Rustic Decorative Art
RUSTIC STYLE
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 Adirondack furniture and the low-slung 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn reclaimed 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 wares help bring the beauty of the outdoors inside.
As you can see on 1stDibs, vintage rustic chairs, dining tables and other pieces of rustic furniture offer endless inspiration.
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Style: Rustic
Large Majolica Morning Glory Plate Wasmuel, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica morning glory plate wasmuel, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Majolica Morning Glory Plate Wasmuel Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Morning Glory plate Wasmuel Circa 1890.
9.5" diameter.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Green Majolica Acanthus Leaves Plate circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica acanthus leaves plates, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Pink Flowers Salins, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely French Majolica plate pink flowers on a blue basket weave, circa 1880 attributed to Salins.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Beetle & Oak Leaves Plate circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Beetle & Oak Leaves Plate circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Artichoke & Asparagus Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Artichoke & Asparagus Plate.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Vintage Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Six Vintage Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany
A set of six Black Forest roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on carved plaques. The trophies were shot in...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
French Majolica Bird & Flower Plate, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica bird & flower plate, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Pair of French Faience Wall Pocket Desvres Fourmaintraux, Circa 1890
By Desvres
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Faience wall pocket signed Desvres Fourmaintraux Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Green Majolica Acanthus Leaves Plate circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica acanthus leaves plates, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Keller & Guerin Luneville, circa 1890
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate Keller & Guerin Luneville, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$160 / item
French Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Black Forest 8 Pointer Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque 1917
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Black Forest 8 Pointer Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque 1917
An antique trophy of the 8-pointer red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Salem Castle in southern Germany. Shot by a memb...
Category
1910s German Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Terracotta Majolica Bird woodpecker Bavent Normandy Applique
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Terracotta Majolica Bird woodpecker Bavent Normandy.
Height / 13 inches.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
German Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica leaf plate circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$180 / item
French Majolica Dish Leaf, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative French Painted Tole and Iron Clock Face
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large rustic French decorative clock face featuring a painted tole face with Roman numerals. This is a decorative non-working clock face only and does n...
Category
20th Century French Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Mounted Diamond Back Rattlesnake Skin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rattlesnake skin (likely a Diamondback, based on its pattern) mounted via brass studs to a painted blue plank, circa 1950s. The metal brackets, which house the wire, show natural rus...
Category
1970s American Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha) with snake, wo...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
French Majolica Duckling Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Duckling and insect and plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement circa 1900.
Border with poppies.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Wood and Canvas Painted Produce Sign
Located in Troy, MI
Wooden produce sign found in England, circa 1920s. Wood foundation is covered in strips of canvas which have been hand painted by unknown artist.
Category
Early 20th Century English Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
French Majolica Grapes Plate Salins, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica grapes plate Salins on a light blue background (East of France), circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Plate Onnaing, Circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate Onnaing Circa 1890.
flowers and blackberries.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Bird & Bee Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica bird & bee plate Wasmuel.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Majolica Strawberries Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica strawberries plate Luneville.
Rare plate.
7.3 inches diameter.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Bird & Bee Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica bird & bee plate Wasmuel.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Plate Onnaing, Circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate Onnaing Circa 1890.
flowers and blackberries.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Oval Majolica Ducklings Platter Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French oval Majolica ducklings and kingfisher platter signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Small French Majolica Flower Dish Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Faience Breton Oyster Plate Malicorne
Located in Austin, TX
Antique rare large French faience oyster plate, circa 1890 made by the manufacture of Malicorne with a Breton man on the center and flowers and butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Majolica Bird with Cherries Plate Wasmuel, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica bird with cherries plate Wasmuel, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Majolica Roses & Flowers Plate Salins, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Roses & Flowers Plate Salins, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Strawberries Platter with Dog Holding a Basket
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual French Majolica strawberry server with cream and sugar spaces, circa 1890, attributed to Onnaing.
Sophistiqued leaves border, the center is decorated with strawberries and a...
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Cherries Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica Cherries Plate signed Choisy Le Roi.
Made for Higgins & Setter New York.
The Higgins & Seiter Company of New York City began selling decorations for the table, ...
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Bird Plate Orchies, Circa 1900
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French bird Plate signed Moulin des Loups Hamage Orchies Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Majolica Bird Plate Orchies, Circa 1900
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French bird Plate signed Moulin des Loups Hamage Orchies Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Cherries Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica Cherries Plate signed Choisy Le Roi.
Made for Higgins & Setter New York.
The Higgins & Seiter Company of New York City began selling decorations for the table, ...
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Majolica Basket Bichon Dog Wall Pocket Theodore Deck circa 1887
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Basket Bichon Dog Wall Pocket signed TD Theodore Deck dated 1887.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Apples Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica apples plate signed Choisy Le Roi.
Made for Higgins & Setter New York.
The Higgins & Seiter Company of New York City began selling decorations for the table, in...
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Category
1870s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Plate Onnaing, Circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate Onnaing Circa 1890.
flowers and blackberries.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Dish Leaf, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica dish reticulated leaf, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Shoulder Mounted Taxidermy Trophy of a Massive African Eland
Located in San Francisco, CA
Impressive and massive shoulder mounted trophy head of an African Eland (antelope) with glass eyes, In excellent condition from the mid-to-late 20th c...
Category
20th Century South African Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Animal Skin
French Majolica Bird & Flower Plate, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica bird & flower plate, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Majolica Plate with Flowers & Butterfly, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French majolica plate with flowers & butterfly, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Grapes Plate Onnaing, Circa 1900
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica grapes plate Onnaing Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century English Majolica Leaves and Flowers Plate.
Located in Austin, TX
19th century English Majolica leaves and flowers plate.
Category
1880s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Deco Lake Shore by Betty Woodman Museum Silk Textile
By Edith Woodman Burroughs
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Betty Woodman (American, 1930–2018). Silk chiffon textile with hand rolled edges.
After the "Deco Lake Shore," 2002.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, © Betty Woodman textile...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
French Miniature Quimper Heart Plate, Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Miniature Quimper Heart plate, Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Rare Pair of French Majolica Grapes Wall Pockets, Circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Pair of French Majolica grapes wall pockets Circa 1890.
possibly Orchies.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Bird Plate Nimy Les Mons, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Bird Plate signed Nimy Les Mons, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Plate Quimper, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French faience plate Quimper, circa 1920
Border with flowers, representing a woman with the traditional costume of Brittany.
Category
1920s European Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Plate Quimper, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French faience plate Quimper, circa 1920
Border with flowers, representing a woman with the traditional costume of Brittany.
Category
1920s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Large French Majolica Platter Swan Orchies, Circa 1900
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica platter swan in a pond with water lily Orchies Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Austin Prods Theodore Degroot Lath Folk Wall Art Signed by the Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Original Lath Art by Austin Productions, hand painted and signed by the Dutch- American artist Theodore Degroot, circa 1970s
This charming piece features a ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Rustic Water Buffalo Skull Taxidermy
Located in Queens, NY
African style taxidermy large water buffalo skull mounted on oak shield shaped wall plaque (19/20th Cent.)
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Horn
Mosaic Inspired Wall Panel Made from Repurposed Tole Elements
Located in Dallas, TX
Mosaic Inspired Wall Panel Made from Repurposed, distressed metal Tole Elements. Each piece unique in coloration and design. In my organic, contemporary, vintage and mid-century mode...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
$1,179 Sale Price
25% Off
Set of Five Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany around 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Five Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany around 1920
A set of five antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on carved wooden plaques. The trophies were...
Category
1920s German Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Rustic decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rustic 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 Rustic 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 Henriot Quimper, Sarreguemines, Wasmuel Majolica, and Onnaing. 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 $75 and tops out at $8,490 while the average work can sell for $283.