Country Decorative Art
COUNTRY STYLE
Functional pieces made with local materials that can stand the test of time have defined antique and vintage country furniture around the world.
Country style has varied based on regional tastes, from French Country with tufted sofas and cane-framed beds to American Country with stately Windsor chairs and tables built of pine. Each is imbued with touches that are often described as rustic, a style that is inclusive of a range of decorating modes such as country and farmhouse. Exposed wood, traditional fabrics, natural colors and a sense of heritage through distressed surfaces and handcrafted design are all attributes of country-style interiors.
Country furniture and decor can encompass movements from across centuries that reflect rural life, such as French Provincial, which emerged in the 17th century, Black Forest, which became popular in early-19th-century Switzerland with sculptural furniture carved with animals and Adirondack style, with chairs that debuted in the United States in the early 20th century and became a rustic favorite.
The design of country-style furniture isn’t guided by fleeting trends or elite tastes. Sofas upholstered with animal hide, desks made of oak or pine that show off the grain of their material and dining room tables balanced on sturdy square legs are all popular examples of country furniture. Although the aesthetics of country furniture are eclectic, the pieces are unified by meticulous construction that favors utility over ornamentation.
Contemporary country interiors usually have muted palettes, with white walls and calming shades of blue, where heirloom pieces mingle with vintage baskets and gingham textiles. Unpretentious and timeless, country furniture adds warmth to any home, whether it’s a cabin in the woods or an urban loft apartment.
Find a collection of antique and vintage country tables, seating, decorative objects and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Country
French Pottery Savoie Floral Platter
Located in Austin, TX
19th French Pottery Savoie floral platter.
Country style.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
French Faience Blue and White Asparagus Plate, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French faience blue and white asparagus plate, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Pair of Small Portuguese Majolica Palissy Wall Fishs Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of small antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style signed Jose Alves Cunha sucessor circa 1900.
(Caldas da Rainha), with 5 fishs.
Category
Early 1900s Portuguese Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
American Plaster Cast of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Located in New York, NY
American country tinted plaster cast relief of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (signed: A. PENNUCI/ROSLAN Mass.).
Category
19th Century American Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
French Majolica Grape & Flowers Plate Luneville, circa 1880
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica grape & flowers plate Luneville, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Majolica Water Lily Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica water lily plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Faience Oval Blue & White Platter Forges Les Eaux
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French faience large oval rustic platter forges les eaux.
Normandy.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Grape & Flowers Plate Luneville, circa 1880
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica grape & flowers plate Luneville, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
German Majolica Cat Wall Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely German Majolica cat with her kitten plate, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Green Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Green Majolica leaves plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Longchamp, circa 1890
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate signed Longchamp, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Green Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica leaves on basket weave background plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Federico Mazzotta 'Italian, 1839-1897' a 19th Century Oil on Canvas Maiden & Cow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Federico Mazzotta (Italian, 1839-1897) A fine Italian 19th century Oil on Canvas "A Maiden with her Calf", depicting a joyous peasant next to her cal...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
French Majolica Chesnut Leaf, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
A large French Majolica chesnut leaf, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Green Majolica Leaves Plate Sarreguemines Digoin, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica leaves plate signed Sarreguemines Digoin, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Framed American Hook Rug Wall Hanging
Located in New York, NY
An American hooked rug mounted on a large frame with a man sitting on a chair. the material used on his pants are from raw denim jeans. Creative technique used by weaver. This piece ...
Category
20th Century American Country Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Jute, Cotton
English Octagonal Plate Ducks on Lake Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English octagonal plate ducks on the lake, circa 1890.
English mark TC Brown Westhead and Moore.
Sold at the Grand depot 21 rue Drouot, Paris.
Category
1890s English Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Orchies, circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate Orchies, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
English Plate Hunt Scene Doulton Burslem, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large English faience plate signed Doulton Burslem (1882-1902) with a hunting dog and a rabbit with wild flowers.
Category
1890s English Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
19th Century Majolica Grapes Wall Platter Fives Lille
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica grapesplatter in high relief, Fives Lille unsigned.
At the end of the 19th century, Longchamp and Fives Lille produced fruits platters of all kinds more...
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
18th Century French Faience Houses Nevers Plate
By Nevers
Located in Austin, TX
18th century French faience Nevers plate.
Houses with tree and a woman sitting.
Category
1790s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Friedrich Ortlieb Oil on Canvas Children Celebrate Christmas
By Friedrich Ortlieb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Friedrich Ortlieb (German, 1839-1909) a fine and large oil on canvas titled "New Year's Day at The grandfather's". The joyful indoor family scene depicting a Christmas and new year's celebration with an elder seated couple, the grandparents, the grandmother holding a toddler on her arms, the grandfather with his smoking pipe by his side, both enjoying a young boy's (grandson) poem recital, while other children await their turn with gifts as the mesmerized young parents Stand and watch in awe. A Christmas tree by the window, a cat sneaking by and a basket with wine and bread awaits being delivered as a gift to the elders. A young boy sits patiently on a chair, an apple and an umbrella by his side. Signed: Fried Ortlieb, München 1873 - (lower right). An engraved brass plaque reads "New Year's at the grandfathers - Friederich Ortlieb 1839-1909) Munich, circa 1873.
Friedrich Ortlieb was an accomplished artist, born in Stuttgart in 1839 and died in Munich on the 4th October 1909. He received his formal art training at the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Stuttgart and also at Steffeck, Berlin. He exhibited widely, though most notably in Dresden and Vienna from 1871. He is best remembered for his genre scenes with children as shown in this finely detailed example of his work. Epitomizing the very best in this genre, Ortlieb depicts the character and personality of the children in joyful situations with accuracy and great sensitivity to the subject matter, a frozen moment in time with so much detail and emotion expressed in the children’s and elder's faces.
Related literature:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs by Gründ, Volume 8, Page 41
Provenance:
Grogan & Company, Dedham, December 5, 1999 - Sale No. 81, Lot 13
Gallerie in Paris, 2000
Christie's New York 2003
Paris art gallery...
Category
19th Century German Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
French Green Majolica Leaves Plate Montereau, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica leaves plate signed Montereau, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Painted Prattware Plaque Showing a Pair of Lions, Made England, circa 1800
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Rouse Lench Collection
A pair of lions resting comfortably on a Prattware plaque. They probably just finished a big meal! Hand painted in three brown shades: their b...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Earthenware
Federico Mazzotta 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Grandfather"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Federico Mazzotta (Italian, 1839-1897) A Very Fine Italian 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Greeting Grandfather", depicting a joyous grandfather enjoying...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century Majolica Bird Plate Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica bird plate signed Sarreguemines.
This plate represent the spring with cherries flowers.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large 19th Century Majolica Apricots Wall Platter Fives Lille
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French Majolica apricots platter in high relief, Fives Lille unsigned.
At the end of the 19th century, Longchamp and Fives Lille produced fruits platters of all k...
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
Green Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Green Majolica leaves plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Chocolate Oyster Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th-century Majolica chocolate oyster plate with green seaweeds Luneville.
Reference: Page 43 "Oyster plates" of J. Karsnitz.
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
English Majolica Strawberries Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Majolica strawberries plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s English Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Cat Wall Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely German Majolica cat with her kitten plate, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Jules Salles-Wagner, French, 19th Century Oil on Canvas: Water Carrier
By Jules Salles-Wagner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jules Salles-Wagner (French, 1814-1898) A Large and Impressive French, 19th century oil on canvas "The Water Carrier" depicting a standing and posing young peasant girl holding twin-...
Category
19th Century French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
Large French Faience Platter with Farmyard Scene, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large French faience rustic platter with farmyard scene, circa 1890.
Rooster, hen annd chicks.
Possibly Sarreguemines.
Measure: 15 inches diameter.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Large Majolica Chesnut Leaf Platter, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French large Majolica chesnut leaf platter, circa 1880.
Measures: 13.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Plums Wall Platter Fives Lille
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica plums platter in high relief, Fives Lille unsigned.
At the end of 19th century, Longchamp and Fives Lille produced fruits platters of all kind more rare...
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
English Octagonal Plate Swans on Lake Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English octagonal plate swans on the lake, circa 1890.
English mark TC Brown Westhead and Moore.
Sold at the Grand depot 21 rue Drouot Paris.
Category
1890s English Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Italian Hand Colored Print with Gold Leaf and Mirror Frame Set of 2
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Hand-coloured print entirely made in Florence, Italy by master craftsmen using an antique press and artisanal paper and showing a pineapple. The stylish black mat has gold detailing....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Country Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Contemporary Italian Handcolored Print with Handmade Black Glass Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Large cockatoo print entirely handcolored in Italy and hand printed with an antique press. Deep green mat with gold detailing. Art frame with gold leaf b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Country Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Contemporary Italian Hand Painted Print with Gold Leaf and Mirror Frame 1 of 2
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Handcoloured print entirely made in Florence, Italy by master craftsmen using an antique press and artisanal paper and showing a pineapple. The stylish black mat has gold detailing. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Country Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Italian Early 20th Century Oil on Panel "Mother and Daughter" Ottorino Pugnaloni
By Ottorino Pugnaloni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian early 20th century oil on panel "Mother and Daughter" attributed to Ottorino Pugnaloni (Italian, 19th-20th century) depicting an outdoor farm scene of a young peasant moth...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Country Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Italian Handcolored Print with Handmade Black Glass Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Large cockatoo print entirely hand colored in Italy and hand printed with an antique press. Deep green mat with gold detailing. Art frame with gold leaf border and black glass insert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Country Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Renoleau Platter, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Palissy fishs wall Renoleau platter, circa 1880.
3 fishs and mussels.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Hen & Chicks Wall Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Hen & Chicks wall plate, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Palissy Portuguese Fishes & Eel Wall Platter Jose A. Cunha
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Palissy Portuguese wall platter signed Jose Alves Cunha ( Caldas da Rainha )
The platter have seven differents fishes and one eel on the top.
Category
1890s Portuguese Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
French Transferware Horseman Hunter Platter Choisy Le Roi, circa 1840
Located in Austin, TX
Early French polychrome transferware platter with hunt scene horseman and his dogs signed Hippolyte Boulenger for the manufacture of Choisy le roi, circa 1840.
The platter edges are...
Category
1840s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Plate with Hen Choisy Le Roi, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French faience plate with hen signed Choisy Le Roi, circa 1890.
Category
1890s European Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Grapes Wall Platter Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful 19th century French Majolica grapes wall platter signed Longchamp terre de fer. The fruits are in high relief with the leaves and branches.
The ma...
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Majolica Vegetables Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica vegetable wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
On a black background it's a trompe l'oeil platter with tomatoe, salas, carrot...
Category
1950s French Vintage Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
Federico Ballesio Attributed 'Italian, 19th Century' Watercolor "The Courting"
By Francesco Ballesio 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to Federico Ballesio (Italian, 19th Century) a fine Italian watercolor and gouache on paper "The Courting". The finely painted watercolor ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
19th Century Majolica Bird Plate Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica bird plate signed Sarreguemines.
This plate represent the fall with oak leaves.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Grapes Wall Platter Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely 19th century French Majolica grapes wall platter signed Longchamp terre de fer.
The fruits are in high relief with the leaves and the branch.
The man...
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Francesco Peluso (Italian, 1836-1916) An Oil on Canvas "The Village Celebration"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Francesco Peluso (Italian, 1836-1916) a fine Italian 19th-20th century oil on canvas "The Village Celebration" depicting a young couple of villagers dressed for Spring festivities and walking through a dirt road while playing musical instruments. The girl playing a tambourine and the boy a wooden noise maker...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
19th Century Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter by Victor Barbizet
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy fishs wall platter on a blue background with bugs, butterfly, lizard, crawfish, shells, leaves as ferns.
The School of Paris is composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, F...
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Chocolate Oyster Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica chocolate oyster plate with green seaweeds Luneville.
Reference: Page 43 "Oyster plates" of J. Karsnitz.
Category
1880s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Filippo Indoni (Italian, 1842-1908) "The Lover's Courtship" Watercolor on Paper
By Filippo Indoni 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Filippo Indoni (Italian, 1842-1908) "The Lover's Courtship" Watercolor on paper, depicting a young Italian couple seated and resting on a pile of rocks, the young man holding a trump...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century Majolica Pheasant Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate with a pheasant in the woods signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi, circa 1890.
The manufacture of Choisy le Roi was one of the most important manufacture at the en...
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate Fives Lille, circa 1890.
Decorated with an artichoke and a mask with leaves.
Category
1890s French Antique Country Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Country decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Country decorative art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Country decorative art made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Luneville, Longchamp, Bates, Brown-Westhead, & Moore, and Sarreguemines. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $70 and tops out at $84,750 while the average work can sell for $350.
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