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.
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Furniture
Bentwood, Willow
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
1950s Vintage Rustic Furniture
Steel
Early 20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Cotton, Wool
Mid-20th Century Azerbaijani Rustic Furniture
Cotton, Organic Material, Natural Fiber, Wool
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
1930s Persian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Early 20th Century Unknown Rustic Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
1920s Caucasian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rustic Furniture
Iron
Early 20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool
20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Leather, Plastic, Rubber, Wood
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
1950s American Vintage Rustic Furniture
Pine
1960s French Vintage Rustic Furniture
Iron
Early 20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool
1920s Indian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Furniture
Reed
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
1920s Asian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Mid-20th Century Afghan Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Early 20th Century Indonesian Rustic Furniture
Iron
Mid-20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
1920s Serbian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Organic Material, Cotton, Wool
1980s Spanish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Leather
1990s Afghan Rustic Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
1990s Afghan Rustic Furniture
Organic Material, Cotton, Wool
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Furniture
Poplar, Glass
Late 20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
1960s Azerbaijani Vintage Rustic Furniture
Organic Material, Cotton, Wool
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
Late 20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Furniture
Cotton
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Furniture
Wool
Mid-20th Century Asian Rustic Furniture
Wool