Industrial floor lamps, bar stools, desks and other industrial-style furnishings have experienced a resurgence in popularity with the rise of interest in minimalist design.
It's a look that celebrates the past even as it suggests vigor, productivity and brawn. The newly chic industrial style of decor repurposes the simple, sturdy furniture of an earlier world of commerce — brushed-metal storage cabinets and display shelves, task lamps and pendant lights with enameled shades, work tables with worn wooden tops and cast-iron bases — and couples them with aesthetic touches emblematic of energy and optimism, from bright upholstery fabrics to flowers.
The rise in prominence of the industrial style has come hand-in-hand with the residential repurposing of former manufacturing and warehouse districts throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. In many loft apartments created in shuttered factories, the architectural envelope has been left intact.
Industrial-style interiors feature elements like raw brick walls, exposed steel beams and oak floors whose history is written in every pit and gouge. Iron and glass transom windows give definition and interest to small kitchen areas anchored by kitchen islands made of marble, steel and brass, while taxidermy or vintage neon signs serve as wall art in living rooms dotted with leather club chairs. Patina is the keynote to a decor in sync with such surroundings.
On 1stDibs you will find industrial furniture designs that wear their age beautifully — and were built to last.
Vintage Wood Grain Metal Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage metal console table embodies a sophisticated modern aesthetic, featuring a remarkable faux wood grain finish that plays with natural...
Metal
$983 / item
Modern Leather-Top Nesting Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
The top of these tables features a hand-embossed design. Each table sits on hand-wrought metal legs with a faux bamboo style design. The tables have a graduated size for storage and ...
Iron
$995 / set
H 19.5 in W 20.5 in D 14.5 in
Pr MCM Coral Painted Outdoor Nesting Side Tables Metal Wire & Expanded Metal Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Mid-20th Century MCM (Mid-Century Modern) coral painted metal wire famed with expanded metal mesh top outdoor nesting tables, a pair. ...
Metal
$3,500
H 21.26 in W 16.93 in D 21.26 in
white perforated sheet metal nesting tables by Mathieu Matégot
Located in grand Lancy, CH
white perforated sheet metal nesting tables by Mathieu Matégot. Very good original condition. A similar model is reproduced on p.219 in the book "Mathieu Matégot" by Jousse Entreprise
Metal
Leather Top Nesting Table
Located in Annville, PA
This English style Leather Top Nesting Table from Niagara Furniture features three tables, the larger table with a genuine leather, tooled p...
Mahogany
Set of Modern Black Nesting Tables
Located in North York, ON
Set of modern black nesting tables. Modern Deco inspired featuring mahogany woods and sleek curved legs. Custom finished in hand polished black lac...
Wood
$875 / set
H 19 in W 20.25 in D 14.25 in
Danish Modern Teak Tile Top Nesting Tables by Willy Ryomgard Mobelfabriken
Located in New York, NY
Set of three Danish modern nesting tables by Willy Ryomgard Mobelfabriken. The tables have teak frames, with ceramic tile tops. All are in very good, original condition, the smallest...
Ceramic, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Glass Nesting Tables
Located in Weesp, NL
Glass nesting tables Mid-Century Modern. 1970s Dutch fume glass nesting tables in very good condition. Measurements: H 41 x W 434 x D 42 cm. The nesting tables will be send disass...
Metal
Set of Modern White Nesting Tables
Located in North York, ON
Set of modern white nesting tables. Modern Deco inspired featuring mahogany woods and sleek curved legs. Custom finished in hand polished white la...
Wood
$1,450 / set
H 15.5 in W 19.5 in D 11.25 in
Vintage Italian Gilded Metal and Antique Mirror Stacking Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Italian gilded rope and tassel stacking tables with antique mirror tops. Detailed chased inverted cup feet. The larger table is 19.50" by 11.25" by 15.50" high. The smaller t...
Iron
$1,600 / set
H 24 in W 21 in D 15.38 in
Vintage Set of Three Solid Wood Nesting End Tables by Heywood-Wakefield
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century modern nesting tables model no. 312-G in solid birch wood by Heywood Wakefield Co. This versatile set features detailed joinery and curved table tops supported by tapered...
Birch, Wood
Four French Art Deco Parquetry Top Nesting Tables
Located in London, GB
This set contains four nesting side tables. Each table is designed simply and unpretentiously, having clean lines throughout. The top of each table is inset with Art Deco parquetry w...
Wood
$750 / set
H 21.5 in W 20 in D 14 in
Vintage English Georgian Style Faux Bamboo Yew Wood Nesting Side Tables - Set 3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage English Georgian Style Faux Bamboo Yew Wood Nesting Side Tables - Set of 3. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: Small: 19" H x 14" W...
Wood, Yew
$513
H 14.97 in W 19.49 in D 15.95 in
Nesting Tables by Pierre Vandel, Vintage Blue Lacquered Metal, 1970s
Located in London, England
This set of 3 nesting tables, designed by designer Pierre Vandel in the 1970s, are an excellent example of contemporary style. Made of blue lacquered metal, they are distinctive with...
Aluminum
Wood and Iron Stacking Tables / stools
Located in Denton, TX
Set of four iron tripod legged stools / tables with ebonized wood tops. There is a nice patina of rust on the legs and wear on the wood tops that adds to the ambiance of age. Please ...
Iron
$3,768 / set
H 20 in W 25 in D 18 in L 20 in
Vintage Ebonized Wood Cutout Nesting Tables Set of 3, Mid Century Modern, USA
Located in North Miami, FL
Deck of cards, clover leaf design might describe these set of 3 vintage cutout vintage wood nesting tables that have substantial weight and size. They are solid wood from the early 1...
Wood
$1,120
H 30.5 in W 31.25 in D 14 in
Gilded Wood Florentine Hollywood Regency Style Tole Console Table with Drawer
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Florentine Italian painted table with drawers. Perfect as a bedside table, next to a reading chair or used a small vanity table. It could ...
Metal
Steel Nesting tables
Located in New York, NY
A Set of 3 Steel Nesting Tables
Steel
Aluminum Vintage Aircraft Aviation Style Nest of Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish nest of three drink tables or side tables constructed from wooden frames covered with a patch work of metal sheets. Assembled using hundreds of mushroom rivets painstakingly attached by hand to mimic vintage aircraft...
Aluminum