Work of Man was founded and is owned and operated by the same person that introduced 20th Century Lighting over 20 years ago to provide the interior design community with quality recreations of antique and vintage lighting fixtures.

The showroom & workshops for Work of Man & 20th Century Lighting are housed in a new 10,000 sf Spanish Colonial Revival style courtyard facility conveniently located in West Los Angeles. Here you will find one of the largest collections of antique and vintage furniture, lighting and artwork in Los Angeles.

We offer restoration services both on our own inventory and our customers pieces. The photos we show for each item in our inventory depict the current “as-is” condition. Pieces that need major restoration are duly noted. Pieces that have already been restored are also noted. The price posted for each item is the "as-is" price. If you are interested in purchasing a piece with additional restoration, please contact us and we will quote you a price for purchase + restoration.

In addition to our restoration work, we also customize unrestored pieces for adaptive reuse. Past examples have included converting a 4 poster single bed with great turned & carved posts into a king bed, adapting a buffet to be used as a bathroom vanity and converting an armoire into a standard depth bookcase. If you have ideas for adaptive reuse, please contact us & we can discuss options and prices.