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Industrial and Work Tables For Sale
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...
Category
Late 18th Century French Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Yew
Exceptional Pair of Small Drapiers Tables
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant small pair of French Drapiers Tables,
in a bleached Pine wood with a great shine and patina of the wood,
from the South of France from around 1920,
can be used for d...
Category
1920s French Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Table Otto Wagner "Die Zeit" Re Edition from the Original
Located in Vienna, AT
Reading table for the dispatch bureau of the daily newspaper "Die Zeit" in Vienna, Kärntnerstrasse/Annagasse, 1902 designed by Otto Wagner. A reconstruction of the façade is exhibite...
Category
2010s Austrian Vienna Secession Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Butchers Cutting Block Food Prep Table This is a Useful Size and Sturdy Piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Butchers cutting block food prep table
This is a useful size and sturdy piece, the heavy thick top has a liquid groove around the whole piece which is very necessary when cutting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Maple
Bespoke Executive Metal Desk, Lacquered Metal, Industrial Design, Germany, 2018
By GMD Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Executive metal desk in classical industrial design style. The timeless essential form with two cests of drawers, creates a clear and distinctive ...
Category
2010s German Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Mid Century Drafting Table by Anco C1940 Oak & Maple
By Anco Bilt
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Great size and construction using oak for the base and maple for the top. Iron adjustment hardware all in very good condition with age related wear. No abuse. Height reaches 44inches and is fully adjustable to all angles. Has the original vinyl cover.
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
William IV Work Table, Trumpet Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
SN2416 Fine quality and very unusual, William IV thuya wood work / sewing box, having octagonal well figured top with shaped and carved frieze, tapering...
Category
19th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Amboyna
Mid-Century Modern Poul Kjaerholm Professors Desk by Rud Rasmussen, Denmark
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Experience the beauty of Scandinavian design with this stunning professors desk by Poul Kjaerholm, manufactured by Rud Rasmussen in Denmark. The sleek wood and linoleum tabletop pair...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Impressive William IV Mahogany Sewing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
An impressive William IV work table in mahogany, having flamed mahogany top with cylindrical frieze drawer fitted with small compartments and silk basket below, all raised on crisply...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Cast Iron Oak Top Bistro Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French cast iron bistro table with rustic oak top. White painted base with old rusty patina. Replaced top is made from two thick planks of old oak. Please refer to pho...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Marble Top Billot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome marble top billot - side table from the Provence region of France. Wonderfully constructed from walnut with a single drawer and an outstanding very thick marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Marble
Vintage Industrial Factory Cart with Bold Red and Black Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Functional Industrial factory cart on wheels. Original red and black paint surface. Great workspace or small desk.
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage 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...
Category
20th Century English Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Provincial Fruitwood Work Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A plank constructed overhanging top over a long drawer with raised carved cartouche moldings and knob pulls. The serpentine apron with carved complimentary cartouche motif on front. ...
Category
19th Century French Provincial Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Bespoke English Oak Dining Table by Jonathan Field.
Located in London, GB
English oak dining table commissioned for a private client's lakeside house in the Cotswolds, England. Made from several slabs of live edge oa...
Category
2010s English Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Oak Pig Bench Butcher's Block Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
The top of his magnificent Pig Bench is a single slab of oak over 3’ thick. It is gnarled, chopped, and cupped through decades of purposeful use. The hand-sawn legs are mortised dire...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Country Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Collapsable Wood Industrial Work Table with Ruler
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare antique collapsable wood industrial work table with ruler in very good antique condition. Great antique industrial table. Perfect for a kitchen - work table- decor - bourbon bar...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Hardwood
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 Rustic Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Industrial Swing-Out-Seat Outdoor Dining Table
Located in Oakville, CT
The get back outdoor industrial dining table. Taking our swing out seats a step beyond their usual bar and kitchen counter duties, Tim Byrne, founder of...
Category
2010s American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Contemporary Sitting Standing "Work" Desk in Solid White Oak by Casey Lurie, USA
By Casey Lurie
Located in Chicago, IL
Work desk is the smaller sibling of our WORK table, a contemporary take on the traditional working tables used by artists and designers for centuries. The choice of materials combine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
1960s Gunni Omann Model 75 Teak Desk for Omann Jun Møbelfabrik
Located in Praha, CZ
- item has been carefully refurbished.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Table with Lyre Décor, Walnut Veneer, Germany circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier work table with lyre-shaped frame and four drawers. The table is veneered in walnut and hand polished.
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
D33, Sideboard by Cultivado Em Casa
Located in Geneve, CH
D33 - sideboard by Cultivado Em Casa.
Dimensions: 120 x 45 x 80 cm.
Materials: D33 foam, acrylic paint, acrylic resin, carbon steel.
Also available: different colors
The D33 ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Resin
Charlotte Perriand Mid-Century Modern Black and Grey Cansado Table, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950.
Wood with formica, metal frame legs.
Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa).
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris.
After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed.
In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminium, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century American General Store Farmhouse Work Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Substantial late 19th century American general store country farmhouse work table crafted from pine. The farm table features a 1.5" inch thick two...
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Massive Trestle Work Table, England, circa 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Massive Trestle work table
England circa 1890
Originally from a Lincolnshire suiting / fabric mill.
Measures: 108” L x 55.75” D x 34.25” H.
Category
19th Century English Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Custom Industrial Iron Base Teak Top Kitchen Island
Located in Sheffield, MA
This large 9' x 30" handcrafted iron base comes with a plank teak wood top. The kitchen worktable has two large self-closing drawers and two open shelves that will hold an abundance of kitchen equipment. The base will work well with stone or wood. The plank teak top you see here is available with this base only. Base and top can be sold separately. Base 9500 teak top 4500. We can custom make the base to size.
Stainless steel base: $17,000.00 (does not include top)
We can custom make this to your spec. The base can be made in any size and can have other finishes. We can also source out tops for you, and/or custom make. Please ask us for a quote for custom order.
Measures: Drawers 32" W by 26" D
Shelves 12.5" H lower/14" upper
Lead time for a custom made work table will take approximately 12-14 weeks.
Kitchen prep table, industrial work table or kitchen island, rustic table, farmhouse harvest work table, American farm table, double sided industrial work table, woodworking workbench...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Victorian Walnut Sewing Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice earl Victorian Burl walnut sewing stand and work table in very good condition. This unique piece has a fold out writing or work surface under...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
1900s Central European Wooden Work Table
Located in High Point, NC
A rustic design in natural wood gives this vintage table an appealing simplicity. Made in Central Europe at the turn of the century, the form indicates that this piece was one used a...
Category
20th Century German Rustic Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Primitive Work Table, Farm Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome later 19th century French primitive work table - Farm Table in oak. Minimalist lines lend this table a very contemporary feel. Lovely patina. Wonderful as a dining ta...
Category
19th Century French Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
Table À Ouvrage Ou Travailleuse Napoléon III, Bois Noirci Burgauté
Located in ROYÈRE-DE-VASSIVIÈRE, FR
Table à ouvrage ou travailleuse Napoléon III, bois noirci burgauté
richement décoré de nacre et rehauts dorés,
plateau, tablette d’entrejambes et pieds m...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Industrial Work Table
Located in Round Top, TX
Industrial wood top work table on casters. Heavy Duty.
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Victorian Iron Washstand with Wash Bowl and Pitchers Set, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare Victorian era French iron washstand and wash bowl with pitcher sets.
Set made off of a metal washstand and very good condition, a large wash bowl...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique American Industrial Wood Plank Distress Paint Splatter Work Bench Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Industrial wood plank distress paint splatter work bench table. Item features a distressed finish with paint splatters, various metal handles, solid plank wood top w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Kitchen Island, Butcher Block, Industrial Work Table Cast Iron Dublin
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Kitchen Island, Antique Work Table, Kitchen Butcher Block, or Outdoor Serving Table, the choice is yours. For the past 30-years, Old Plan...
Category
1880s Irish Country Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
19th Century 3-Drawer Turned Legs Mahogany Work Table on Wheels
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century 3-drawer turned legs mahogany work table on wheels.
Features two smaller top drawers measuring 6.75" in width, 13" in depth and 2.25...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Unusual Irish George III Harewood and Satinwood Inlaid Work Table
Located in New York, NY
The table top in the form of a rectangular box finely inlaid with an oval flowerhead centered by bellflower spray spandrels; the sides inlaid with bellflower garlands and brass carry...
Category
1780s Irish George III Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Harewood
Kitchen Island in French Industrial Style, Solid Bronze Made in Chicago Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
French Industrial inspired Kitchen Island built in our Chicago Old Plank Workshop to your custom specifications. This particular country French Kitchen Island...
Category
2010s American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Bronze
Sewing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sewing table, the well-figured top with lift-up ends above two frieze drawers with knob hands to the upholstered pull-out sewing box. Raised up on turned ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine Pieced Burl Top Dining/ Work Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A beautifully constructed table with an artistically conceived piece-work top in deep toned Burl Wood veneers. The top is plank-constructed in different dark wood grains of different...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Directoire Period Walnut Draper's Table with Marquetry Band
Located in Birmingham, AL
A grand 18th century French Directoire period table de drapier from a draper's atelier in Narbonne, a wealthy port city in Southern France in the Occitanie region, circa 1780s. Handc...
Category
1780s French Directoire Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Large French Industrial Wooden Table with Painted Green Base
Located in Buchanan, NY
This vintage French work table is a rare find that would make an excellent addition to any home or workspace. Constructed from high-quality materials, this table features a sturdy wo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
1900s Swedish Three-Tiered Wooden Flower Display Stand in the Style of Eiffel
Located in London, GB
This lovely Swedish piece originally used for displaying flowers and plants, circa 1900s.
It has five slatted beech tiered sections and turned wood supp...
Category
1890s Swedish Other Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Pine
Poul Kjaerholm PK51 Work Table for E. Kold Christensen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Poul Kjærholm work table PK51, 1957.
Dull chromium plated-steel with top in oak.
Executed by E. Kold Christensen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
Vintage French Metal Industrial Table
Located in High Point, NC
This vintage table makes a striking Industrial accent. Made in France during the 20th century, the form is starkly architectural: steel beams support a pair of platforms, bordered wi...
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1970s European Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Steel Flat File Cabinet
Located in Oakville, CT
Green steel blueprint cabinet
Overall Dimensions: 35" x 45" x 35 1/2" high
Dimensions of Drawers: 42 1/2" wide x 32 1/2" deep x 3" high.
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
Jean Prouvé Compas Direction Desk in Natural Oak and Black Metal for Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Glendale, CA
Jean Prouvé Compas Direction desk in natural oak and black metal for Vitra. Originally designed in 1953, Prouvé's iconic desk is based the design on t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel, Metal
19th Century Victorian Period Black Painted Tole Pedestal Coal Scuttle
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning 19th century black painted octagonal English tole coal hod or scuttle with hinged lid. The entire box is painted in a glossy black and the top and front are decorated with...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Paint
Rosewood Desk with Painted Glass Top by Joaquim Tenreiro, Bloch Editors, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely crafted rosewood desk designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) belonged to Bloch Editores S.A. Building, a Brazilian publisher founded in 1952 and closed in 2000, wh...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Glass
Industrial Worktable with Three Iron Drawers, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage industrial worktable from the 1960s. It features a black iron construction, solid wooden plate and three red iron drawers. Weight:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Italian Architect's Oak Table / Desk Made with a Slant, circa 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Italian Architect's desk made with a slant, supported by an oak base and with a black glass top, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Oak
A.R.P. Writing Desk Edition Minvielle France, 1955
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare and collectible desk designed by A.R.P. (Atelier de Recherches Plastiques) and manufactured by Minvielle, France 1955. Studio A.R.P. was an association between three talented de...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
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 Rustic Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Biedermeier Inlaid Rosewood and Fruitwood Work Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top deeply dished with a cushion-molded edge, over a frieze drawer inlaid with arabesque scrollwork; raised on four incurved legs joined by a shaped inlaid platform s...
Category
1830s Biedermeier Antique Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Rosewood
Stand/Sit Desk or Worktable
Located in VUGHT, NL
Great industrial eye-catcher as a work station in a hip company or the man cave.
But also as a presentation place for a special (museum) object would b...
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1960s Italian Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Big Round Work & Presentation Table
Located in VUGHT, NL
Round work table made from a Cambo photo studio tripod (Dutch brand in professional camera and studio accessories).
This type of column tripod was the first product of this company to be presented in the 1950s.
Workplace for one, two or even three people.
Worktop adjustable to all normal desired heights.
Standing or sitting (desk) work is therefore possible, but quickly switching between these positions is not possible!
Various monitors or all-in computers can be mounted freely on this table.
Two or two copies near each other (maximum 27 inch).
When using a single screen, up to 50 inches can be used (presentation table...
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1960s Dutch Industrial Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Wooden and Glass Writing Desk
Located in Milano, IT
Cute wooden writing desk of fine Italian manufacture from the 1950s.
The desk is made in the frame entirely of fine, light-coloured wood.
The legs supporting the structure are long...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Charlotte Perriand, Mid-Century Modern, Wood Metal Cansado Table, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950.
Wood, metal frame legs.
Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania (Africa).
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) she was born in Paris in 1903 and attended the E´cole de l'Union centrale des Arts de´coratifs from 1920-1925. Charlotte Perriand designed furniture made of anodized aluminium and chromium-plated steel, showing it at the 1927 "Salon d'Automne" in Paris.
After meeting Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand worked with him and Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. The revolutionary tubular steel furnishings and system furniture designed by the three were presented as "E´quipement de l'habitation" (home equipment) at the 1929 "Salon d'Automne," where they were widely acclaimed.
In 1930 the Union Des Artistes Modernes (UAM) was founded in Paris, a group that viewed itself as a countermovement challenging such establishment organizations as the "Salon d'Automne" and also advocated Art Deco and Modernism. From 1931 Charlotte Perriand showed her own work solo there. In 1937 Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret collaborated on designing a mountain chalet of sheet aluminum, which they showed at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" and later they came up with plans for prefab houses...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique and Vintage Industrial Tables and Work Tables
From drafting tables to preparation tables to kitchen islands and more, the collection of antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables on 1stDibs features a wide range of robust furnishings that fit seamlessly into modern interiors.
Work tables, just like most tables, have evolved considerably over the years.
More than 1,000 years before iconic American furniture brand Herman Miller would help shape the way we work — and later, how we live at home — monks who lived and worked in medieval-era monasteries stood at what you might call crude writing desks, translating religious texts and copying them by hand.
While those who practiced the art of handwritten letters definitely needed a suitable writing desk, the world wouldn’t see proper roll-top desks and the like until the 19th century. Owing to the work of architects such as Antoni Gaudí, these monastery “desks” were essentially work tables. (Chairs, much less actual desk chairs, weren’t a part of the workspace until the Renaissance.) It was a far cry from the cozy home office that affords many of us the opportunity to work remotely today.
Near the end of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution brought with it the founding of mills and factories, and hand production methods gave way to machinery and mass production. Factory workers needed sturdy industrial tables to perform tasks that required precision and to support the manufacturing industry. Spare work tables — durable and easy to clean — were constructed of metal and wood and became essential on assembly lines and in packing facilities. Today, industrial-style furniture celebrates the past even as it suggests vigor, productivity and brawn.
Aside from how well antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables will fit in your industrial-style interior — think raw brick walls, exposed steel beams and oak floors — these furnishings have practical uses. They’re a must-have item for a number of creative endeavors: They’re an ideal food-prep surface in your kitchen or an efficient work surface for any kind of hands-on workshop or painting and drawing studio. With some creativity, you can turn a vintage wood industrial table or work table into a desk, dining room table or coffee table.
At 1stDibs, we love the industrial-style furniture trend, and here you can find a wide range of antique and vintage industrial tables and work tables as well as other furnishings that will look wonderful in your heavenly loft space.
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