Rustic Wall Decorations
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 Green Majolica Oyster Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful French Majolica green oyster plate with stylized leaves, circa 1890.
Very rare color.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
English Majolica Pink Geranium Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
English Majolica Pink Geranium Plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s English Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Grape Plate Villeroy Boch circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica grape plate signed Villeroy Boch Circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Large German Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Large German Majolica Leaves & Flowers Plate Circa 1900.
9 inches diameter.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Corn Keller & Guerin Saint Clement Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica corn Keller & Guerin Saint Clement Plate.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Bird Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French majolica plate with bird & white flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Plate Quimper, circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1960.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1960s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
French, Majolica Bird Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French majolica plate with bird and white flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Cornflower Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cornflower and wheat plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century English Majolica Geranium Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual 19th century English Majolica Geranium plate.
Category
1890s English Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century, French, Majolica Birds Plate Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica birds plate Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Chesnut Leaf Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica chesnut leaf plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Grape Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Large German Majolica grape plate, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
$240 / item
Large French Majolica Bulldog Wall Platter Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Bulldog Wall Platter Circa 1890.
Diameter / 11.3 inches.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Majolica, 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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
French Faience Wall Pocket Anchor Desvres Fourmaintraux, Circa 1890
By Desvres
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Wall Pocket Anchor signed FF Desvres Fourmaintraux, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Purple Flowers Plate Clairefontaine
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica purple flowers plate signed Clairefontaine.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage German Coat of Arms Heraldry Pewter Wall Plate
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful pewter wall plate featuring a heraldic coat of arms with a knight
Germany, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 9"W x 1"D x 9"H.
Good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Pewter
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.
Very rare color.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Hand Forged Iron Harpoon with Wooden Handle
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful antique wooden & iron hand made harpoon. This would be ideal for an installation on a wall on a custom wall mount. We could have a mount made for an additional cost.
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Vintage American Ten-Point Elk Trophy Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
Capture the rugged beauty of the American West with this striking ten-point elk antler trophy, elegantly mounted on an oak shield backplate and encased in leather, embellished with b...
Category
20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Oak
19th Century Japanese Boro Covered Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Japanese woven bamboo basket, likely used for grain or rice, transcends its industrial origins to become a stunning contemporary artwork. Covered in a mosaic of indigo cotton Boro textile fragments, the basket showcases the Japanese tradition of Boro—patching and mending fabric to extend its life. Boro textiles...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Bamboo
French Majolica Plate, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica plate with a geometrical pattern circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 8 French Green Majolica Leaves Plates Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 8 French Green Majolica Leaves Plate signed Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Majolica Oyster Plate Longchamp Circa 1890
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare yellow Majolica oyster plate, six white wells on a yellow basket weave, circa 1890 signed Longchamp.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Earthenware Seafood Lobster Plate by J. Caldas Da Rainha, 1930
Located in Verviers, BE
Portugese Caldas da Rainha Palissy lobster wall plaque, circa 1930.
Decorated with mussels, shells and seaweed.
Has no structural issues and is...
Category
1930s Portuguese Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Earthenware
French Majolica Oranges Wall Pocket Perret Gentil Menton circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French majolica oranges wall pocket signed Perret Gentil Menton circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Wild Boar Tusk Trophy on Wooden Plaque, Germany 1970s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Vintage wild boar tusk trophy on Wooden Plaque, Germany 1970s
A large vintage Black Forest wild boar (Sus scrofa) teeth trophy on wooden ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Artichoke Plate Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Artichoke Plate signed Longchamps.
Decorated with flowers.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Grapes Plate Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica Grapes 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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th French Green Majolica Leaves Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
19th French Green Majolica leaves plate signed Gien.
Measures: 7.5" inches diameter.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
$150 / item
Antique Early 19th Century Rustic Hand Made Wooden Broom
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful and rare antique rustic, farmhouse, or country wooden hand made broom. The broom is made from twigs and would make a gorgeous addition to your country house, Hampton's ho...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Majolica Flowers Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica flowers plate.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Wooden and Iron Pitchfork Garden Tool
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful antique wooden & iron hand made pitchfork garden tool. This would be ideal for an installation on a large wall on custom wall mounts. It would add charm and character to ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
American Rustic Taxidermied wall plaque of a dark 4 pointed Pronghorn
Located in Queens, NY
American Rustic Taxidermied wall plaque of a dark 4 pointed Pronghorn
Category
20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Animal Skin
Rustic Decorative Elk Antler and Wood Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic decorative game trophy / wall plaque comprised of two large elk antlers mounted on a wooden shield-form wall plaque.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Sarreguemines circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Asparagus Plate signed Sarreguemines circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$544 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 (...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Pottery
Black Forest Fallow Deer Trophy from Salem, Spain, 1979
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Fallow deer Trophy from Salem - Spain 1979
A great abnormal Black Forest fallow deer (Dama dama) trophy from the palace of Salem in South Germany. It was shot in Spain ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Large Majolica Palissy Fish Wall Platter Circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Palissy wall platter circa 1920.
Decorated with a large fish on a various leaves background.
17.5 by 9.4 inches.
Category
1920s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Pitcher Mercure Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Belgium Majolica pitcher Wasmuel representing Mercure.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Aqua Majolica Wild Rose Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French aqua Majolica wild rose plate Sarreguemines circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century German Majolica Begonia Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century German Majolica Begonia Plate
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque Stag Head with 10 Point Trophy
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque stag head with 10 Point Trophy
A large antique Black Forest baroque stag head. Carved in typical abstract style of the early 18th century. It is mounted on a wooden carved and painted plaque with emblem and foliages and features a large real stag antler trophy. The head still has its original polycrome painted finish witch is partly restored. The left side of the plaque has been replaced. A great individual piece which enhances every wall decoration.
A special way to present hunting trophies is to attach them to carved animal heads. This tradition exists since the Middle Ages. Even after intensive investigations, it is not yet possible to explain exactly how this happened. The carved heads are often colored and mounted on cartouches that are also carved and painted. They follow a naturalistic representation and one could think that in this way they are symbolically brought back from the abstraction of dead antlers into liveliness. Famous artists to be named are Madl in Ichenhausen, Germany and Heissl in Ebensee, Austria. Around 1900, the antler collection...
Category
Early 18th Century German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler
Majolica Roses Plate Wasmuel, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica roses plate wasmuel, circa 1890.
8 inches diameter.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Cast Iron Horse Head Hitching Post
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This bold and rustic cast iron horse head features a powerful, stylized form with a strong gaze and a weathered iron ring through the snout—once used as a functional hitching post. T...
Category
Late 20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
French Majolica Cornflower Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cornflower and wheat plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Leaves Plate circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Leaves Plate circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Oranges Platter Perret Gentil Menton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Oranges Platter Perret Gentil Menton.
Diameter / 9 inches.
Category
1880s Finnish Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Majolica
French Majolica Flowers Plate Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Flowers Plate Circa 1890.
Decorated with pink & purple flowers.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Joan of Arc Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Joan of Arc Plate Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Black Forest Red Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque - Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Red Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque - Germany
A large 6-pointer red deer trophy (Cervus elaphus) from the Black Forest, mounted on a wooden plaque with carved oak leaves a...
Category
1930s German Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy Portuguese Crab Wall Platter, circa 1940.
Signed Gaeiras Obidos.
Category
1940s Portuguese Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Antique Yoke, Portugal, 1900s
Located in Antwerp, BE
This sculptural wooden yoke, carved around 1900, was once used to harness a pair of oxen for plowing or pulling carts in rural Portugal. As a functional farming tool, the yoke linked...
Category
Early 1900s Portuguese Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
French Majolica Moon Wall Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual French yellow Majolica moon plate with owl, star ,bat and bird, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Rustic wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rustic wall decorations 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 wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rustic wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, 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 wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $97,495 while the average work can sell for $390.
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