Rustic Dining Room Chairs
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.
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
1950s Spanish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
1970s Danish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Maple
1960s Belgian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Walnut
1940s French Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
1970s Danish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Pine
20th Century Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Rush
1940s French Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
Early 19th Century Belgian Antique Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Wood
1970s Spanish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Wood
19th Century American Antique Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
20th Century American Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Ash
1950s British Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
19th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Straw, Wood
Early 20th Century Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1950s Danish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
20th Century Italian Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1960s French Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Pine, Wood
1950s Spanish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
Late 20th Century Unknown Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Fabric
1950s British Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1920s Czech Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Beech
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1940s Finnish Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Elm
Late 20th Century American Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Copper
1970s Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Wood
20th Century French Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Plastic, Lucite, Wood, Teak
1950s Belgian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
1960s Belgian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
1950s British Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Elm
Mid-20th Century European Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Steel
1940s Belgian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Oak
1960s Belgian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wicker, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Elm
20th Century Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Ash, Wood, Hickory
1960s German Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1980s American Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Early 20th Century Unknown Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Rope, Wood, Paint
20th Century Unknown Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1990s Belgian Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Oak, Straw
1970s Italian Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Naugahyde, Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Rush, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Textile, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood