Evoking rusticity and relaxation through simple and elegant designs, vintage Adirondack furniture originated in the Adirondack Mountains of northeastern New York. The most famous piece is the Adirondack chair, which dates to 1903.
With its ample armrests and sturdy but comfortable slanted seat, the reclined Adirondack chair was designed by Thomas Lee for his own country home. The postwar golden age of modern patio and garden furniture production — led by the likes of Brown Jordan, Knoll, Salterini and Woodard — was decades away at the time, and there were few pieces of furniture specifically created for outdoor use.
Lee, a Massachusetts-born Harvard graduate raised in a wealthy family, was no furniture designer. He merely needed a durable, rugged chair for afternoons in the sun while he was vacationing on Lake Champlain in Westport, New York, in the summer. The amateur woodworker used just one wooden plank cut into 11 segments that were jointed together for his now-legendary seat, which is said to have been made of hemlock, hickory or basswood.
The story of the Adirondack chair continues with Lee’s friend, carpenter Harry Bunnell, covertly patenting the chair and going on to produce it as the Westport Plank chair for a growing audience over the next two decades. Over a century later, the Adirondack chair has gone through several design evolutions while maintaining its popularity and basic form with slats of wood such as pine offering comfort both indoors and out.
The widespread demand for rustic Adirondack outdoor furniture was bolstered by the turn-of-the-century establishment of rural escapes to treat diseases such as tuberculosis. The low-slung Adirondack chair became common in these places of convalescence, allowing patients to recline and breathe in the country air. It also complemented the camp-style architecture that was prevalent in the Adirondacks for recreation as well as restoration, where rugged furniture with exposed wood and minimal carving filled interiors and wide porches.
Today, Adirondack chairs are made in a range of materials and can be found around the world, from ski resorts to lakeside piers, their durability and classic form making them an enduring favorite for spending time in nature.
Find vintage Adirondack chairs, benches, lounge chairs, decorative objects, folk art and other furniture on 1stDibs.
1920s Wooden Arts And Crafts Childs Chair with Leather Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920s arts and crafts wooden child's chair with original leather seat and brass tacks around the seat.
Leather, Wood, Beads
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20thc Wooden Bar Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc wooden hand made bar stool in very good condition. wooden peg construction. Very strong and sturdy. great patina to the normal wear areas.
Wood
19Thc Original Painted & Decorated NE Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of four paint decorated chairs have a Rufus Potter top rail all hand painted, Amazing !!! The mustard paint is secondary coat over the 19thc original blue base. All in very ...
Wood
$716Sale Price / set|20% Off
Seagrass Footstool - Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Seagrass Footstool - Pair stool measures - 11.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 smaller stool measures -7 x 9.5 x 8
Wood
19Thc Ladder Back Rocking Chair W/ Leather Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Early New England tall ladder back rocking chair with leather seat.This amazing rocking chair has a fine aged patina. and is very comfortable.The condition is very good.
Leather, Wood
Early 19Thc Original Painted Child's Height Chair From New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19Thc Original Painted Child's Height Chair From New England - Circa 1840s Wonderful wooden child's chair in amazing condition. This chair is a high chair meant to be level a...
Wood
Early 20th Century Plank Seat Bar Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century large plank seat bar stool. Natural wood color and in great condition. stool is made from a very strong and sturdy oak wood.
Wood
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Early 19Thc Original Paint Decorated Windsor Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Step down Windsors in original paint decorated chairs.These very fine red painted chairs have mustard floral decoration with an amazing patina...
Wood
Early 20Thc French Small Chairs in Linen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc French small chairs covered in fine plaid linen.The finish is original white washed painted surface.The chairs are very sturdy and strong.Great...
Pine
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Set of Three High Back Bar Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four matching high back bar stools with spindle backs. The construction is very good and sturdy. Natural patina.
Wood
Painted Taupe Bar Stools -Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Painted bar stools with natural pine seats.Great condition.
Wood
Early 20thc Original Painted Bar Stools W/ Suede Seats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc original painted with suede leather seats. Newly upholstered seats.These look like the wild west.
Leather, Wood
Pair of Barstools with Sage Green Leather Seats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of barstools with sage green leather seats.
Leather, Wood
$2,316Sale Price / set|20% Off
Old Hickory Chairs in Brown Suede Leather - Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Old Hickory Chairs newly upholstered in brown suede seats & backing.These amazing barrel back Old Hickory chairs are super comfortable and ...
Suede, Hickory
$780Sale Price|20% Off
20Thc Plank Seat Original Painted Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine splay leg original black painted industrial stool swivels and rotates all the way around. It is heavy and solid oak wood underneath the painted surface. Probably from an ol...
Wood
19th Century Original Painted Sage Green Windsor Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This paint decorated 19th century Pennsylvania Windsor rocking chair has great form and in good condition. The saddle seat and fiddle back has a great painted surface with an apple p...
Wood
19thc Original Decorated Hitchcock Chair Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Original Decorated Hitchcock Chair Company In Connecticut. Highly Paint decorated with comb painted background. With all original silvering and gilt decoration. Pristine Cond...
Wood
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
18Thc Original Painted & Mortised Walnut Bench / Foot Stool From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 18Thc Mortised & Original painted foot stool is in very sturdy condition. The patina is amazing and worn top of stool. Really great condition especially given the age.
Wood
Early 19th Century Child's Chair with Original Rush Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early form strong and very sturdy child's ladder back chair from New England is in fine and worn condition. The rush seat is very strong and sturdy with a fantastic patina.
Wood, Cane
19Thc Original Red Painted Child's Chair w/ Suede Cushions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original red painted child's chair with custom made suede cushions.The chair has a grungy surface and in fantastic condition.Such a great combo !!!
Suede, Wood
19Thc Plank Stool With Three Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Plank Seat stool with three legs similar to shaker style.This super comfortable milking stool is in great condition with a nice mellow patina.
Wood
$5,400 / set
Stick Wicker Porch or Patio Seating Ensemble
Located in Sheffield, MA
Three-piece Art Deco stick wicker / split reed set consists of two-seat sofa/settee and two matching club chairs. Wonderful design with wide arms, light...
Wicker
$3,450 / set
Old Hickory Barrel Back Chairs -Pair
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early hand made bentwood Old Hickory high back chairs covered in calf skin/leather.The condition are very good and sturdy.The pair are in fine condition and coated with marine varnis...
Hickory
Adirondack Old Hickory Style Tree Branch Wood Frame Rattan Lounge Chairs a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Adirondack Old Hickory Style Tree Branch Wood Frame Rattan Lounge Chairs a Pa...
Rattan, Wood
$975 / set
Oak Plank Seat Bar Stools, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of oak plank seat bar stools from the mid century. These stools are very strong & sturdy. They are very comfortable and in fine condition. Seat diameter measures 13.25 inches.
Wood
$1,196Sale Price / set|20% Off
20Thc Children's Windsor Chairs, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc Original black painted bow back Child's Windsor chairs in fine condition. These fun Children's Windsor chairs are so unusual and hard to find.
Wood
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
18Thc New England Ladder Back Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18Thc New England ladder back rocking chair in fine condition.This chair has an amazing replaced tan leather seat in fine condition.
Leather, Wood
$716Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Weavers Stool in Natural Surface
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine antique weavers stool is in fine sturdy condition. It was found in New England.
Wood
Late 18Thc Child's Windsor Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18Thc Hand crafted Child's Windsor chair with original red painted surface.This bow back Windsor is from New England in very good condition.This chair came from a fifty year old coll...
Paint
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Early Original Paint Decorated 19th Century Hitchcock Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th century original painted Hitchcock armchair with a decorated inside back. The condition is very good and sturdy. The back ground has a wo...
Wood
$760Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Of Hand Made Oak Wood Bar Stools, Gray painted Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20thc Original gray over white painted bar stools with plank seat. Mid century plank seat bar stools with turned legs, hand crafted. Seat Diameter 12 inches .
Wood
1970s Pair of Faux Antler Aluminum Stools attributed to Arthur Court
Located in Lancaster, PA
This is a pair of faux antler stools in white powder-coated aluminum, attributed to American designer Arthur Court. The stools date to the 1970s. The antlers are extremely realisti...
Aluminum
19thC Original Green Painted Stool with Woven Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original green painted foot stool with hand woven hemp seat. The seat is amazing and in very sturdy condition.
Rattan, Wood
Mid-Century Modern "Acacia" Lounge Chair in Resin by Zachary A. Design
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Cast Resin, Stobe aggregate and fiberglass. Carved Adirondack style stump chair in White. Cast from an actual tree stump. Fantastic looking and will definitely make you thin...
Stone
19th Century High Chair with Lift Top Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century lift top high chair for children with beautiful cane lift top seat.
Wood
1970s Outsider Artist Country Solid Slab Bench with Marquetry Barn Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Experience the beauty and craftsmanship of this 1970s Outside Artist Country Solid Slab Bench. Handcrafted and featuring a stunning marquetry barn scene, th...
Wood
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Suede Top Drum Ottoman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic Glendale High School Drum was made into a ottoman with a suede top cushion and feet added to the base. The condition is very good and super sturdy.
Pine
19th Century Original Red Painted Child's Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic undisturbed original red painted children's ladder back chair. The seat is a hand woven original seat.
Pine
American Rustic Adirondack Twig Loveseat, Barked Design, Circa 1900
Located in Queens, NY
American rustic adirondack barked "cockpen" design loveseat of twig & root construction with split twig arms & seat (New York State, late 19th/20th Cent).
Twig
Early 20th Century W.F. Tubbs Sno-Shu Reclining Chair and Detachable Foot Stool
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
W.F. Tubbs of Norway, ME (1906-1939) "Sno-Shu" armchair with 3-stage adjustable back, with accompanying footstool which attaches between the front legs of the chair converting it to ...
Leather, Bentwood
1940s Old Hickory Chaise Lounge in Hickory & Cane, Adirondack Style
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Stamford, CT
Designer and Manufacturer of this chaise lounge (1930s-1940s): Old Hickory Furniture Company of Martinsville, Indiana. The chaise lounge's structure is created with slender hickory t...
Hickory, Cane
19th Century American Rustic Adirondack Loveseat in Bent Willow & Twig
Located in Queens, NY
American Rustic Adirondack loveseat of bent willow, twig & root construction with double arched barked splat back & seat (19th Cent)
Willow, Twig
$6,500 / set
Pair of Faux Antler Armchairs of Carved Wood
Located in Buchanan, MI
Very sculptural handsome pair of Faux Antler armchairs of carved wood.
Iron
$1,420Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Original Paint Decorated Windsor Arm Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 19thc New England original paint decorated Windsor arm chair in fine as found condition.The back splash has fruit painted in it.
Wood
$7,075 / set
Carved Shield Back Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
This Set of 10 Carved Shield Back Chairs are slightly larger and heavier than some of our other shield back chairs. The chairs in this set are as pr...
Fabric, Mahogany
19th Century Dutch Wicker Beach Chair by W. F. van Vliet
Located in Hudson, NY
W.F. van Vliet was a prominent manufacturer of wicker furniture, baskets, and specialized beach wicker chairs (badstoelen) based in The Hague, Netherlands. Active primarily during t...
Wicker
Adirondack Porch Bench and Side Table
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Vintage one of a kind Adirondack porch bench and side table. Hand crafted of lodge pole. Made and used in the Adirondacks and moved to a Colorado mountain home. Both sculptural and i...
Wood
Child's Bent Wood /Twig Wood Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc hand made folky twig Child's chair with leather seat.This chair is in very sturdy condition.The trim of the twigs are painted original orange paint.This is a very strong...
Bentwood
Early 19thc Flame Stitch Hand Made Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic hand carved foot stool is dated 1842 and is made in New Hampshire.The condition is pristine.The flame stitch wool fabric was n...
Wool, Wood
Quality Set Of Six Adirondack Style Tree Limb Stools
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Set of Six Rey well made hardwood backed Stools in the Adirondack Style. With good weight and solid feeling comfort, the stools are assembled of tree limbs with the bark left on. ...
Hardwood
$320Sale Price|20% Off
Old Hickory Adirondack Style Rocking Chair
Located in Freehold, NJ
This old Adirondack style chair features rustic bent hickory wood construction, caned seat, and rocking base. Dimensions: 27w 31d 33h 17sh 27ah Condition notes: Chair itself is in ...
Rush, Hickory
19Thc English Children's Windsor Arm Chair Carved " Bertram"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Hand crafted & carved Children's Windsor captains chair with the name "BERTRAM " carved on the inside back of the crest of the chair. The conditi...
Pine
Early 20th Century Leather Covered Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early dovetailed walnut stool is covered in leather and in very good, sturdy condition. Was found in New England.
Wood, Leather
New Vineyard Rocking Chair
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Adirondack rocker from New Vineyard, Maine. Original paint, sculptural with adjustable back. Original brown and forest green paint. Much sought after. A beautiful piece for continued...
Wood
Rustic Country House Bench
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Created solely out of teak branches these are fabulous and totally unique country house style garden seats of grand proportions. Please note we are currently working to a 30-36 week...
Teak