Rustic Serving Pieces
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.
Early 19th Century Welsh Antique Rustic Serving Pieces
Pine
1920s French Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Rustic Serving Pieces
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Rustic Serving Pieces
Copper
1940s French Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Faience
1950s Spanish Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Iron
1920s Italian Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Rustic Serving Pieces
Pottery
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Serving Pieces
Ceramic
1940s French Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Faience
1890s North American Antique Rustic Serving Pieces
Ceramic
1940s French Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Faience
Late 20th Century Rustic Serving Pieces
Copper, Tin
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Serving Pieces
Pine, Mirror
1930s German Vintage Rustic Serving Pieces
Porcelain