fold...
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Early 20th Century French Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
20th Century French Wooden Patinated Folding Table
Located in High Point, NC
A 20th century wooden dining table produced in France, this lovely patinated folding table is a gem of simplicity and functionality. Exhibiting a rich palette of forest green with ja...
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20th Century French Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Central European Carpenter’s Bench
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage Central European wooden work table. Constructed from stout wooden beams, crafted with the owner’s livelihood in mind. This ultimate sturdy table’s newest craft is turning f...
Category
20th Century Czech Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Rustic 19th Century Spanish Pine Work Bench Table
Located in Forney, TX
Patina perfection!! A rustic 19th century hand-crafted Spanish work table, in a distressed, weathered painted finish. Having a rectangular two board wooden plank top with beautiful, ...
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19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Antique Central European Carpenter’s Bench
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage Central European wooden work table. Constructed from stout wooden beams, crafted with the owner’s livelihood in mind. This ultimate sturdy table’s newest craft is turning f...
Category
20th Century Czech Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Central European Carpenter’s Bench
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage Central European wooden work table. Constructed from stout wooden beams, crafted with the owner’s livelihood in mind. This ultimate sturdy table’s newest craft is turning f...
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20th Century Czech Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
American Country Rustic Stripped Work Table with Zinc Top
Located in New York, NY
American Country Rustic style (19th Century) rectangular stripped antique weathered work table with a zinc top and a shelf stretcher.
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Zinc
Antique Farm House Dining or Work Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
This rustic antique farm house work, dining harvest table, once painted but much of the residue of the original paint still remains for added charm ...
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19th Century American Rustic 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
Materials
Yew
19th Century French Pine Drapers Table Store Display
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic 19th century French drapers table or store display table featuring 10 work drawers. This large table was used in cloth merchant shops for...
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19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Central European Carpenter’s Bench
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage Central European wooden work table. Constructed from stout wooden beams, crafted with the owner’s livelihood in mind. This ultimate sturdy table’s newest craft is turning f...
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20th Century European Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique American Farmhouse Weathered Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A one-of-a-kind rustic antique American country work table in original plum - wine paint finish with heavily worn distressed patina!
Full of antique character and unique folky charm, featuring primitve hand-crafted farmhouse craftsmanship and solid wooden construction, having a plank boarded top, simple wide apron with pegged detail, rising on distinctive spool-turned Jenny Lind legs terminating in tapering ring-turned feet.
This rustic folk art table most likely originating in the Southern United States, handmade during the early/mid-19th century by a farmer, not a formally trained carpenter or furniture maker, adding to the overall antique character, elegant warmth, and rich historical depth.
Dimensions: (approx)
33" High, 64" Wide, 31" Deep
Provenance / Acquisition:
Acquired from reputable auction house Bright Star Antiques Co., Sulfur Springs, Texas. May 2022 Session 1.5 catalog. Founded on generations of experience in rare antiques and furnishings, Bright Star has been specializing in rare American country antiques and architectural elements for over 25 years.
Condition:
Beautiful age, weathered patina and attractive faded mellow coloring. Heavily worn, naturally distressed, chippy paint, losses, warping, slight wobble, substantial wear and tear consistent with age and use. Not overly strong or sturdy, but certainly functional and delivered ready for immediate use.
Jenny Lind’s Legs?
Johanna Maria Lind (Sweden; 1820–1887) spent many nights in the U.S. during her wildly popular concert tour, presenting an opportunity for furniture makers to claim that P.T. Barnum’s Swedish Nightingale rested in one of their beds. Celebrity endorsements—sanctioned or not—had been found to boost sales, and 19th-century entrepreneurs had little aversion to stretching the truth. By the time she returned to Europe, Jenny Lind’s name or likeness had been affixed to riding hats, cigars, dolls, perfume, and more. Still, the association between spool-turned beds and the name “Jenny Lind” appears to be a 20th-century phenomenon, likely an attempt to conjure a connection to simpler times after the fact.
Several bits of folklore connect the opera star with specific beds. The most widespread asserts that Philadelphia furniture manufacturer George J. Henkels placed a special bed—actually, a carved Rococo piece with a side canopy—in Lind’s hotel, and later gave it to her as a gift or, in a divergent ending, vowed to name it after her. A second story centers on a common, early 19th-century mahogany spool bed...
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Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Drawer Stand for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A small stand with a single apron drawer mounted on the carved base. The recessed frieze raised on turned legs mounted on a shaped trestle base with two square stretchers.
L. 33", Depth 19 1/4", H. 28 1/2"
Condition: The Drawer Stand is time-worn overall, the top with stains, scratches, old rings...
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19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Tavern/ Work Table With Breadboard Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Primitive Work Table with plank construction on the overhanging bread board edge top with separate carved and attached side ends. A single tool drawer an...
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19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique Wood Farm Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rarely seen dynamic form in original distressed condition with great all over age and use patina. In an overall weathered finish to a pale gray tone, with some mortise and tenon co...
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19th Century Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Artist Ira Yeager's Studio Painting Palette Work Table
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic English work table belonging to artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). This painted table served as Ira's palette in his bucolic Calistoga barn in N...
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20th Century English Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century American Farmhouse Work Table or Console
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large 19th century American farmhouse table, work table, or harvest table. Featuring a rustic plank top 10 feet long. Supported by thick turne...
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
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
1900s Central European Wooden Work Table
Located in High Point, NC
A rustic design in natural wood gives this vintage table an appealing simplicity. Made in Central Europe at the turn of the century, the form indicates that this piece was one used a...
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20th Century German Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
1900s French Sawhorse Table with Wooden Top
Located in High Point, NC
A metal table with wooden top from France, produced circa 1900. A massive vintage table, spanning an impressive length in excess of eleven feet, that manages to maintain a low-key pe...
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Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century American Classical Sewing Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fine and rare, beautifully restored American Classical period sewing stand work table in mahogany and rosewood.
Elegantly sophisticated, this scarce antique is a wonderful example of high quality early 19th century American craftsmanship. Exhibiting fine detail throughout, the exquisitely handcrafted work table features a hinged shaped top with rounded corners, curved concave front, stunning highly figured matched rosewood inlay complimented by mahogany cross banded edge, set over a conforming shaped case. Lifting the top opens to reveal a fitted interior divided into eight compartments, including a hinged lid with built-in flip-up pin cushion, various size shaped lids are finished in mahogany accented by contrasting satinwood string banded border, a faux drawer front with contrasting mother-of-pearl escutcheon rests above a single frieze drawer with hand carved dovetail joinery and original turned wooden pull. Below, a perfectly proportioned carved, turned and fluted solid mahogany central pedestal rises from a shaped platform base, in true Empire fashion, the base is further raised on ornately carved paw feet.
Beautiful, rich antique mahogany color...
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Early 19th Century American Classical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
19th Century French Oak Carpenter Press Table with Eight-Bottle Storage Rack
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique table was crafted in the Poitou region of France, circa 1880. The rustic, oak piece decorated with the word "Provence" across the front, has a very thick top and feature...
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Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Pennsylvania Dutch Farmhouse Harvest Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large, rustic 19th century Pennsylvania Dutch American farmhouse table, harvest table, or work table. Features a nearly 10 foot long plank top...
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
19th Century French Oak Carpenter Press Table with Five-Bottle Storage Rack
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique table was crafted in the Poitou region of France, circa 1880. The rustic, oak piece decorated with the word "Sauternes" across the front, has a very thick top and featur...
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Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Ornate Bamboo and woven Raffia Industrial and Work Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage Ornate bamboo and woven Raffia Industrial and work table with lot of storage. Compartmented storage tray above deeper storage area. 6" deep storage. Good vintage condition.
...
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Mid-20th Century American American Classical Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Raffia, Hardwood
Rustic Hewn Farm Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Quite elemental in form, this Rustic table features attractive deep grained wood with a tactile hewn top finish. The wood is very heavy and tight grained and reminiscent of a South A...
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20th Century Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Blue Folk Art Work Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Blue work table in Folk Art from northern Sweden. The table is made circa 1810-1820 in Swedish pine and is painted with the original paint. The blue or...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
American Neoclassical Mahogany Work Table with Brass Casters, Phyfe, Circa 1815
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Hollywood, SC
American neoclassical mahogany hinged two-drawer work table with canted corners, original lion head brasses, fitted interior compartments, diamond escutcheon, turned bulbous ringed p...
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1810s American Neoclassical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Cast Iron Marble-Top Bistro Table with Swedish Coat of Arms
Located in Copenhagen, K
Charming iron cast table, with a crowned emblem with three royal Swedish crowns on blue background on each side.
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Late 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
American Country Rustic Yellow Painted Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
American Country Rustic-style (19th Century) rectangular yellow painted work /dining table with square and turned legs having a single drawer.
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Iron Cocktail Table Made of Architectural Elements
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Iron Cocktail Table Made Of Architectural Elements. Patinated iron table with non figural decoration and raised on four straight legs
18"x 57" x 28"
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20th Century Neoclassical Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
American Mahogany Two-Drawer Work Table, Boston, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American mahogany two-drawer work table with fitted interior, out set corners supported by turned ringed columns, terminating on a bulbous turned pedestal with reeded splayed legs an...
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19th Century American American Classical Antique Industrial and Work Tables
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
Materials
Pine
Vintage Central European Carpenter’s Bench
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage Central European wooden work table. Constructed from stout wooden beams, crafted with the owner’s livelihood in mind. This ultimate sturdy table’s newest craft is turning f...
Category
20th Century Czech Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century, Rustic Central European Wooden Table
Located in High Point, NC
This rustic wooden table evokes the heartfelt simplicity of the country household. Built in Central Europe in the early 20th century, the tabletop bears the marks of many years of se...
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20th Century Belgian Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Circa 1900s Partners desk with original tooled leather top - Swedish birch
Located in London, GB
A very handsome and well proportioned partners desk from the 1900s. It is Swedish and made from a lovely warm honey coloured birch.
It has drawers on both sides so will free stand i...
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1920s Swedish Neoclassical Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
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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