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 the 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn 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 furniture helps bring the beauty of the outdoors inside. As you can see on 1stDibs, rustic wares offer no end of inspiration.
1920s Hungarian Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1920s Unknown Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Metal
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Oak, Pine
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century British Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Tables
Pine
1830s Welsh Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
1980s German Vintage Rustic Tables
Metal
1950s Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1920s Swedish Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1920s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Steel
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Maple
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1920s Hungarian Vintage Rustic Tables
Zinc
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Oak
1920s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Rattan
1920s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood