Rustic Painted Furniture
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 Austrian Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Fir
20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
1780s Swedish Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Metal
1830s Austrian Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Fir
19th Century Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Metal
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Hardwood
Early 19th Century European Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
20th Century Unknown Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
19th Century American Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Walnut, Elm, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Rustic Painted Furniture
Oak, Walnut
1940s American Vintage Rustic Painted Furniture
Fabric, Canvas
1880s American Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Tin
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Brass
1830s Austrian Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Fir
1850s Austrian Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Fir
19th Century Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Metal
1840s German Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Iron
Mid-18th Century Irish Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Ash
Early 20th Century Mexican Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Copper
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Guatemalan Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood