Rustic Furniture
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 the 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn 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 furniture helps bring the beauty of the outdoors inside. As you can see on 1stDibs, rustic wares offer no end of inspiration.
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Spanish Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron, Copper, Iron
18th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron
1920s Hungarian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Glass, Pine
Early 20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Wood
1940s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
1870s Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Poplar
1890s European Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron, Wrought Iron
17th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Chestnut
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Furniture
Metal
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
1940s Portuguese Vintage Rustic Furniture
Stone
20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Organic Material, Cotton, Wool
1940s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron
16th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Wood, Elm
1980s Burmese Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wicker, Bentwood
19th Century British Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
19th Century British Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
19th Century British Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Glass, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
1920s Turkish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Cotton, Organic Material, Wool
20th Century English Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Furniture
Wood
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Wood
1940s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Oak
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Metal, Metallic Thread
1970s Belgian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Oak
Early 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Oak
1930s Italian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Maiolica
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Terracotta
1890s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Metal
19th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Ash, Sycamore
Early 20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century British Rustic Furniture
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine, Paint
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron
1870s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Glass, Pine
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Early 2000s Italian Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
18th Century British Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Furniture
Pine
Early 1900s Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
1920s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Oak
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
1960s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Oak
1930s Belgian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Glass, Pine
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Furniture
Ceramic