Rustic Furniture
For some, the phrase “rustic style” suggests a house like “La Pitchoune,” the late chef Julia Child’s cottage in Provence, with its exposed wooden beams and well-worn antique furniture. For others, rustic furnishings and decor prompt images of a place like the Lake Placid Lodge in Upstate New York, with its stone fireplaces and knotty pine paneling. Indeed, rustic furniture design takes many forms: twig furniture, a plank trestle table, a hand-stitched quilt, a chandelier made of deer antlers.
The rustic style originated in the late 1800s in England, where it was heavily influenced by Romanticism. By the 20th century, it had spread to the United States, adopted by wealthy New Yorkers and the National Park Service alike. Although there are many categories of rustic furniture, one of the most popular and familiar manifestations of the style is Adirondack furniture and the low-slung 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn reclaimed wood, woven rush seating, wrought iron, coarse stone and weathered metal. As a decor, it exudes warmth and honesty, while a single piece of countrified design adds an intriguing visual counterpoint in a sleek, modern environment.
Easily identifiable by its rough textures, earthy colors and natural materials, rustic wares help bring the beauty of the outdoors inside.
As you can see on 1stDibs, vintage rustic chairs, dining tables and other pieces of rustic furniture offer endless inspiration.
17th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Limestone
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Paint
19th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Mirror, Walnut
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Oak
1850s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Elm
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
1980s Belgian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
Early 17th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
1940s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Furniture
Walnut
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
1870s Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
1890s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
1820s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century Austrian Rustic Furniture
Hardwood
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary British Rustic Furniture
Oak
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
17th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Limestone
1970s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Oak
20th Century Spanish Rustic Furniture
Wood, Pine
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Metal, Metallic Thread
Early 1900s Czech Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
19th Century European Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Rustic Furniture
Glass, Walnut, Fir
1970s German Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Belgian Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
1850s German Antique Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Copper
1930s Turkish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Clay
1850s Belgian Antique Rustic Furniture
Copper
Early 20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Iron
18th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Limestone
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Earthenware, Terracotta
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Earthenware, Terracotta
19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron
1970s Spanish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wicker
1930s Italian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
1940s Turkish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Clay
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
2010s Spanish Rustic Furniture
Iron
Mid-18th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rustic Furniture
Blown Glass, Softwood
18th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Brass
Late 20th Century Pakistani Rustic Furniture
Wool
20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Rustic Furniture
Straw, Rush, Wood
20th Century Italian Rustic Furniture
Wood





