Rustic Decorative Art
RUSTIC STYLE
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 the 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn 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 furniture helps bring the beauty of the outdoors inside. As you can see on 1stDibs, rustic wares offer no end of inspiration.
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Style: Rustic
French Faience Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
19th Century German Majolica Begonia Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century German Majolica Begonia Plate
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Large Majolica Reticulated Platter Apples Sarreguemines Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Reticulated Platter Apples Sarreguemines Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Quimper Leaf Dish Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Quimper Leaf Dish Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1950.
Diamond shape.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Majolica Joan of Arc Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Joan of Arc Plate Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Bird & Bee Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica bird & bee plate Wasmuel.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Joan of Arc Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Joan of Arc Plate Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Blue & White Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French blue & white Plate signed Gien.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
19th Century Majolica Bird & Bee Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica bird & bee plate Wasmuel.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Grape Plate Villeroy Boch circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica grape plate signed Villeroy Boch Circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Majolica Grape Plate Villeroy Boch circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica grape plate signed Villeroy Boch Circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Blue & White Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Blue & White Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Blue & White Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Blue & White Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Plate Onnaing, Circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate Onnaing Circa 1890.
flowers and blackberries.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Green Majolica Leaf Plate circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Green Majolica leaf plate Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Plate, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with a geometrical pattern circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940.
Signed Gaeiras Obidos.
Category
1940s Portuguese Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Flowers Plate circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Aqua Majolica Wild Rose Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French aqua Majolica wild rose plate Sarreguemines circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Blue and White Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French blue & white Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience, Ceramic
Set of French Majolica Oyster Plates & Platter circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 12 French Faience oysters plates & 1 platter signed Cabare circa 1950.
Decor of birds and flowers
platter 15.5 inches , 12 plates 9.5 inches diameter.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
German Majolica Flowers & Leaves Plate Zell circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Flowers & Leaves Plate Zell circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Aqua Majolica Wild Rose Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French aqua Majolica wild rose plate Sarreguemines circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
By Clairefontaine
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica leaves & flowers plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Aqua Majolica Wild Rose Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French aqua Majolica wild rose plate Sarreguemines circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Plate, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with a geometrical pattern circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Pink Flowers Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely French Majolica plate pink flowers on a blue basket weave, circa 1880 attributed to Salins.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Pink Flowers Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely French Majolica plate pink flowers on a blue basket weave, circa 1880 attributed to Salins.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Rustic Faience Flower Plate Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Rustic Faience Flower Plate Circa 1890.
Normandy.
Mark on the back.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Plate, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with a geometrical pattern circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Rustic Faience Plate Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Rustic Faience Plate Circa 1890.
Geometric pattern.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Oyster Plate Henriot Quimper, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate signed Henriot Quimper, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Pink Flowers Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely French Majolica plate pink flowers on a blue basket weave, circa 1880 attributed to Salins.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Wood and Canvas Painted Produce Sign
Located in Troy, MI
Wooden produce sign found in England, circa 1920s. Wood foundation is covered in strips of canvas which have been hand painted by unknown artist.
Category
Early 20th Century English Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
French Green Majolica Leaves Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
By Clairefontaine
Located in Austin, TX
French Green Majolica Leaves Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
8 plates available.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1960.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Reclaimed Wood Panel in Original White Paint Patina
Located in Dallas, TX
This piece is a part of Brendan Bass’s one-of-a-kind collection, Le Monde. French for “The World”, the Le Monde collection is made up of rare and hard to find pieces curated by Brend...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Double Sided Christmas Stockings Made from Anatolian Textile Fragments
Located in Istanbul, TR
These Christmas Stockings were made from mid 20th C. AnatoliantextileFragments.
Please note, this stocking was made from textile fragments.
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Yellow German Majolica Grape Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Yellow German Majolica Grape Plate, circa 1900.
With purple flowers.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate Villeroy & Boch circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate Villeroy & Boch circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1960.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1960s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate Villeroy & Boch circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Small German Majolica Apples Plate Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica Apples Plate Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Small French Majolica Flower Dish Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Dish Leaf, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1950.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Dish Leaf, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French rustic faience oyster plate with flowers and bretonne circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Rustic decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rustic decorative art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rustic decorative art made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Henriot Quimper, Sarreguemines, Wasmuel Majolica, and Onnaing. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $75 and tops out at $8,490 while the average work can sell for $283.
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