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
French Majolica Cornflower Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cornflower & wheat plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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
Majolica Chesnut Leaf Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica chesnut leaf plate signed Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
French Majolica Poppies Platter , circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French Majolica Pink Platter with poppies circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century 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
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
19th Century Majolica Palissy Leaf Wall Fish & Lobster Platter Alfred Renoleau
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century Majolica Palissy leaf wall fish & lobster platter Alfred Renoleau.
Signed Polakowski & Cie, Roumazieres.
Angouleme (France).
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Butterfly Plate Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century French Majolica butterfly plate signed Longchamp.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Hardwood Taxidermy Deer Antelope Stag Head Bust w Antlers 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century plain hardwood carved country / farmhouse / rustic deer / antelope head with slender four point antlers, set on a shield shaped wall hanging plaque.
Dimensions:
10...
Category
Late 20th Century Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Hardwood
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Six Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany around 1880
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Six Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany around 1880
A set of six antique Black Forest roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on carved wooden plaques. The tr...
Category
1880s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
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
Large German Majolica Cherries Platter Circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Large German Majolica Cherries Platter Circa 1920.
11.3 inches diameter.
Category
1920s German Vintage 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
French Majolica Bird and Grapes Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica bird with grapes aqua plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
2 Faux Wood Deer Stag Buck Head Taxidermy Wall Mount Sculptures 43"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of late 20th century wall hanging faux taxidermy deer / buck head sculptures with long antlers. Made of resin and painted to resemble carved wood.
Dimensions:
29" x 17" x 43" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Composition
$1,120 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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Framed Needlepoint Tapestry - The Gleaners Inspired Embroidery Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Add a touch of classic elegance to your space with this vintage framed needlepoint tapestry inspired by The Gleaners, a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet. This han...
Category
1970s Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Green & Yellow Majolica Oyster Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful French Majolica green and yellow oyster plate with stylized leaves, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Primitive Rustic Handmade Wood Spice Rack with Glass Bottles, Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
Charming handmade pine spice rack with 12 excellent tall, thin glass jars. Excellent proportions with hardware affixed to hang on the wall. Fabulous for its intended use as as storage for hardware, beads or other craft supplies...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Cork, Pine
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Green & Yellow Majolica Oyster Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Colorful French Majolica green and yellow oyster plate with stylized leaves, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Six Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques, Germany ca. 1930s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Six Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques Germany ca. 1930s.
A set of six antique Black Forest deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies on turned wooden...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Early 20th Century Wooden and Iron Garden Tools, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful pair of antique wooden & iron hand made garden tools consisting of a hay fork and a shovel. These would be ideal for an installation on a wall on custom wall mounts. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
$636 Sale Price / set
36% Off
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Butterfly Plate Longchamp
By Longchamp
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century French Majolica Butterfly Plate signed Longchamp.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Wooden Garden Tools, Set of Three
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful set of three antique wooden hand made garden tools. These would be ideal for an installation on a large wall on custom wall mounts.
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$1,996 Sale Price / set
20% Off
German Majolica Cherries Plate, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica Cherries plate, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German 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
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
Majolica Head Pig Plate Orchies, circa 1900
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual French Majolica plate with a pig head made by Orchies (North of France), circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Very Oversized Vintage Display Scissors in Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
Whimsical scissors open and close as real scissors do, excellent rustic piece for the light at heart design. Can be mounted on a wall or just standing against a wall (as shown here).
Category
1940s American Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Large French Majolica Pair of Apples & Pears Platters Orchies Circa 1930
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica Pair of Apples & Pears Platters Orchies Circa 1930.
12.5 inches diameter.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Palissy Lizard Wall Platter Alfred Renoleau
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica Palissy lizard oval wall platter signed Alfred Renoleau.
2 lizards, shells and frog.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Iron
19th Century Majolica Bird & Bee Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica bird & bee plate Wasmuel.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Countryside village oil on canvas France 19th century
Located in Lisboa, PT
Countryside village oil on canvas France 19th century with minor losses.
Category
19th Century French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Bronze Hound and Hare
Located in Chicago, IL
This cast bronze hound, with a hare caught gently in its jaws, feels plucked from the walls of some imagined French hunting lodge—or better yet, the dreamlike halls of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris, where art and animal intertwine. Rich with texture and myth, the piece is mounted to a leafy backplate teeming with oak leaves and acorns, symbols of endurance and wild woodlands. Its scale makes it delightfully functional—as a sculptural door pull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
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
French Majolica Asparagus Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate circa 1890.
Rare model.
10" diameter.
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 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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Palissy Majolica Platter Saint Honore Les Bains
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century French Palissy Majolica platter signed Saint Honore Les Bains.
Decorated with pears,grapes,bugs and leaves.
16 inches L
9.2 inches H
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Majolica Sunflower Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Majolica Sunflower Plate.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Bird & Cherries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica bird with cherries aqua plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880.
One chip on the back.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Dish Leaf Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica dish leaf Villeroy & Boch, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Small Quimper Plate, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Small Quimper Plate, Circa 1930
Category
1930s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Black Forest Carved Goat Head with Large Antlers ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Carved Goat Head with Large Antlers ca. 1900s
A large wooden carved Black Forest head of the black-necked goat. Carved with realistic ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Oversize 19th Century Majolica Palissy Wall Snake Platter
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Oversize French Majolica Palissy platter with a large snake , roses , 2 lizards , bugs , leaves and crawfish.
Unique piece.
Diameter / 21 inches , Depth / 4.5 inches.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Mid-Century Green Majolica Leaf Plate
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Green Majolica Leaf Plate.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, Circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1870.
Rare chocolate color.
7 plates available individually.
Category
1870s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Large Black Forest 10 Pointer Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque 1902
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Black Forest 10 Pointer Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque 1902
An antique uneven 10 pointer red deer (Cervus elaphus) trophy from the Black Forest. The trophy was shot in 1902....
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Set of Six Roe Deer Trophies on Turned Plaques Germany ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Six Roe Deer Trophies on Turned Plaques Germany ca. 1900s
A set of six antique Black Forest roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on turned wooden plaques. The trop...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
French Blue Majolica Plate with Yellow Flowers Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Blue Majolica Plate with Yellow Flowers Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
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.