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
19th Century, French Majolica Apples Fives Lille Platter
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica apples fives Lille.
Measure: 10.5 inches diameter.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Fish Platter Henriot Quimper, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
19th Century Majolica Palissy Crabs Wall Platter Alfred Renoleau
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Palissy crabs wall platter signed Alfred Renoleau dated 1891-1894.
The crabs are in high relief on a green seaweeds background.
Reference/Pag...
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
French Miniature Quimper Plate, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Miniature Henriot Quimper Plate signed circa 1950.
A bretonne woman is represented on the center with a yellow border.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Faience Grapes Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Rustic faience grapes plate signed Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Orchies, circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate Orchies, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Faience Fish Dish Desvres, Circa 1910
By Desvres
Located in Austin, TX
Small faience fish shape dish or platter Desvres circa 1910.
Decorated with a coat of arms.
Category
1910s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Antique Styrian Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1933
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Styrian Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1933
A 6 pointer roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque. The trophy was shot in Styria, Austria in...
Category
1930s German Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
French Majolica Leaves & Yellow Flowers Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves and yellow flowers plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Large Portuguese Palissy Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Portuguese Palissy plate with large alligators, lizards and turtles searching through mossy tuft. Indecipherable mark, probably Mafra, Ca...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Oysterz Large Wood and Glass Wall Decorations
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Oysters are part of their new collection. These striking pieces are wall installations that reveal striking compositions of marked curvatures that refer to their own nature. They are made up of colored circular glass centers that seem to expand both in material and in shape to deformed figures from slices of...
Category
2010s Mexican Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,088 / item
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
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
French Faience Plate Musiciens Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Plate Musiciens signed Quimper circa 1950.
Diameter / 10 inches.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
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
Pair of French Faience Wall Pocket Henriot Quimper
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Faience wall pocket signed Henriot Quimper, circa 1900.
Hand painted with a couple of bretons and flowers.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 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
Set of 18 Antique Prints of English Country Cottages, circa 1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Glorious set of 18 prints of English country cottages.
Steel engravings.
Published by Tallis, circa 1840
Unframed.
Category
1840s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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 Faience Oyster Plate Henriot Quimper, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate signed Henriot Quimper, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1950.
Diamond shape.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-Century Terracotta Majolica Dog Bavent Normandy Applique
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Terracotta Majolica Dog Bavent Normandy Applique.
Height / 7 inches.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
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
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
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Salins, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Asparagus plate Salins circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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
French Faience Plate Quimper, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French faience plate Quimper, circa 1880.
Border with flowers, representing a woman with the traditional costume of Brittany.
Category
1880s European Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Faience Octogonal Plate Fleur-De-Lis Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Octogonal Plate Fleur-De-Lis Circa 1900.
coat of arms on the center "Pau" city in South of France.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Pair of French Majolica Flowers Wall Pockets Choisy Le Roi, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Majolica Flowers Wall Pockets Choisy Le Roi, Circa 1890.
Lilac and roses.
Category
1890s French 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 a traditional Brittany cap.
Category
1920s European Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
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 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
Petite French Faience Quimper Cup Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Petite French Faience Quimper cup Circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Majolica Plums Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plums plate signed Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Bird Plate Orchies, Circa 1900
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Plate bird & butterfly signed L'Hermine Orchies Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 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 Peaches 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
French Faience Shoe Wall Pocket, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small French faience shoe wall pocket, circa 1900.
From Brittany signed Vannes in the front.
Hand painted with a farmer from Brittany and flowers.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Oysterz Medium Wood and Glass Wall Decoration
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Oysters are part of their new collection. These striking pieces are wall installations that reveal striking compositions of marked curvatures that refer to their own nature. They are made up of colored circular glass centers that seem to expand both in material and in shape to deformed figures from slices of...
Category
2010s Mexican Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$1,566 / item
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
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
19th Century English Majolica Berries Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th century English Majolica Berries plate.
Category
1890s English Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large French Platter Rooster Choisy le Roi, circa 1840
Located in Austin, TX
Early French polychrome platter with roosters signed Choisy le roi, circa 1840.
The platter edge area is decorated with grapes and flowers.
Category
1840s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Leaves & Yellow Flowers Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves and yellow flowers plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890..
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Rustic Faience Flower Plate Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Rustic Faience Flower Plate Circa 1890.
Normandy.
Mark on the back.
Category
1890s French Antique 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 Orchies Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Leaves & Yellow Flowers Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves and yellow flowers plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Austrian Majolica Leaves and Flowers Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Austrian Majolica leaves and flowers plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Rustic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
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.