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.
$1,995 / item
Primitive Antique American Corner Hutch
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Well made and solid Antique Corner Hutch in Stained Pine with later interior paint is a pleasing Slate Blue. The Hutch has a gently rounded top board, Canted sides, four fixed shelv...
Wood, Pine
Rustic Indian 19th Century Corner Cabinet with Carved Motifs and Shelves
Located in Yonkers, NY
A small Indian rustic wooden corner display cabinet from the 19th century with carved geometric motifs, bow front shelves and weathered appearance. Created in India during the 19th century, this antique wooden corner cabinet...
Wood
Exemplary 18th Century Paint Decorated Corner Cabinet, Christie's Provenance
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With a Christies, New York auction sticker on the back. The cabinet with carved cornice and openwork frieze. Carved sinuous floral vine supports flank the glass door with mullions in a light brown stain. The interior in pale green paint with three shelves. The lower cabinet with metal mounts (broken...
Glass, Wood
$2,510Sale Price|75% Off
Big size French Corner Unit in Solid Walnut, with 4-Door Drawer
Located in Buggiano, IT
French corner unit in solid walnut, with 4-door drawer. It has sturdy internal shelves. The doors and the drawer can be removed from the structure. The cabinet is very heavy. I...
Walnut, Fir
Pair Rustic Vintage Corner Wine Cabinets, Vitrines
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair rustic vintage corner wine cabinets ~ Vitrines are perfect for your entertainment room! Situated in adjacent corners, you can take advantage o...
Stained Glass, Oak
Antique Corner Cabinet ''What Not'' 1920s England
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful Corner Cabinet .5 tier ,Nut Wood . The english called this a ''What Not '' used for al kind of Miscellaneous . Very good condition .
Nutwood
19th Century Hand Carved Stand with Marble Top
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautifully carved hardwood square stand with marble top. Carved rosewood with a figurative rouge marble top with lower shelf. Perfect accent piece or for use as a stand for sculpture...
Marble
Antique Swedish Genuine Country Corner Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish corner cabinet. The cabinet is a genuine Swedish country house furniture from the early 1800s. Old historic paint with ...
Pine
19th Century Carved Screen
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a finely carved late 19th century Indian Anglo-Raj Hardwood Screen that was fabricated for the export market. The four-panel screen features four distinctly carved floral panels to the front and four matching panels...
Hardwood
$2,520Sale Price|30% Off
H 89.25 in W 24 in D 46 in
Antique Early American Primitive Pine Farmhouse Corner Cabinet Cupboard 90"
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique early 19th century American primitive country farmhouse corner cabinet. Made of pine featuring a large 12 pane rolled glass arcaded door that opens to a blue painted inte...
Glass, Pine
Vintage Mahogany Display Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
This elegant vintage mahogany display cabinet has a mirrored back and two glass shelves to exhibit your special treasures. Adorned wi...
Glass, Mahogany
$2,150Sale Price|38% Off
H 39.5 in W 40 in D 17 in
19th Century Antique Chinese Carved Coffer, Cabinet, Side Table
Located in Pomona, CA
Size: 39 1/2inH x 40in W x 17in D Door opening: 24 1/2in H x 20 1/2in W Drawer: 5 1/2in H x 10in W x 11in D Origin: China Circa: 1850 - 1900 Material: Wood Condition: Ori...
Elm
$5,514
H 88.19 in W 38.59 in D 38.59 in
Antique Genuine Northern Swedish Country Gustavian Style Rustic Corner Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique country corner cabinet in gustavian style from northern Sweden. The cabinet is from around 1820 to 1840 and has a frame in solid pine. Made in two parts with an upper and low...
Pine
$3,995
H 38 in W 30.25 in D 19.25 in
Fine Antique 1780s Italian Burled Walnut Primitive Corner Cabinet Rustic Lock
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
There are pieces of furniture that politely occupy space, and then there are pieces that seem to remember every room they’ve ever stood in. This Italian corner cupboard—over two cent...
Walnut
Early American Blue Painted Corner Cupboard
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Great original blue paint featuring a molded cornice with dentil frieze above two cockbeaded glazed doors. Opens to shaped shelves and separated by mid-molding above two beaded hinged doors and flanked by reeded panels and canted corners. Early glass...
Pine
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Corner Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking late 18th-century Gustavian period corner cabinet from Sweden, featuring the classic neoclassical elegance of the era. Crafted in two parts, the cabinet showcases paneled ...
Pine
$1,350Sale Price|55% Off
H 66.54 in W 37.01 in D 20.48 in
Biedermeier Elm Corner Cupboard, Antique German, 1830, Warm Patina
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Beautiful Biedermeier elm corner cupboard with authentic antique warm patina.
Wood, Elm
Antique French wooden bow front corner cabinet, ca. 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1850 / bow front corner cabinet / oak wood / antiques / rustic Beautiful antique oak bow front corner cabinet with exquisite details in wood, made in france circa 1850. Beh...
Wood, Oak
Fine Eldred Wheeler Tiger Maple Corner Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Eldred Wheeler tiger maple corner cabinet featuring individual pane glass, pegged construction, and brass hardware. Comes in two pieces for ease of transport and placement. Upper case with molded cornice above a single 12 glazed panel door with arches...
Glass, Maple
19th Century Tall Stained Oak Corner Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine and authentic stained oak corner cupboard with great color and fine authentic form. The pair of lower carved double doors open to triangular shelves. All doors and drawers wit...
Brass
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H 83.47 in W 57.09 in D 19.3 in
20th Italian Deco Wardrobe in Briar Root, with One Doors with Central Mirror
Located in Buggiano, IT
20th Italian wardrobe, in briar root, with one door, with central mirror. It is not removable. The color is natural. Inside it has a shelf and a clothes rail. The mirror is o...
Walnut, Fir
Swedish 18th Century Corner Cabinet Dry Scraped to perfection
Located in Houston, TX
Swedish painted corner cabinet on a plinth base with two block panel doors and a shaped open display in the middle of the piece. Inside...
Wood, Paint
Charming Moroccan Hand Painted Rustic Corner Cabinet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A wonderful rustic Moroccan hand painted corner cupboard having muted and slightly distressed finish and a color palette of navy blue, orange red and green. Two doors with marvelous ...
Wood
Vintage Rustic English Corner Cabinet ~ Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Rustic English corner cabinet ~ Vitrine is the ideal choice to not only display family heirlooms and keepsakes, but to also utilize an otherwise unused corner of the room! Ha...
Glass, Oak
Large Antique Italian Provincial Painted Corner Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
An Italian hand carved and painted pine corner cabinet with beautiful, distressed, rustic patina. Dating to the early 20th century, finished in original cream paint, having a large t...
Pine, Paint
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H 81 in W 57 in D 26.5 in
Antique 18th C. Early American Pennsylvania Pine Corner Cupboard China Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
A stately late 18th Century Early American Pennsylvania corner cupboard or cabinet. Made of pine featuring triangular form with serpentine...
Glass, Pine
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H 83.86 in W 37.41 in D 26.78 in
Italian Early 20th Century Kitchen Pine Wood Black Lacquered Corner Cupboard
Located in Brescia, IT
This rustic corner cupboard is totally handmade in pine wood and it becomes a contemporary presence in an elegant kitchen, for its trendy black color. Inside, there is a wallpaper in...
Pine
Corner Cabinet, 19th Century English Country
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century English corner cabinet features timeless design, Old World architecture, and is designed to utilize a corner of the room, normally useless space in most interior spaces....
Oak
19th Century Rustic Country French Demilune Corner Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century rustic country French demilune corner cabinet is an unusual find, with a design that is shaped like a slice of pie when viewed from above, and designed to tuck into and ...
Oak