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.
1940s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Danish Rustic Tables
Metal
1950s European Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Tables
Wood
1940s Vintage Rustic Tables
Metal
1940s Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1950s Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Early 20th Century Belgian Rustic Tables
Metal
1990s Rustic Tables
Driftwood
1930s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Limestone
1980s Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century Rustic Tables
Poplar
1950s Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
20th Century French Rustic Tables
Wood
1930s North American Vintage Rustic Tables
Metal
1950s North American Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century Hungarian Rustic Tables
Iron
20th Century Belgian Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century European Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American Rustic Tables
Wood, Paint
20th Century English Rustic Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
1970s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1910s Spanish Vintage Rustic Tables
Metal
20th Century German Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Tables
Marble, Iron
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1960s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Elm
20th Century European Rustic Tables
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century North American Rustic Tables
Paint
1950s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century Belgian Rustic Tables
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1960s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Pine
1940s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Fir, Chestnut, Cypress
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century German Rustic Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Tables
Wood, Burl
Early 20th Century Indian Rustic Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mexican Rustic Tables
Wood
1960s French Vintage Rustic Tables
Olive
Late 20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
1940s Mexican Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
1930s Latvian Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood, Pine
20th Century French Rustic Tables
Wood
20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Tables
Iron
1930s American Vintage Rustic Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Rustic Tables
Wood
1930s Italian Vintage Rustic Tables
Limestone
Mid-20th Century Mexican Rustic Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Tables
Hickory