Industrial Decorative Art
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.
Late 19th Century British Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Metal, Steel, Sheet Metal
1850s English Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Paper
Late 19th Century French Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Wood
Early 19th Century German Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Iron
Late 19th Century Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Mirror, Wood
1890s English Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Paper
Early 20th Century American Industrial Decorative Art
Iron
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Decorative Art
Steel
19th Century French Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Decorative Art
Brass
19th Century French Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Mirror, Wood
Mid-19th Century Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Paper
1890s American Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Paper
Early 20th Century Egyptian Industrial Decorative Art
Pine
Late 19th Century European Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century American Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Metal
19th Century English Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Metal
19th Century American Antique Industrial Decorative Art
Iron