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.
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Early Plank Top Picnic Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early indoor /outdoor picnic table or sawbuck table has a thick plank top and the base is in green paint. The top plank is three inches thick.This is a very sturdy table.
Wood
$12,250 / item
15 Foot Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Annville, PA
This version of a Three Pedestal 15 Foot Mahogany Dining Table has a lot of great features that combine to make it a show stopper. A reeded solid mahogany edge surrounds the table to...
Mahogany
$3,916Sale Price|20% Off
1930's Old Hickory Saw Buck Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930's Old Hickory saw buck table. This table is very rare and hard to find. Very good condition.
Hickory
Cast Aluminum "Antler" Table Base, Arthur Court
By Arthur Court
Located in Palm Desert, CA
We had 2 cast aluminum and patinated brass finished "Antler" table bases by Arthur Court. These unique and eye catching bases are aluminum, with a bronze finish, carved in the shape of buck antlers...
Aluminum
American Rustic Adirondack Style Rectangular Dining Table
By Ben Davis
Located in Queens, NY
American Rustic Adirondack-style rectangular dining table with slat knotty trimmed apron and pine top (Attributed to Ben Davis)
Pine
Rustic Adirondack Pine Dining Table, French 1940s, Rectangular Design
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Adirondack-style (French 1940s) chipped pine rectangular dining table with a stretcher (Related Items: 060975, 060977, 060979)
Pine
Georgian Mahogany Dropleaf Dining Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality, Mid-18th Century, George II Period Solid Mahogany Oval Drop Leaf Dining Table, To Seat 8 People, Having Extremely Well Figured Two Flap Top Retaining Exceptional, Rich, Untouched Colour And Patina, Raised On Four Elegant Turned Legs Terminating With Original Pad Feet. Georgian drop leaf dining tables of this design are relatively common to find, however it is rare to find one of this size and in this condition, which retains such a fabulous colour and patina. It is also quite nice to find an oval one, which is not far off being circular when extended. This is a superb example of its type, constructed from what would have been the absolute best solid mahogany available in the mid 18th century and because of that the table is still as fit for purpose as the day it was made. It is particularly solid even with the moving legs fully extended and this allows for great functionality. Of course another tick on the desirability scale for this table is that it can be easily folded down and even pushed against a wall, or into a corner when not in full use, meaning one does not require such a large dining room as may otherwise have been required. The table also retains a fabulous untouched colour and patina and has very clearly not ever been stripped and repolished or anything like that. Seating 8, this table is one of one of the most desirable antique dining table forms available and would work with a whole variety of different dining chairs...
Mahogany
$65,000
H 29 in W 67 in D 56 in
Cast Bronze Functional Art Sculptural Pedestal Dining Table from Costantini
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
This cast bronze sculptural pedestal dining table from Costantini is truly a Functional Work of Art The top and base are cast separately and united with bronze screws so that the...
Brass, Bronze
Mahogany Dining Table. 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular dining table with turned legs recalling columns and secured by a chambrana that starts from the union of the same. Both the line and the decoration centered on the legs t...
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Extension Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany, figured mahogany veneered and crossbanded extending dining table, the rectangular top opening to accommodate two additional self-storing leaves, the paneled satinwood ven...
Wood
Elm & Maple Dining Table, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Elm & Maple dining table, 1940s Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and International Shipping, it...
Elm, Maple
Vintage Ercol Plank Dining Table
By Lucian Ercolani, Ercol
Located in Gardiner, NY
Authentic vintage plank dining table. Model 382 by Ercol. Solid elm wood top and beech wood legs. This piece is in excellent condition with very few signs of age-related wear (see...
Beech, Elm
English Regency Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency (19th Century) mahogany dining table with three square pedestal bases having four fluted splayed legs with ebonized trim
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency mahogany round dining table with a molded edge supported on a pedestal base with 4 gilt claw legs and green painted trim.
Gold Leaf
Scandinavian Rustic Dining Table in Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining table, pine, Scandinavia, 1950s This dining table captures the aesthetic sensibilities associated with designers Carl Malmsten, Göran Malmvall, and Axel Einar Hjorth. With it...
Pine
Rustic Country French Provincial Pine Farmhouse Dining Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A charming weathered French Country Provincial farmhouse dining table, constructed in the late 19th century. The rustic plank top is left unfinished, showing a warm and natural honey...
Pine
$1,211Sale Price|25% Off
H 28.35 in W 31.5 in D 47.25 in
Arts & Crafts Style Refectory Wooden Rectangular Dining Table
Located in Rochester, England
A beautifully constructed wooden refectory table in the Arts & Crafts style. The table has a traditional aesthetic, with a wonderfully worn down rectangular table top made up of sev...
Wood
Rustic Sun-Bleached Early Oval-Shape Tilt-Top Table
Located in Chireno, TX
Rustic early sun-bleached oval-shape tilt-top table (circa 1830-1850). Simple, elegant design with functional tilt-top. Oval bleached walnut top raised upon bleached oak swivel-harp base...
Oak, Walnut
Old Hickory Gaming or Dinning Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine oversize gaming table or small dinning table is in fine sturdy condition.This signed Old Hickory Martinsville,Indiana is stamped under the top of the table.Wonderful origin...
Hickory
19Thc Farm House Table in Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc original mustard painted farm table from Ohio in great sturdy condition.The top of the scrub top table is early cut nails and a fine waxed top fo...
Wood
Old Hickory Dining / Desk Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The hickory base of this handsome table has lower side panels with hickory pole fans, one low and one high cross stretcher, and four diagonal top braces. The three-board oak top has ...
Hickory
Old Hickory Square Dining or Gaming Table
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing signed Old Hickory dinning or game table is in fantastic condition.It has a wonderful mellow patina with original old varnished surface.It is very tight and sturdy.Great...
Hickory
Old Hickory Round Kitchen/Dinning Table
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century round hickory dining table. Old hickory manufacture. Has been sealed to protect wood from all weather. This item has been checked for strength and stability.It has...
Hickory
Old Hickory Slated Dining/Breakfast Nook Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Old Hickory Slated Dining or Breakfast Nook Table
Hickory, Oak
19th C Folding Wine Tasting Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th C folding wine tasting table. Table was painted later but is original. This great table can be used in a small space as a nook / ...
Wood
20th C Old Hickory Drop Leaf Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C old hickory drop leaf table. Great for a dining or a breakfast nook table. Closed the table measures 26 x 36 Open the table meas...
Wood
Early 20th C Old Hickory Hexagonal Shaped Dining Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th C Old Hickory hexagonal shaped dining table. Made by Rustic Hickory Furniture Company, La Porte, Indiana. Circa 1915. It...
Hickory, Wood
19th C Lg Saw Buck Table in Original Green Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic over sized sawbuck table in original painted surface. The surface is amazing and undisturbed surface. This is a original painted base and a original scrub top. The con...
Wood
19thc Original Green Painted Large Farm Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Original Green painted large farm table from Pennsylvania. This farm table has a nice scrub top with square nailed construction. This table has ...
Wood
19thc Original Surface Sawbuck Farm Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc original old surface early sawbuck table was found in Pennsylvania. It has such wonderful old varnish patina. The construction is wood pegs and square nails. Just a wonder...
Wood