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 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.
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century American Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Furniture
Pine
19th Century Turkish Antique Rustic Furniture
Terracotta
1910s Hungarian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Birch, Sycamore
Late 18th Century European Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron
Early 18th Century German Antique Rustic Furniture
Glass, Oak
20th Century Italian Rustic Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Furniture
Wood
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Terracotta
17th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Indian Rustic Furniture
Iron
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine, Paint
Late 20th Century Rustic Furniture
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century Indian Rustic Furniture
Wood
19th Century English Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Furniture
Iron
19th Century Antique Rustic Furniture
Brass
20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Animal Skin
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Marble
20th Century French Rustic Furniture
Oak
Early 20th Century Rustic Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rustic Furniture
Horn
20th Century Rustic Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Furniture
Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir
1920s Vintage Rustic Furniture
Pine
1990s Rustic Furniture
Mahogany
20th Century Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Stone
1920s Spanish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Furniture
Mahogany
1920s Hungarian Vintage Rustic Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Rustic Furniture
Copper, Iron
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Furniture
Wood, Rattan
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Furniture
Wood
1890s French Antique Rustic Furniture
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Rustic Furniture
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Furniture
Wood
19th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Furniture
Pine
19th Century French Antique Rustic Furniture
Walnut
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 1900s Antique Rustic Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Rustic Furniture
Pine
1950s Danish Vintage Rustic Furniture
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Rustic Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Furniture
Wood
2010s South African Rustic Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century Indian Rustic Furniture
Brass





