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.
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Cotton, Wool
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Antler, Horn
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Furniture
Walnut, Pine
15th Century and Earlier Welsh Antique Rustic Furniture
Slate
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine, Paint
1940s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Elm
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rustic Furniture
Mirror, Softwood
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rustic Furniture
Pine
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
1950s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rustic Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
18th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Walnut
1890s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Early 1800s Belgian Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
18th Century Belgian Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century German Antique Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Late 19th Century German Antique Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Early 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Late 19th Century German Antique Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Late 19th Century German Antique Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
1860s Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rustic Furniture
Hardwood, Bone
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century Turkmen Rustic Furniture
Wool
Late 20th Century Burkinabe Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
19th Century European Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Furniture
Fruitwood
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak
18th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron
1850s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Early 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Early 20th Century German Rustic Furniture
Antler, Wood
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Furniture
Wood
1960s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak