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
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
Set of 3 Danish Modern Teak Nesting Tables
Located in Kensington, MD
Set of 3 Danish Modern Teak Nesting Tables Additional information: Material: Teak Featured at DC: Set of 3 graduated nesting tables in teak. Each has lighter edge band definin...
Teak
$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
Three Teak Wood Sled-Base Nesting Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of three sled based teak wood nesting tables. Excellent build quality with solid teak wood construction. Made in Canada.
Teak
$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
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
$1,600 / 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
$531
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
G Plan Astro Tile Top Nesting Tables in Teak #3
By G Plan Furniture, Victor Wilkins
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: England Designer: Victor B. Wilkins Manufacturer: G Plan Era: 1966 Materials: Teak, Afromosia, Tile Measurements: 19.5″ wide x 19.5″ deep x 20″ tall
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
Steel Nesting tables
Located in Huntington, 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