French Faience Quimper Clock Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Quimper Clock Circa 1950.
1950s French Vintage Rustic Wall Clocks
Ceramic, Faience
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.
French Faience Quimper Clock Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Quimper Clock Circa 1950.
Ceramic, Faience
Rustic Black Forest Walnut Wall Clock
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Black Forest (19th Century) walnut wall clock with carved floral decoration and bird pediment with 5 shelves. (Not working)
Walnut
Antique Carved Circular Wall Clock by Wilbur V. Wigans Jewelers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Deep carved and ribbed mahogany surround with a hinged door. The white painted dial with black Roman numerals and an inner carved and gilt surround band. The clock is being sold as ...
Mahogany
Decorative French Painted Tole and Iron Clock Face
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large rustic French decorative clock face featuring a painted tole face with Roman numerals. This is a decorative non-working clock face only and does n...
Metal, Iron
Walnut and Copper Wall Clock C.1920
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Walnut and Copper Wall Clock C.1920. The clock is in practically mint original condition, has been fully serviced and tested and is in perfect working condition. The clock runs on ...
Walnut
$556Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.5 in W 7.5 in D 7 in
Antique French Faience Quimper Inkwell Pen Tray, circa 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A charming antique French faience Quimper double inkwell and pen tray desk set, circa 1900. This gorgeous inkwell is hand painted with a traditional Breton man surrounded by bagpipes...
Faience
Mid-Century French Oak and Iron Decorative Wine Barrel Top Dated, 1960
Located in Dallas, TX
Add a touch of Burgundy charm to your wine cellar with this large vintage wine barrel. Crafted in the renowned wine region of Burgundy, France and...
Iron
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
H 52 in W 29 in D 9 in
German Wall Clock by Gustav Becker, Walnut, 19th C, carved eagle
Located in Houston, TX
This is a beautifully carved walnut case with a carved eagle surmounted at the crest. Gustav Becker was well known in Europe for his fine clocks and cloc...
Walnut
19th Century Black Forest Mantel Clock
Located in Martlesham, GB
A lovely quality 19th century black forest mantle clock, the clock dial located at the centre within a farmyard scene consisting of a cockere...
Walnut
Quality antique Black Forest cuckoo clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Black Forest cuckoo clock, having a quality traditional antique cuckoo clock decorated with carved leaves and a bird to the top a...
Pine
French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and stylish early 19th Century gilded ormolu and green marble mantle clock, having two classical maidens either side feeding Rams, an Eagle above the circular white...
Marble, Ormolu
Wall Clock by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Vienna, AT
Piero Fornasetti wall clock created in 1990s. Glass clock face with printed woman face and digits with quartz clockwork. Measures: Ø 37 cm.
Glass
French Bronze Chinoiserie Clock, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
French bronze chinoiserie clock, circa 1880.
Bronze
Antique Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Clock, having a quality mahogany circular glazed door opening to reveal a painted dial with original hands and an 8 day movement above a drop case wit...
Mahogany
Museum Quality Neo-Gothic Three-Train Vienna Regulator Wall Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
A striking and high-quality Neo-Gothic Vienna regulator wall clock, dating to the late 19th century and featuring a rare three-train movement with quarter-hour strike on two gongs. ...
Enamel, Brass, Bronze
Antique Walnut Wall Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Walnut Wall Clock, having a quality carved walnut case with original turned finials, reeded columns and solid walnut carvings and gla...
Brass
Global Views Sculptural Rustic Iron Decorative Wall Cock Roman Numerals
By Global Views
Located in Dayton, OH
Global Views Sculptural Iron Decorative Wall Cock. Features a rustic iron finish with roman numerals and beaded interior circle. Measure: 36".
Iron
Early 20th Century Brillie School Clock, Circa 1910
By Brillie
Located in Gloucester, GB
Early 20th century Brillie school clock, Circa 1910 - Hardwood casing - Tin dial with glass face - New AA battery powered quartz motor - Original hands - Made by Brillie - Fr...
Zinc
Early 20th Century Brillie School Clock, Circa 1910
By Brillie
Located in Gloucester, GB
Early 20th century Brillie school clock, Circa 1910. - Hardwood casing - Tin dial with glass face - New AA battery powered quartz motor - Original hands - Made by Brillie - F...
Brass
antler wall clock 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
antique black forest antler wall clock. brass clockface with painted figures. decorated with original antlers from the deer and fallow deer.
Wood, Antler