Rustic Lighting
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.
1950s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Rustic Lighting
Steel, Iron
2010s Brazilian Rustic Lighting
Wool
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Iron
Early 20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Animal Skin, Wood
19th Century French Antique Rustic Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Stone, Wrought Iron
1970s Vintage Rustic Lighting
Lucite, Driftwood
20th Century British Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Metal, Iron
Late 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Brass
20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Clay
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Austrian Rustic Lighting
Bronze
1920s Spanish Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
1960s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Brass
1990s American Rustic Lighting
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Resin
1970s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Ceramic
20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Pine
1970s Austrian Vintage Rustic Lighting
Brass
1980s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Felt, Rattan
1990s Italian Rustic Lighting
Horn, Fabric
1940s Turkish Vintage Rustic Lighting
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Iron
1950s Italian Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
1940s Turkish Vintage Rustic Lighting
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Iron
19th Century English Antique Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
1880s American Antique Rustic Lighting
Metal
1930s Turkish Vintage Rustic Lighting
Ceramic
1960s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Glass
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Metal, Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
1920s German Vintage Rustic Lighting
Antler, Glass
Early 20th Century Rustic Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century Moroccan Rustic Lighting
Granite
Early 20th Century German Rustic Lighting
Antler, Blown Glass
1960s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Rattan
1920s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Antler
Early 20th Century German Rustic Lighting
Blown Glass, Antler
Mid-20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Iron, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Stone, Metal
Early 20th Century North American Rustic Lighting
Wood
19th Century Unknown Antique Rustic Lighting
Iron
1950s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wood
1960s German Vintage Rustic Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
2010s North American Rustic Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Wood
1940s Turkish Vintage Rustic Lighting
Clay
1940s Turkish Vintage Rustic Lighting
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Lighting
Driftwood





