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.
1950s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
1940s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Iron
20th Century Unknown Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century Swedish Rustic Tables
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Tables
Oak, Walnut, Fir
20th Century American Rustic Tables
Oak
20th Century Rustic Tables
Limestone
2010s Turkish Rustic Tables
Walnut, Wood, Burl
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century Rustic Tables
Stone, Concrete, Metal
Early 20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
18th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American Rustic Tables
Ash
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
1990s American Rustic Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
1940s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
1980s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century Dutch Rustic Tables
Oak
1950s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century American Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
2010s Belgian Rustic Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Metal
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
19th Century European Antique Rustic Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century Indian Rustic Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Rustic Tables
Hardwood
1940s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Fir, Chestnut, Cypress
Early 20th Century Dutch Rustic Tables
Oak, Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Brass
1940s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Tables
Steel
Mid-19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Paint
20th Century French Rustic Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Metal
1970s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1980s Philippine Vintage Rustic Tables
Teak
1970s Vintage Rustic Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Rustic Tables
Wood, Burl
Early 20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Tables
Wood, Burl
1880s Italian Antique Rustic Tables
Walnut, Fir
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Maple
1940s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Oak
20th Century American Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir
20th Century American Rustic Tables
Oak
20th Century Belgian Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century French Rustic Tables
Hardwood, Oak