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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
Early 20th Century Rustic Work Table Large Kitchen Island with Shelf
Located in Round Top, TX
Rustic work table or shop counter with two drawers and lower shelf. This heavily used table reflects generations of use in every gouge, nick, crack, scratch, and stain. Typical aged ...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

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

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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

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Pine

Antique French Primitive Painted Work Table, Console Table or Sofa Table c1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Found in the Toulouse region of France was a woodworker’s bench that our Old Plank workshop has repurposed into a 32” high table that has a myriad of possible applications, such as a console table, sofa table, back hall table, or a crafts table. Our craftsmen completely restored the work table while trying carefully not to make it appear as though it just came out of a restoration shop. The concept was to save the original 100-year-old French patina as much as possible and avoid the appearance of something freshly restored. Judging by the drawers, we think that at some point in its life this antique French Work...
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Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Grey Marble Top Kitchen Island with Cream Metal Base, Italy Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
An Early 20th Century Italian kitchen island featuring a honed marble tabletop with a bullnose edge and gorgeous dove grey veining. The natural ...
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20th Century Italian Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Marble, Metal

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

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Cherry

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

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Oak

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

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Pine

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

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Wood

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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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

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Iron, Sheet Metal

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Pine

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

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Yew

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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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...
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20th Century Czech Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

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

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Wood

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

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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 Vintage Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Iron

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

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Wood

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

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Brass

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

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Wood

Artist Ira Yeager's Studio Painting Palette Work Table
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

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Wood

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Pine

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

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Wrought Iron

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Wrought Iron

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

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Wood, Paint

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Metal

Rustic 18th C. Oak Farm Console 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

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Oak

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 Antique Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

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Pine

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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