Industrial and Work Tables
Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Brown
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
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
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
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
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
Jean Prouvé Compas Direction Desk in Natural Oak and Black Metal for Vitra
By Jean Prouvé, 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
Materials
Steel, 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
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 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
Materials
Rosewood, Glass
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
1954 Coen de Vries Desk in Birch w/ Ebony Base, Red Drawer and Formica Top
By Coen de Vries, Devo
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
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
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
Materials
Oak
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
Artist-Working Pedestal, 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist-working pedestal in wood, in great structural condition. c.1930s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
Brass, Stainless 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
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Teak
Vintage Hospital Table, circa 1920
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of wood, metal
- With patina
- Fully functional
- Adjustable
- Good, original condition.
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1920s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Mid Century Elm Magazine Library Table
By Edward Wormley, Drexel
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
Materials
Wood, Elm
Jan de Jong Dining Table Bossche School Holland 1970 Dom Hans van der Laan
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare and very collectable example of the "Bossche school" furniture by architect Jan de Jong . Together with Dom Hans van der Laan, de Jong who started out as Dom Hans' student, stoo...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Small Child’s Desk by Jules Wabbes Edited by Bulo
By Jules Wabbes
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Small desk for a classroom presented at the 12th Milan Triennale in 1960 by Jules Wabbes for the Belgium.
Laminated and molded African black walnut (mansonia),vinyl top,black alumin...
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Early 2000s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Walnut Wood Austrian Sewing Side Table, 1850
By Biedermeier
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful and precious Biedermeier side table, due to the very particular design and its excellent "patina".
The side table is an octagonal sewing table; his hat can be raised with ...
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1850s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
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
Midcentury Industrial Dining Table, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
This table comes from an old glass factory in the Czech Republic. Produced in the 1950s. Iron construction and original paint.
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Italy 1967 Gianfranco Frattini Walnut Freestanding Desk with Drawers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a masterpiece of craftsman Italian work. By extracting the top desk, the shutter slides without effort and the front and the back will totally open. This beautiful desk has t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-TAT-05-A Architect Table / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Zürich, CH
This collapsible architect table is a fantastic piece, it’s a rare Chandigarh item with a great history behind it. It is raw in its simplicity, embodying an expressing the pure ideas...
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1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Teak
Writing Desk Designed by Architect M. Požár, Retro Style Brusel, 1960s
By M. Požár
Located in Praha, CZ
Czechoslovakia. The item is made of veneered and varnished wood, on upper surface is black opax glass, corpus is varnished quality polyurethane varnish. Drawers and legs are varnishe...
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1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Jorge Zalszupin Rosewood Vintage Office Desk
Located in New York, NY
Writing desk designed by Jorge Zalszupin and manufactured by his company, L'Atelier. This piece has four drawers on each side. All the top is covered with rosewood veneer. The struct...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Vintage George Nelson Style Office Desk or Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive Mid-Century Modern desk features a chrome office style base and a walnut top. A versatile piece that functions as a work desk or a conference table. A sturdy design t...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Chrome
1969 Teak Danish Boomerang Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen Draws Cabinet Bar Keys
Located in Milano, IT
1969 teak "boomerang" desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen (firstly designed in 1956), Danish modern biomorphic design, for Hedendsted Møbelindustri. Front side with three drawers, in the top...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Table by Willy Van Meeren for the HBK Bank Building, 1967
Located in Paris, FR
The Belgian architect and designer Willy Van Der Meeren designed the Antwerp HBK building in 1967 but also the furniture intended for it.
Only 34 copies was especially built for t...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
Mid-Century Three-Piece Ice Cream Parlor Suite
Located in Incline Village, NV
American three-piece ice cream parlor suite, consisting of a table and two chairs. The table has three steel metal legs ending in an iron ball and claw fo...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal
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 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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