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.
Navajo Indian Geometric Weaving Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine pair of Navajo Indian weaving pillows are in fine condition and have cotton linen backings. Sold as a pair.
Linen, Wool
$119Sale Price|20% Off
Small Tribal Turkish Kilim Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a vintage Turkish kilim with cotton back. Zipper closure and foam insert provided. Measures: 16" x 16".
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Workstead Lodge Chandelier Two in Natural Oak and Brass
By Workstead
Located in Floyd, VA
The lodge chandelier two continues the play of wooden framework and metal structure on the scale of a directional chandelier. A rigid wooden structure supports two delicate tubes tha...
Wood
Art Deco Stick Rattan Lounging Arm Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderful example of Art Deco stick rattan lounging armchair with beautiful large arched arms. Stick wicker, rattan, bamboo, lounge chair, arm chair, club chair. Arm h: 24 Seat...
Wicker
Mid Century Modern Massive Sculptural Driftwood Floor Lamp, circa 1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Assemblage of driftwood has a natural presence. Over six feet tall and every angle creates a different perspective. A very interesting and artistic sculpture...
Driftwood
Pair Rustic and Patinated Beetle Coat Hangers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming pair of metal beetle coat hangers, retaining their original, timeworn patina. The surface wear adds depth and authenticity, giving each piece a sense of age and character ...
Metal
$1,950Sale Price|30% Off
Hand Carved Antique Adirondack Table Stand circa 1870s-1890
Located in Peabody, MA
An exceptional piece of rustic Adirondack furniture from a Lake Sunapee, NH camp circa 1870-1890. This stand features handcrafted birch casing decorated with late Victorian geometric...
Wood, Birch
Vintage Chinese Oriental Small Asian Black Lacquer Painted Cabinets - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Oriental Small Low Asian Black Lacquer Painted Cabinets - a Pair. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 18" H x 24" W x 12" D.
Wood
$270Sale Price|75% Off
Antique White Painted Cedar Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique cedar wood mirror 49.5" H x 39.5" W. Can be used in many decor including Swedish, county or rustic setting. Made of antique cedar planks with ori...
Cedar
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
Charles Day Hunt American Hudson River / Adirondack Landscape 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
This is an absolutely beautiful little jewel by American artist Charles Day Hunt. Created at some point in the 1870-1880's, this autumnal Hudson Valley / Adirondacks view, is just so...
Canvas, Paint
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
20th Century Full Body Cow Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century Full Body Cow Door Stop in original hand painted. Wonderful look. Very heavy.
Iron
Unique Wrought Iron Table + Chairs
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Wrought Iron Table + Chairs in original condition.
Wrought Iron
$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
Antique Stick Wicker Oval Shape Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique American Art Deco style split reed stick wicker coffee or cocktail table. Woven of willow, newly painted in black. Great for the porch or patio. Search terms: rattan.
Wicker
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Sterling Silver with Turquoise Stone in Handle Server
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic sterling silver handmade ladle or dipper has a nugget of turquoise and a hand carved teak handle. The condition is fantastic. Such great workmanship. Marked 925 & Peru.
Sterling Silver
20th Century Sponge Ware Piggy Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun fat pig piggy bank is in sponge ware and is in very good condition.Of course she is hand painted.
Pottery
1930s Beacon Indian Design Camp Blanket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930s cotton made blue, green and red beacon Indian camp blanket. Great wear to the edges from age and use. Interior of the beacon is great not tea...
Cotton
$2,850 / set
Pair of Adirondack Style Twig Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
At the turn of the twentieth century, east coast industrialists escaped the cities for the solitude of the Adirondacks, where the finest furniture wasn't carved from mahogany but coa...
Willow
Mid-Century Large Ceramic Lobster-Topped Italian Soup Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
A rare one-of-a-kind find! This lobster-topped soup tureen makes me smile. I'm ready to drop everything and gather my family and friends for a hearty dinner al fresco. This is an ...
Ceramic
Vintage Zapotec Carpet, Contemporary Santa Fe Meets Organic Modern
Located in Dallas, TX
77487 Vintage Mexican Zapotec Rug, 01'11 x 04'00. Infused with the spirit of Contemporary Santa Fe refinement and the quiet sophistication of Organic Modern design, this handwoven wo...
Wool
$716Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Spongeware Pottery Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century hand made and hand painted sponge ware pitcher. beautiful blue and white color pattern. Great for decoration or to be used as a flower vase.
Pottery
19th C Furkin Bucket with Lid from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
All original 19th C Furkin bucket with lid. All natural patina. Bucket has tiny cut nails and over lapping fingers. From New England.
Wood, Pine
$2,220Sale Price|20% Off
New Mexico Tile / Pedestal Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine inlaid pedestal table has custom inlaid tiles with the New Mexico sign on top.The base is in a blue pieced wood similar to tramp art with a iron pedestal footed base.This ...
Metal
$1,116Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Four Johnson Bros Dinner Plates and Johnson Bros Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large English Turkey platter, Johnson Bros. and a set of three English Autumn Monarch Turkey plates. English hand engraved Johnson Bros. set of three p...
Porcelain
$7,050 / set
Oval Back Inlaid Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
A Set of 10 Oval Back Inlaid Chairs with 2 arm chairs and 8 side chairs. These chairs feature great design and high quality workmanship and materials. A ...
Fabric, Mahogany
Artist Lawrence Argent (1957-2017) Life Size Bent Iron Rowing Oars Sculpture
Located in Las Vegas, NV
From artist Lawrence Argent, comes these solid iron castings of antique rowing oars with a bent twist. Created in 1994, untitled. These came directly fr...
Iron
Pendleton Blanket Cayuse Masonic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pendleton Indian Design camp blanket with a masonic symbol in the center of the blanket.
Abalone
Japanese Contemporary Platinum Black Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 9
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in platinum, set against a beautifully shaped porcelain body in black, a signed piece belonging to the artist's signature fish collection by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist and recipient of numerous awards for his exceptional and extraordinary porcelain work and his unique signature gold and platinum work on porcelain. In 2016, the British Museum added a work by this award-winning artist to its collection of contemporary Japanese porcelain in the Imari-Arita polychrome enamel tradition. The artist's profile is available upon request. According to a Chinese legend...
Platinum
Old Hickory Plank Hand Made Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Old Hickory Plank Stool with three legs and all hand carved.This funky stool was made by a wood worker in the 1940's in the South West.The condition is very good & sturdy. Stool ...
Wood
Collection of Geometric Pima Indian Baskets -4
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This collection of Pima baskets are all from a private Indian collection. All in fine condition. Sold as a group of four baskets. Largest basket...
Hemp
Two 19th Century Black Forest Clocks, Great Form, Great Old Color/Patina
Located in Buchanan, MI
Two 19th century Black Forest clocks, charming form, great old patina. Would look great in a library or office
Walnut
John Neale (British, B. 20th Century) Signed Oil On Board, Summer Landscape
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Oil on board depicting a summer landscape with a leafy tree in the center, a figure fishing in the lower right, blue rolling hills in the distance and set against a cornflower blue c...
Wood
$716Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Pewter Serving Spoons -10 Pcs. Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This complete set of ten pewter large spoons.The condition is very good.Very rare to find a complete set of matching pewter spoons.
Pewter
$1,036Sale Price / set|20% Off
Mexican Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows -3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collection of three Mexican Indian weaving pillows with unusual yellow linen backing.The inserts are down & feather fill.
Wool
Rustic or Primitive Queen Size Log Bed In The Style Of Old Hickory. Handsome.
Located in Buchanan, MI
This log bed or adirondack bed has a headboard, footboard, side rails, and three slats. It is sturdy and in good condition. The headboard measures 63" wide and 68" tall. The footboar...
Wood
Rustic Adirondack Plant Stand with 3 Shelves, USA, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Adirondack style (modern) root design plant stand/pedestal with 3 shelves and an asymmetrical form supported on 3 feet.
Wood
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
1940s ABC Hat and Coat Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun and colorful wooded 40s ABC hat and coat rack. this colorful hat or coat rack has a fun childish feel that shouts wonder and imagination. Such a fun and subtle way to present the...
Wood
20thc Yellow Painted Signed Old Hickory Settee and Matching Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20thc Century Old Hickory Settee And Chair in original paint. Wonderful Yellow patinaed paint with a old rustic look. Seat cushions are made from old pendleton blankets with foam cor...
Wood
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Early Papago Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 20thc Papaggo Indian basket is in fine as found condition.The size is sweet and nice aged patina.
Hemp
$716Sale Price / set|20% Off
Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows ( Individually )
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillow or pillows. These Chinle Navajo Indian weaving pillows.Sold individually or as a set of four.
Wool
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Mexican /American Tex Coco Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing red&blue Mexican /American Texcoco Indian weaving bolster pillow has a red cotton linen backing. The insert is red cotton linen backing.
Wool
A Collection of Bordallo Pinheiro Dinnerware 47 Pieces Great Color
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Collection of Bordallo Pinheiro Dinnerware comprising six leaf-form salad plates; four soup bowls and two fruit bowls in Cabbage Green pattern; nine dinner plates and eleven salad...
Porcelain
Carved Trunk Solid Exotic Wood Live Edge Table ƒ40 from Costantini, Francisco
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Each table in the Francisco Collection is hand carved from a solid trunk of Argentine Rosewood, then sanded and finished naturally to highlight its natural beauty. Natural cracks an...
Wood
Early 19Thc Original Red Painted Punched Tin Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very early punched tin original red painted and hand written names painted on the surface & illegible name or script.The condition is very good.
Metal, Tin
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
$556Sale Price|20% Off
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle. Great condition.
Hemp, Natural Fiber
$556Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Dough Bowl With Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Hand carved dough bowl with handles and found in New England. This bowl has an amazing patina and surface.
Wood
$788Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Childs Bentwood Rocker W/Suede Seat Cushion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Bentwood / twig child's rocking chair from Pennsylvania in fine condition.The custom made seat cushion in suede / leather.
Suede, Wood
$316Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Rustic Organic Turned Wooden Farmhouse Artisan Fruit Bowl
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderfully precise turned wood bowl, understated centerpiece or fruit bowl. Simple almost organic form. 10 inch diameter. No makers markings.
Wood
Antique Wicker Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Wicker Lamp And Shade. Repainted at some point. Rewired with new socket, wiring and plug. Ready to use
Wicker, Paint
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Bulbous Vintage Turned Wood Bud Vase Studio Craft Woodworker Midcentury Vibe
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Beautiful form. Signed R.Carnes 98 Lysiton, possibly not very legible.
Wood
$952Sale Price|67% Off
Reclaimed Wood Parsons Style Console
Located in Pasadena, TX
A charming Parson's style console table constructed of reclaimed wood in multi-color. 2 drawers.
Wood
Shaker Pantry Box, 19th Century Small
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful fingers and lightly distressed with beautiful patinaed look.
Wood
$1,276Sale Price|20% Off
Hand Carved Eagle By
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved eagle in fine condition and rare to find by Thomas Rhodes carver from Arizona.The shape & form is the best.
Wood
Early 20th Century Original Blue Painted Handled Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century original blue painted handled basket in good condition. Found in the mid west.
Wood
1990s Old Hickory Chaise Lounge, Hickory & Cane, Adirondack Style
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Stamford, CT
This hickory chaise lounge is labeled: Old Hickory Shelbyville, IN. Est 1899. It dates from the 1990s. The chaise lounge's structureis createdwith slender hickory tree trunks. The in...
Hickory, Cane
$1,195Sale Price|27% Off
Signed Fred Crosson Indian Chief Oil Painting
By Fred Crosson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine oil painting of a Indian chief is in a custom made contemporary gilded wood frame. This listed artist Fred Crosson painting is also dated 1981 and in fine condition.
Old Hickory Arm Chair W/ Leather Seat & Rattan Backing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed Old Hickory Arm chair with a newly replace leather seat.Hand woven backing and the chair is in great condition.
Hickory