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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$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
20thc White Painted Queen Ann Style Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20thc White Painted Queen Ann Style Side Table . Wonderful copy of a 18thc table. Wonderful aged patina and great condition.
Wood
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
20Thc Walnut Side Table w/ Drawer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine example of Americana small,sweet side table or one drawer stand is in fine condition.Comes to us from a private collection in Santa Barbara.
Wood
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Cherry One Drawer End Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Cherry one drawer stand with turned legs and wood peg & dovetailed drawer. This New England night stand or end table.
Wood
19thc Wooden Lift top Farm Table/ Coffee Table from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New England lift top table hand made from solid pine and thick 2 inch plank top. Wonderful original color. Great patina. Can be used as a table or bench. The top is removable.
Wood
Carved Trunk Solid Exotic Wood Live Edge Table ƒ40 from Costantini, Francisco
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Each table in the Francisco Collection is hand carved from a solid trunk of Argentine Rosewood, then sanded and finished naturally to highlight its natural beauty. Natural cracks an...
Wood
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
19th Century Adirondack Twig Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Adirondack twig table delivers that elusive mix of rustic irreverence and sculptural clarity. The rectangular top, crisply framed in young birch, sets the tone—clea...
Twig
Rustic Adirondack Root Pedestals
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Adirondack style (modern) root design plant stand/pedestal with 3 shelves and an asymmetrical form supported on 3 feet.
Wood
$4,716Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Original Powder Blue Hutch Table / Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original powder blue painted hutch table in fantastic untouched condition. This farm hutch table was found in Pennsylvania from a private estate. This...
Wood
$980Sale Price|30% Off
Rustic Old Hickory Style Octagonal Oak Adirondack Log Side Table Pedestal Stand
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Old Hickory style farmhouse / lodge accent table. Made from rustic natural tree branch / logs with octagonal quartered oak top. Top not original, base possibly Old Hickory ...
Hickory, Oak
$3,116Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Harvest /Farm Walnut Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Early hand made walnut farm table or harvest table from Ohio.This has one large drawer below the apron in the center of the table. This taper leg harvest table is strong & stur...
Wood
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Natural Pine Drop Leaf Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine natural early pine drop leaf table has a inner drawer under the top of the table.This New England table is in fine sturdy condition and is ...
Wood
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Wooden Lift top Farm Table/ Coffee Table from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New England lift top table hand made from solid pine and thick 2 inch plank top. Wonderful original color. Great patina. Can be used as a table or bench. The top is removable.
Wood
Early 20th Century Adirondack Cabin Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A quirky and whimsical early 20th century American Adirondack bent-willow side table with a playful log cabin box with removable roof living amidst a field of painted flowers. Your f...
Willow
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Old Hickory Oval Coffee Table
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine and most unusual shape Old Hickory coffee table is in pristine condition.Protected with Marine varnished top for water or beach protection.This keeps it safe in bad weather...
Wood
$1,172Sale Price|30% Off
MId-Century Mahogany with Stenciled Tooled Leather Top Cocktail Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A MId-Century Fruitwood Two-Tier Coffee Table or Cocktail Table in good vintage condition. Measures 34.5" in diameter and stands 17 Tall. Lower tier clearance is 7".
Fruitwood
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Pennsylvania Walnut Tavern Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 18th century Pennsylvania walnut tavern table is handmade nail and wood peg construction. It has wide three board top and pegs for the top of ...
Walnut
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Birdseye Maple One Drawer Night Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19thc birds eye maple one drawer stand from New England. beautiful turned legs and beautiful button knob on the drawer. The drawer has dovetail construction.
Wood
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20thc Rustic Mexican Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early wooden Mexican Coffee table with dual drawers. Hand made & carved pine bleached wood. You can leave as is or put your own favorite finish on this cool handmade coffee table.
Wood
$2,316Sale Price|20% Off
20Thc Hand Made Trestle Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc pine trestle table from Pennsylvania with red painted base.The top has a wonderful aged patina.The table is in fine sturdy condition.
Pine
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
Work Table with Industrial Wheels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large work table or farm table like table with original casters / wheels. The legs are tapered and the table is in very good condition.
Pine
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Lift Top Table From New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc New England bench / table in wonderful sturdy condition. The underside of the table top has fragments of old apple green paint. The table ...
Wood
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Equipale Round Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine Equipale handmade leather top table has a cedar wood slatted base and is in fine & sturdy condition.
Leather, Wood
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Ranch House Side Table /Night Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Ranch house side table or night stand.This fine walnut night stand or side table is in fine sturdy condition.
Wood
$2,220Sale Price|20% Off
New Mexico Tile / Pedestal Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine inlaid pedestal table has custom inlaid tiles with the New Mexico sign on top.The base is in a blue pieced wood similar to tramp art with a iron pedestal footed base.This ...
Metal
$2,956Sale Price|20% Off
1870's Harvest Table From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1870s Pennsylvania wooden 2 bread board top all wooden tavern table. Original mustard over gray paint. Wonderful Peg and Square cut nail construction. Strong and sturdy table.
Wood
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
20Thc Original White Painted Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Original white painted coffee table with a modernist or country look.Very good condition.
Wood
Mid-Century Old Hickory Birch & Pine One Drawer End Table or Night Stand
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous one drawer stand in pine and birch by the Old Hickory Furniture Company. Beautiful craftsmanship and design. High quality piece, very special with mostly bark as the primary...
Birch, Pine
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Black Painted Round Tavern Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc black painted round tavern table in second paint and turned legs.The form is the best and in sturdy condition.
Wood
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Original Black Painted One Drawer Stand /Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original black painted ranch house on drawer stand or side table.This table has a fine patina and in sturdy condition.
Wood
$1,836Sale Price|20% Off
Late 20th Century Coastal Rustic Custom-Made Driftwood and Twig Center Table
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A one-of-a-kind custom-made side and or Center table crafted in the 1990s, featuring an organic driftwood and twig base with branch-like supports. The sculptural design is accented b...
Driftwood
New Pedestal High Cocktail table with Marble and Brass Top
Located in Miami, FL
New pedestal high cocktail table with beautiful white marble and brass top You can customize the height and colors.
Marble, Brass, Iron
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
19th C Spanish Style One Draw Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Spanish style one draw side table. Walnut hand made table and Found in New Mexico. Table is in pristine condition.
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Black Lacquer Center Table
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An early 19th century English Regency tilt-top center table in black lacquer, decorated with polychrome chinoiserie-style motifs and mother-of-pearl inlay. The circular top rests on ...
Wood, Lacquer
Early Folk Art Splayed Three Leg Milking Stool with Array of Colors
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Sculptural 3 legged milking stool with multiple layers of paint. Rectangular top with a hand hole cut thru the center and supported by 3 turned legs. Their is a marking with letters ...
Hardwood, Paint
Antique Stick Wicker Oval Shape Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique American Art Deco style split reed stick wicker coffee or cocktail table. Woven of willow, newly painted in black. Great for the porch or patio. Search terms: rattan.
Wicker
Pair of Studio Adirondack Southwest Chairs and Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Studio Adirondack chairs and table. A skyscraper and southwest pattern. The table has an incised lizard on the front and can be used for storage as well as a table. All 3 pie...
Wood
American Rustic Chess Game Table with Slat Twig and Root Design
Located in Queens, NY
American rustic Adirondack square game table (with 19th Century elements) with slat twig and root design base and penwork chess / chessboard center top.
Wood
$1,520Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Root Side Table with Glass Top
Located in Pasadena, TX
26" Vintage Root Side Table Root side table features a natural organic freeform base, and comes with its natural color finish. Topped with 26" glass.
Wood
$3,555Sale Price / set|55% Off
Early 1900s Rustic Hickory Dining Set by Old Hickory Furniture Co.
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Black Rock, CT
Timeless craftsmanship meets rustic charm in this rare early 20th-century dining set, attributed to the iconic Old Hickory Furniture Company of Martinsville, Indiana. Known for outfi...
Hickory
Rare and Unique Modern Craftsman / Adirondack Twig Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
A rare, unique neo-primitive /modern craftsman desk attributed to Lee Fountain (1869-1941) and composed of a base of interwoven twigs supporting a top in cherry. Drawer has a twig ha...
Twig, Cherry
$952Sale Price|67% Off
Reclaimed Wood Parsons Style Console
Located in Pasadena, TX
A charming Parson's style console table constructed of reclaimed wood in multi-color. 2 drawers.
Wood
$2,636Sale Price|20% Off
18thc Walnut Tavern Table with Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 18thc tavern table is made from Walnut and with Queen Ann legs and pad feet. This table has wood pegs and dovetailed drawers. The table has a fine patina and condition.
Walnut
19th Century Adirondack Twig Fern Stand
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Adirondack Twig Fern Stand, Late 19th Century, a handcrafted pedestal stand made from black cherry branches, having a round pine board top with an applied stockade gallery of whittled and halved branch posts, raised on a crossed tripod of long branches, braced at bottom by branch stretchers. A classic and beautiful example of original Adirondack lodge homemade furniture...
Cherry
19th C Adirondack Handmade Cabin Shabby Chic Twig Vine Plant Stand Lamp Table
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This one is wonderfully shabby with a distressed coat of black paint splashed with red and green that have aged and worn in a fabulously artistic way showing some of the original age...
Wood, Paint
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Old Hickory Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This signed Old Hickory coffee table is in pristine condition and very sturdy.Such unusual form and patina.
Hickory
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Original Cream Painted Side Table W/ Drawer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original cream painted taper leg night stand or side table in very good condition.This one drawer stand has dovetailed construction drawer & square nails through out.
Wood
$1,430Sale Price|35% Off
Rustic Adirondack Twig Branch Stand Cabin Console Coffee Table
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a really great, craftsman made Adirondack table that would work as a low console table or a tall coffee table. I can see it up against a wall in a cabin or other rustic setti...
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
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
19Thc Pine Farm Table /Coffee Table W/Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Pine Farm table / coffee table in a dry surface.Condition is very good with drawers below the top.Great size for a coffee table.
Wood
Hand Carved Antique Adirondack Table Stand circa 1870s-1890
Located in Peabody, MA
An exceptional piece of rustic Adirondack furniture from a Lake Sunapee, NH camp circa 1870-1890. This stand features handcrafted birch casing decorated with late Victorian geometric...
Wood, Birch
Hermes/Adnet Inspired Iron Belt Cocktail Table, Iron Base, Wood Top, Great Style
By Hermès
Located in Buchanan, MI
Hermes/Adnet inspired iron belt cocktail table, iron base, wood top, great style. Top would be great covered in leather. would look great in a library or office
Iron
$1,276Sale Price|20% Off
Set of Three Original Blue Painted Nesting/Side Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of three American original blue painted nesting/side tables with Asian design Measures: Largest- 15 wide x 13 deep x 22.5 high medium-11.5 ...
Glass, Wood
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
19thc Original Mustard over Red One Drawer Side Table/ Night Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc mustard side table/end table from New England with single drawer. alligator-ed mustard paint. Wonderful design.
Wood
$2,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Black Painted Gaming Table & Chairs- 3pcs.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine black painted pine gaming table is in fine condition and would also make a great kitchen or dinning table for a small dining area. The chairs are a fine shaker style ladder...
Wood
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Dairy Sorting Table with Tin Liner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century pine sorting table has an old surface and a tin liner that is original. At one time the legs would fold up but has been made stationary and sturdy. It has all the o...
Wood
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20thc Hickory Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid 20thc Hickory Side Table. nice thick wooden slats on the top of the table. Very strong construction. Sturdy.
Wood
Chris Craft Boat Company Custom Teak Presentation Side Table
By Chris Craft Boats
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A custom well crafted teak wood side table with brass engraved plaque " To Gite Van Kampen / February 1983 from the Fellow Employees at Chri...
Teak
$292Sale Price|35% Off
Rustic Adirondack Twig Branch Stand Cabin Side Table Heart Bent Wood Motif
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a really great Adirondack table with a large bent wood 5 twig heart on the front. I love a vintage/antique aged look and this one has it especially the top!! The finish, both...
Twig, Wood, Paint