Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
RUSTIC STYLE
For some, the phrase “rustic style” suggests a house like “La Pitchoune,” the late chef Julia Child’s cottage in Provence, with its exposed wooden beams and well-worn antique furniture. For others, rustic furnishings and decor prompt images of a place like the Lake Placid Lodge in Upstate New York, with its stone fireplaces and knotty pine paneling. Indeed, rustic furniture design takes many forms: twig furniture, a plank trestle table, a hand-stitched quilt, a chandelier made of deer antlers.
The rustic style originated in the late 1800s in England, where it was heavily influenced by Romanticism. By the 20th century, it had spread to the United States, adopted by wealthy New Yorkers and the National Park Service alike. Although there are many categories of rustic furniture, one of the most popular and familiar manifestations of the style is Adirondack furniture and the low-slung 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn reclaimed wood, woven rush seating, wrought iron, coarse stone and weathered metal. As a decor, it exudes warmth and honesty, while a single piece of countrified design adds an intriguing visual counterpoint in a sleek, modern environment.
Easily identifiable by its rough textures, earthy colors and natural materials, rustic wares help bring the beauty of the outdoors inside.
As you can see on 1stDibs, vintage rustic chairs, dining tables and other pieces of rustic furniture offer endless inspiration.
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Style: Rustic
Vintage French Artisan Workbench
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French artisan’s work table from the 19th century made from oak and pine could easily be used as a small kitchen island or sturdy console. This utilitarian antique has a thick top ...
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19th Century French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak, Pine
Pine shop counter, 1930s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A beautiful counter with four drawers with porcelain knobs. Made of pine wood. The blue paint gives the counter an exceptional color and character.
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1930s French Vintage Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
$2,680
Rustic Early 20th Century Long Gray Work Table Kitchen Island, Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
Rustic 8.25' long work table with galvanized zinc top, three large drawers and lower shelf made of slats.
The gray painted finish has been distressed through use, revealing the pine below and adding to the true vintage character of this long table.
Restored, strong and stable this table is ready to be used and enjoyed, possibly as a free-standing kitchen island or as a large potting table...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Zinc
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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
$5,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Rustic Trestle Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
A large (almost 12 feet long) rustic pine and oak trestle table with a removable and reversible top with one side rough and rustic and the other side smooth and slightly whitewashed....
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20th Century American Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Rustic Jeweller’s Workbench, France, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
This antique jeweller’s workbench is a rare double-sided studio table that speaks to generations of skilled craftsmanship. With a robust, asymmetrical solid wood surface bearing the ...
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19th Century French Antique Rustic 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
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
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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Rustic Wooden Workbench Console Table 19th Century Farmhouse Style
Located in High Point, NC
This antique rustic wooden workbench console table is an exquisite 19th-century farmhouse piece, blending functionality with character. Crafted from solid wood, the table features a ...
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Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
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 Antique Rustic 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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Yew
Rustic 18th C. Oak Farm Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An authentic and Rustic oak console table in all original condition, likely English. In a dark stain with a plank constructed top with bread b...
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Late 18th Century Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Early 20th c. Distressed Factory Rolling Worktable/Cart c.1930-1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
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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
$2,595 Sale Price
37% Off
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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
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 Antique Rustic 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.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
1980 Italy Solid Oak Carpenter Workbench in Rustic Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an original vintage carpenter’s workbench from the 1980s. Made entirely of solid wood, it retains the marks of time and craftsmanship, enhancing its authentic, rustic charm. ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Slate Top Trestle Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
An 18th-century French slate top trestle table embodies the perfect balance of rustic charm and refined craftsmanship. The slate top, a distinctive feature, offers a cool, smooth sur...
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18th Century French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Slate
19th Century Dutch Bleached Cherry Kitchen Table / Butcher Table
Located in Carmine, TX
Kitchen table handmade in the Netherlands in the early 1800s using Cherry and pegged construction. This is a very well-built table that was meant to be used and abused and it has hel...
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1820s Dutch Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Cherry
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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique French Iron & Concrete Garden Console Table – Rustic Industrial Charm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique French garden console table features a beautifully aged rusted iron frame with intricate decorative elements, exuding a timeworn, industrial aesthetic. The tabletop is c...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Concrete, Iron
American Country Rustic Yellow Painted Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Country Rustic-style (19th Century) rectangular yellow painted work /dining table with square and turned legs having a single drawer.
Category
19th Century American Antique 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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th century oak chopping block
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Very decorative late 19th Century oak rustic chopping block.
Of French origin, circa 1880, this piece has been washed to give it a contemporary feel.
H: 75 cm (29 1/2")
W: 50 ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
19th Century Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
19th Century American Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
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Rustic industrial and work tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rustic industrial and work tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage industrial and work tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rustic industrial and work tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original industrial and work tables, popular names associated with this style include and Ira Yeager. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for industrial and work tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,250 and tops out at $7,500 while the average work can sell for $2,995.
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