Rustic Tables
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 Indian Rustic Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
1970s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Fabric, Pine
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rustic Tables
Beech, Softwood
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
1930s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Composition
19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
Late 20th Century American Rustic Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Tables
Wrought Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Mirror, Chestnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Rustic Tables
Wood, Cypress
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Tables
Oak
20th Century Rustic Tables
Driftwood
18th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Slate
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Tables
Oak
19th Century British Antique Rustic Tables
Pine, Paint
16th Century Danish Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
20th Century American Rustic Tables
Oak
20th Century English Rustic Tables
Faux Bamboo, Pine
Early 1900s English Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Tables
Chestnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Guatemalan Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century Indonesian Rustic Tables
Iron
18th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Mexican Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century Asian Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Rustic Tables
Wood, Cypress
19th Century Indonesian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Rustic Tables
Pine
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rustic Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century Balinese Rustic Tables
Bronze
1950s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood, Pine
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Tables
Wood, Burl
1950s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 1900s Swiss Antique Rustic Tables
Cherry
20th Century Spanish Rustic Tables
Wood, Pine
Early 20th Century French Rustic Tables
Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Wrought Iron
2010s Rustic Tables
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Tables
Steel
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century Brazilian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Hardwood