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 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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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
Relief Wood Carving Nest Robber, Black Forest, ca. 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Relief wood carving nest Robber, black forest ca. 1890
A fine wood carving relief depicting a scenery of a nest robbing of a raptor by a man. The model for this carving was painted by Josef Anton Strassgschwandtner (1826-1881) and is titled "Nestraeuber" (nest robber).
The tradition of wood carving, using manual skills to make everyday objects and fine art sculptures, is found throughout Europe. The incentive to create not only useful but also aesthetically beautiful things, distinguishes the craftsman from the artist. In addition to the well-known Swiss wood carving...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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
Small German Majolica Apples Plate Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small German Majolica Apples Plate Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
German Majolica Leaves Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica leaf plate circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Large Late 20th Century Maitland-Smith Framed Wall Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Large late 20th century Maitland-Smith framed wall painting. circa 1990s
Features a Primitive art style hand painted image of a Tigre with a tro...
Category
1990s Philippine Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Majolica Purple Flowers Plate Salins, Circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Purple Flowers Plate Salins, Circa 1890
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
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.
Very rare color.
Category
1890s 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 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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
French Majolica Ducklings with Snail Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica ducklings with snail & frog plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Majolica leaves plate Gien, circa 1880
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves plate Gien, circa 1880.
Green leaves on a yellow background basketweave.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Bee Wall Pocket Sarreguemines circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Bee Wall Pocket signed Sarreguemines circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Oysterz Small 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...
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2010s Mexican Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Antique Oil On Wood Panel Bay Scene
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Oil on wood panel depicting a bay scene with an inlet bay surrounded by autumnal trees and rocks, two fisherman in a boat in the center, sailboats in background, mountains in the dis...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Majolica Chesnut Leaf Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica chesnut leaf & bogue plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1960.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Category
1870s 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
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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Hanging Doorway Entry Shoppe Bell with Horse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful wrought iron bell used as a notification someone has entered or moved a door - could be used at home, in a shop or in a barn. or as a dec...
Category
19th Century Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century North American Pronghorn Antelope Buck Trophy Shoulder Mount Taxider
Located in Cookeville, TN
North American Antelope Trophy
Take us on a hunt or pretend you're already there with this fabulous wall-mounted trophy taxidermy of a North American...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Animal Skin
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Painting of a farm with gilded wooden frame, France ca. 1920
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1920 / painting / wood, canvas / Rustic / Mid-century
Painting of a farm scene, elegantly encased in a stunning gilded wooden frame that enhances its charm. Signed in the ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair Of 19th Century French Majolica Apples & Pears Platters Fives Lille
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Pair Of 19th Century French Majolica Apples & Pears Platters Fives Lille.
8.3 inches diameter.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Hay Rake on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Elkhart, IN
An early 20th century wooden hay rake on a custom steel wall mount.
USA, early 20th century.
Measures: 29"W × 4.75"D × 59.5"H
Overall excellent condi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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
French Majolica Asparagus Plate Onnaing, circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica asparagus plate Onnaing, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
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
French Faience Plate Quimper circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience plate quimper circa 1950.
Breton with flowers.
Category
1950s French Vintage Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson tapestry from the late 19th century, depicting a man playing music for a woman in a verdant setting. Enclosed within an elegant scr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Wooden Rake on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful antique wooden hand made rake with custom steel wall mount
USA, Circa early 20th century
Measures: 8" W x 5.75" D x 52.75
Very...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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 English Majolica Blue Leaves Plate
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Majolica blue leaves plate.
Category
1890s English Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century French Rustic Hunting Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French rustic hunting tapestry from the 17th century, with a couple catching an elusive boar in the foreground, a cottage in the middle distance at ...
Category
17th Century French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Category
1870s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Wooden and Iron Garden Tools, Set of Five
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful set of five antique wooden & iron hand made garden tools. These would be ideal for an installation on a large wall on custom wall mounts. They would add the perfect dose ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Chinese Lattice Window Panel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century lattice window panel likely originated in a northern Chinese home with neutral and balanced interiors. The geometric lattice pattern is linear and open, and w...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Pine
19th Century Rare Majolica Palissy Fish Basket Platter Leon Brard
By Léon Brard 1
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Rare Majolica Palissy Fish Basket Platter signed Leon Brard.
7 fishs, mussels ,ears of wheat ,and shell.
Category
1870s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Majolica Flowers Saint Amand
By Saint Amand
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica flowers signed Saint Amand.
Category
1890s French 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 searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha)...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Pottery
French Green Majolica Acanthus Leaves Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica acanthus leaves plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Ducklings with Frogs Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica ducklings with frogs plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
German Majolica Stork Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
German Majolica stork plate with reeds and trees. circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
French Wine Rack-Champagne Riddling Board
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
20th Century Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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
French Majolica Leaves Plate Clairefontaine, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica leaves plate signed Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
William A. Drake (1891-1979), Oil On Canvas/Masonite Snowy Landscape
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Oil on canvas laid down on masonite depicting s homestead in a woody landscape in the snow. The structure with red roofs and illuminated barely visible with the falling snow.
Signed ...
Category
20th Century North American Rustic Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Masonite
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.