Rustic Decorative Art
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.
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Austrian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1970s American Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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Mid-20th Century American Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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Early 20th Century Rustic Decorative Art
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20th Century Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1840s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1960s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1870s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1840s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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20th Century American Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Ceramic, Majolica
1950s American Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1960s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Faience
1870s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Faience
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Ceramic, Faience
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
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