Rustic Pottery
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.
Late 18th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Terracotta
19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Stoneware
Early 20th Century French Rustic Pottery
Concrete
1930s French Vintage Rustic Pottery
Concrete
1930s Italian Vintage Rustic Pottery
Cement
19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Earthenware
1960s Swiss Vintage Rustic Pottery
Concrete
20th Century American Rustic Pottery
Concrete
19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Earthenware
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Pottery
Terracotta
19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Earthenware
Mid-19th Century North American Antique Rustic Pottery
Stoneware
19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Earthenware
19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Earthenware
1950s Danish Vintage Rustic Pottery
Clay
1970s Mexican Vintage Rustic Pottery
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
Early 20th Century Rustic Pottery
Stoneware
1960s French Vintage Rustic Pottery
Ceramic
1960s French Vintage Rustic Pottery
Ceramic
1940s Mexican Vintage Rustic Pottery
Ceramic
1950s Mexican Vintage Rustic Pottery
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rustic Pottery
Ceramic
Early 20th Century East Asian Rustic Pottery
Terracotta
1970s Mexican Vintage Rustic Pottery
Terracotta
1990s Mexican Rustic Pottery
Ceramic
1950s Mexican Vintage Rustic Pottery
Ceramic