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.
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Chestnut
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Pine, Paint
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Oak, Pine
Mid-19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Metal
19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 1800s French Antique Rustic Tables
Limestone
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Walnut
Early 19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Cherry
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Iron
19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Paint
1830s Welsh Antique Rustic Tables
Ash, Pine, Paint
19th Century European Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Tables
Metal
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Pine
19th Century Unknown Antique Rustic Tables
Horn, Hide
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
1880s French Antique Rustic Tables
Rosewood
18th Century Italian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 1800s Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
1790s Swedish Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 1900s American Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Pine
20th Century Rustic Tables
Iron
19th Century French Antique Rustic Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak, Pine
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Rustic Tables
Wrought Iron
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak
19th Century English Antique Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak