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
German Majolica Leaves & Ferns Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Leaves & Ferns Plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century French Faience Oyster Plate Quimper
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-century French Faience oyster plate signed Quimper.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$176 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Black Forest Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque - Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Black Forest Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque - Germany
A large 10-pointer red deer trophy (Cervus elaphus) from the Black Forest, mounted on a dark green lacquered wooden pla...
Category
1930s German Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Large Terracotta Majolica Cicada Bavent Normandy Applique
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Terracotta Majolica Cicada Bavent Normandy.
Height / 9.5 inches.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Roses Plate Wasmuel, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica roses plate wasmuel, circa 1890.
8.3 inches diameter.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1960.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Majolica Strawberries Plate Villeroy & Boch Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica Strawberries Plate Villeroy & Boch Circa 1900.
Diameter / 6.5 inches.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$176 Sale Price
20% Off
German Majolica Birds & Roses Plate, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica birds & roses plate, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Quimper Leaf Dish Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Quimper Leaf Dish Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Majolica Asparagus Plate Pexonne
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Asparagus Plate signed Pexonne.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1960.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1960s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Belgium Majolica Asparagus Plate Wasmuel, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare belgium Majolica asparagus plate Wasmuel, circa 1880.
Napkin trompe l'oeil.
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Palissy Leaf Wall Fishs Platter Alfred Renoleau
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy leaf platter with mackerel,eel and a sole signed Polakowski & cie Roumazieres.
Reference/Page 179 "Palissy Ware" of M. Katz.
Page 81 "Alfred Renoleau ceramiste Charen...
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$96 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Leaves Platter Sarreguemines Majolica
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica platter with leaves signed Sarreguemines Majolica circa 1870.
Category
1870s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Majolica Leaves Plate Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica leaves plate signed Sarreguemines.
8 plates are available.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$224 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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
$128 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Oyster Plate circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French rustic faience oyster plate with flowers and bretonne circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
German Majolica Black-Eyed Susan Plate Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Black-Eyed Susan plate circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$136 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$128 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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
$128 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter by Victor Barbizet
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Austin, TX
Palissy fishs wall platter on a brown background with fishs, moth, lizard, shells.
The School of Paris is composed by makers as Victor Barbizet, Francois Maurice, Thomas Sergent, Ge...
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Leaves Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves plate signed Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
German Majolica Leaves Plate circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Leaves Plate circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$176 Sale Price
20% Off
Small 19th Century English Majolica Grapes & Strawberries Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Small 19th Century English Majolica Grapes & Strawberries Plate.
6.8 inches diameter.
Category
1880s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate Villeroy & Boch circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica Flowers Plate Villeroy & Boch circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1950.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
German Majolica Apple Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica apple plate, circa 1900.
Measure: 7.3" diameter.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Wood Panel with Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
This piece is a part of Brendan Bass’s one-of-a-kind collection, Le Monde. French for “The World”, the Le Monde collection is made up of rare and hard to find pieces curated by Brend...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
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
$144 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate with Iris Longchamp, circa 1890
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica asparagus plate with iris signed Longchamp, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$232 Sale Price
20% Off
German Majolica Birds & Grapes Plate Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German majolica birds & grapes plate circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$112 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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
$176 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Set of Four Hand-Painted Blue and White Spanish Ceramic Tiles
Located in Madrid, ES
Professionally framed, this set of four late 19th / early 20th century Spanish-made tiles ("azulejos" en Español) are hand-stenciled glazed ceramic, the simple and graphic blue and w...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique RUSTIC wall hanging Crucifix / metal on Oak Cross
Located in Skien, NO
Antique wall hanging Crucifix / Cross & Corpus of Christ from early 1900s, ca. 1900.
Rustic metal with original painted decoration of Corpus of Christ mounted on Oak cross. Inscrip...
Category
Early 1900s Norwegian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
$448 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Majolica Blue Leaves Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Majolica blue leaves plate.
Category
1890s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
Small French Majolica Dish with Bird Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Majolica dish with bird anf flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Bird Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate birds with blue flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$176 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faience Blue & White Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Blue & White Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Majolica Roosters Wall Pockets, circa 1920
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Majolica roosters wall pockets, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Majolica Asparagus Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Asparagus signed Choisy Le Roi.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$224 Sale Price / item
20% Off
19th Century French Majolica Asparagus Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Asparagus signed Choisy Le Roi.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Belgium Majolica Asparagus Plate Wasmuel, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare belgium Majolica asparagus plate Wasmuel, circa 1880.
Napkin trompe l'oeil.
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Leaves Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$128 Sale Price
20% Off
Small French Faience Wall Pocket Henriot Quimper circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Faience wall pocket signed Henriot Quimper, circa 1920.
Hand painted with a couple of bretons and flowers.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
French Miniature Quimper Plate, Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Miniature Henriot Quimper Plate signed circa 1950.
A breton man is represented on the center with a yellow border.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$76 Sale Price
20% Off
French Yellow 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 Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
French Blue & White Majolica Acanthus Leaves Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French blue & white Majolica acanthus leaves plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$192 Sale Price / item
20% Off
French Majolica Ducklings with Frog Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica ducklings with frog plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Belgium Majolica Asparagus Sunflower Plate Wasmuel, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Belgium Majolica asparagus sunflower plate Wasmuel, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$264 Sale Price / item
20% Off
1890 Rubelles Majolica Hors d'Oeuvres Dish
By Rubelles 1
Located in Austin, TX
19th-Century French Majolica hors d'oeuvres dish. Signed "Rubelles" with windmill.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
$156 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Faience Asparagus & Turnip Wall Platter Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Faience Asparagus & Turnip Wall Platter Circa 1900.
Rustic faience , small chips as shown on the pictures.
Category
Early 1900s Finnish Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
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