Evoking rusticity and relaxation through simple and elegant designs, vintage Adirondack furniture originated in the Adirondack Mountains of northeastern New York. The most famous piece is the Adirondack chair, which dates to 1903.
With its ample armrests and sturdy but comfortable slanted seat, the reclined Adirondack chair was designed by Thomas Lee for his own country home. The postwar golden age of modern patio and garden furniture production — led by the likes of Brown Jordan, Knoll, Salterini and Woodard — was decades away at the time, and there were few pieces of furniture specifically created for outdoor use.
Lee, a Massachusetts-born Harvard graduate raised in a wealthy family, was no furniture designer. He merely needed a durable, rugged chair for afternoons in the sun while he was vacationing on Lake Champlain in Westport, New York, in the summer. The amateur woodworker used just one wooden plank cut into 11 segments that were jointed together for his now-legendary seat, which is said to have been made of hemlock, hickory or basswood.
The story of the Adirondack chair continues with Lee’s friend, carpenter Harry Bunnell, covertly patenting the chair and going on to produce it as the Westport Plank chair for a growing audience over the next two decades. Over a century later, the Adirondack chair has gone through several design evolutions while maintaining its popularity and basic form with slats of wood such as pine offering comfort both indoors and out.
The widespread demand for rustic Adirondack outdoor furniture was bolstered by the turn-of-the-century establishment of rural escapes to treat diseases such as tuberculosis. The low-slung Adirondack chair became common in these places of convalescence, allowing patients to recline and breathe in the country air. It also complemented the camp-style architecture that was prevalent in the Adirondacks for recreation as well as restoration, where rugged furniture with exposed wood and minimal carving filled interiors and wide porches.
Today, Adirondack chairs are made in a range of materials and can be found around the world, from ski resorts to lakeside piers, their durability and classic form making them an enduring favorite for spending time in nature.
Find vintage Adirondack chairs, benches, lounge chairs, decorative objects, folk art and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Mid 19thc 3 Gallon Crock Jar From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid 19thc 3 gallon crock jar made in Pennsylvania. Wonderful Plant pattern with great deep blue color. Great patina and wonderful size.
Pottery
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Pennsylvania Decorated Stone Ware Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine blue decorated salt glaze crock in fine condition. It has stripes and a blue 2 on the front face.
Pottery
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze Crock from Pittston, Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine original decorated salt glaze one gallon and double handled crock is in mint condition. The floral decoration is a most unusual folky flower. Fine form. It was made in Pitt...
Pottery
Rare Yellow Rookwood Violets Vase #6432
Located in Louisville, KY
This rare yellow Rookwood “Violets” vase is a beautiful specimen and in remarkable condition. Marked with the Rookwood stamp and mold #6432, this piece was made in 1942 and was part ...
Porcelain
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Bulbous Vintage Turned Wood Bud Vase Studio Craft Woodworker Midcentury Vibe
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful form. Signed R.Carnes 98 Lysiton, possibly not very legible.
Wood
Natural organic turned Colorado Aspen wood weed pot
Located in Ferndale, MI
Natural chunk of Colorado Aspen partially turned neck to create a weed pot but remaining wholly organic .
Wood
19th Century Polychrome Painted Hand Carved Wood Canister
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century polychrome painted and hand carved wood canister. This was found in New England.
Wood
$760Sale Price|20% Off
19th C Decorated Salt Glazed Crock with Floral Motif
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C decorated salt glazed crock with floral motif.
Pottery
19thc Soft Paste Lidded Jar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Soft Paste Sponge Lidded Jar. The jar has great patina to the paint showing sings of age and use. This jar has small stain marks from the original baking process when made.
Pottery
Japanese Contemporary Platinum Black Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 9
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in platinum, set against a beautifully shaped porcelain body in black, a signed piece belonging to the artist's signature fish collection by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist and recipient of numerous awards for his exceptional and extraordinary porcelain work and his unique signature gold and platinum work on porcelain. In 2016, the British Museum added a work by this award-winning artist to its collection of contemporary Japanese porcelain in the Imari-Arita polychrome enamel tradition. The artist's profile is available upon request. According to a Chinese legend...
Platinum
$595
H 3.5 in W 3 in D 3 in
Rude Osolnik Signed Mid-Century Modern Locust Wood Turned Vessel Bud Weed Vase
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully executed, handmade, wood-turned weed vase by master woodturner Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning history. In 1992, he was presented by then-Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, with the Milner Award, the Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement. The vase is made from locust wood, quite rare for Osolnik, features highlighted striped areas of dark and light. It is signed "Osolnik Originals...
Wood
$646Sale Price|88% Off
H 14.8 in Dm 8.75 in
Tall Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase Sapphire Blue 6 Char Mark, Late 19thC Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautiful, highly decorative Tall Chinese bottle vase with a monochrome or single glaze colour of a fine sapphire-blue, which we date to the late 19th century, Qing period . This Chinese Export vase is well potted on a fairly tall foot, having a globular body, with a long cylindrical stick neck. On close inspection the glaze has a beautiful finely speckled texture, the depth of colour draining from the top rim where it is slightly lighter to a darker shade at the foot where the glaze thickens. The foot rim is well hand cut with an orange coloured iron oxide ring just above the foot rim and below the glaze, where the air hit the porcelain in the kiln. This is a heavy vase weighing about 2.75 Kg unpacked. The blue is a superb shade of dark sapphire / steel /dark sky blue colour. The inner neck area and centre of the base are also glazed. The base carries a hand painted six figure apocryphal Qing Kangxi ( 1662 to 1722) mark but this piece dates to the late 19th Century, in the later part of the Qing Dynasty. These single colour monochrome vases are often small with heights of about 7 or 8 inches but this is a much larger piece measuring well over 14 inches in height. Its elegant form, reminiscent of the traditional Guanyin vases...
Porcelain
Rookwood pottery/ceramic vase signed/date , Charles S Todd .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Rookwood pottery vase.This vase is signed C S T in bottom as shown. Charles S Todd, hand painted in this abstract vines from top to bottom.
Pottery
Beautiful Studio Pottery Bud Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful blue glazed ceramic studio pottery bud vase. Measures 4.5 round and 6.5 tall. Signed by artist on underside "Limor" or limov"
Ceramic
Mid Century Ceramic Weed Pot, Japan, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Mid Century Ceramic Weed Pot, Japan, 20th Century.
Ceramic
19th Century Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas, likely first half 19th century, with I believe egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel, depicting Christ in a h...
Pine
Late 19thC Royal Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Jardiniere
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC Royal Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Jardiniere - 10"diam x 8.5"h
Porcelain
19th Century, Apothecary Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Figural trade sign in the form of a mortar and pestle, both the mortar and pestle are hand turned and gilded, with strong ring turnings. The top is capped with zinc and still bears i...
Zinc
Rookwood Pottery Vellum Glaze Vase, circa 1925
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This piece is an American Rookwood Pottery "Vellum" series ceramic vase by Lenore Asbury, circa 1925. A monumental landscape vase by Fred Rothenbusch fo...
Ceramic
California Design Studio Stoneware Weed Pot / Vase Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
California design studio stoneware weed pot / vase, circa 1970s. The pot is in very good vintage condition and measures 7.7"D x 6.5"H. The piece is signed on the underside. #3805
Pottery, Stoneware
19th Century French Yellow Glazed Pot from Provence
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Provence, this antique French planter dates from the late 19th Century. Handmade in France, this urn features a nicely weathered ap...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 19th Century Yellow Glazed French Confit Pot from Provence
Located in Middleburg, VA
A charming 19th-century French confit pot from the Provence region, beautifully worn with time and use. Crafted circa 1880, this rustic earthenware vessel was originally used for pre...
Terracotta, Paint, Clay, Earthenware
Vintage Nautical Brass Conch Shell Vase Bowl
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Large vintage brass conch shell. The perfect catch-all bowl or as a table decoration. Orchid vase? 12" wide with large opening.
Brass
Adirondack Birch Bark Hornbeam
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1900, American Birch hornbeam. Found in a home in the Adirondacks near Long Lake where it sat for over 100 years. Now it can be in yours. Use for umbrellas, magazines, or as a ...
Birch
19thc Old Oval Crock /Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc decorated floral design crock. Minor chips on the base as shown in images.
Pottery
19th Century Decorated Stone Ware Double Handled Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky double handled decorated stone ware crock was found in New York state and is in fine condition. Looks like paint or something odd got on the base of the crock.
Pottery
Solid Pewter Container with Brass Stag Head Handles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand made solid pewter container with brass stag head handles. It could be used a s a centerpiece, planter or even to chill bottles of wine. Clearly marked on the underside “Fecit (he made) VCM made in Portugal. It was purchased in Saks Fifth Avenue in their gift/antique boutique...
Brass, Pewter
Karen Karnes Stoneware Art Pottery Covered Jar
Located in Astoria, NY
Karen Karnes (American,1925-2016) stoneware art pottery covered jar with grey-green and blue glaze, signed with impressed artist's monogram "KK" underside. Dealer: S138XX.
Stoneware
Tin Umbrella Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heavy Tin Umbrella Holder. The holder could be great with a vase in it to hold flowers as well. Great Patina!
Metal
Antique c1860 Large Brown Glazed Jug
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Hand made c1860 very large and sculptural brown glazed jug. Single handle with a very old cork stopper. Has a hairline which is so slight does not p...
Clay
19th Century Salt Glaze Double Handled Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century decorated salt glaze small double handled crock. The condition is very good with a minor hairline near the base.
Pottery
Hand Painted Floral Pottery Bauer Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand painted pottery Bauer vase is a red clay pottery vase. This hand painted vase with flowers is in fine condition.
Pottery
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze Jug Signed Nichols Co.Williamsport, Pa.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Decorated salt glaze jug signed Nichols & Co., Williamsport, Pa. circa 1870-1880. Minor chips on base with no cracks.
Pottery
Folky Copper Wall Pocket Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This half round copper wall planter has a hole on the back for hanging on the wall. Has such a wonderful patina and minor dings or dents. Was found in the mid west.
Copper