Industrial Antiquities
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.
1960s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antiquities
Iron
1890s American Antique Industrial Antiquities
Iron
1940s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Brass
19th Century American Antique Industrial Antiquities
Metal
1920s Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Leather
1920s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Iron
1920s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Brass
19th Century French Antique Industrial Antiquities
Wrought Iron
1930s English Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Antiquities
Metal
19th Century French Antique Industrial Antiquities
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Industrial Antiquities
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Antiquities
Metal
1920s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Iron
1940s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Aluminum, Iron
1930s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Wood
18th Century French Antique Industrial Antiquities
Rock Crystal
19th Century Norwegian Antique Industrial Antiquities
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Antiquities
Metal
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Industrial Antiquities
Oak
Late 19th Century Antique Industrial Antiquities
Iron
Early 1900s British Antique Industrial Antiquities
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Industrial Antiquities
Leather, Paper
1940s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Brass
Early 20th Century Swiss Industrial Antiquities
Metal
Early 20th Century German Industrial Antiquities
Silver Plate
Early 1900s Danish Antique Industrial Antiquities
Aluminum
Early 20th Century German Industrial Antiquities
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Antiquities
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Antiquities
Cast Stone
Late 20th Century English Industrial Antiquities
Plaster
Late 20th Century English Industrial Antiquities
Plaster
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antiquities
Metal
1940s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Brass
1920s English Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Wood
19th Century Unknown Antique Industrial Antiquities
Steel
1950s English Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Pine
1960s Mexican Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Brass
1920s English Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Pine
1940s American Vintage Industrial Antiquities
Iron