Rustic Building and Garden Elements
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.
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Birch, Pine
1920s Italian Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
Mid-20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Concrete
20th Century English Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Granite
Late 19th Century Mexican Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Copper
Early 20th Century Greek Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
19th Century Italian Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Terracotta
20th Century Italian Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century English Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal, Zinc
Late 19th Century French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
Early 20th Century American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
1940s European Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal, Zinc
20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
1950s Spanish Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
1950s Spanish Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
2010s American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Steel
1880s Italian Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Terracotta
19th Century French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Cement
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
Early 20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Copper
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Glass, Pine
19th Century Indonesian Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Teak
19th Century Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Terracotta
20th Century American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Iron
15th Century and Earlier Welsh Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Slate
Early 19th Century French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood, Walnut
Early 20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Copper
15th Century and Earlier Welsh Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Slate
19th Century Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Iron
1950s Sahrawi Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
1940s Mexican Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
2010s American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Steel
Late 20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Hardwood, Paint
1940s Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Hardwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary North American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Ceramic
18th Century English Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Limestone
17th Century Italian Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
19th Century French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Limestone
1880s French Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 20th Century French Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Copper, Iron
Early 20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Cast Stone, Iron
19th Century Indonesian Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Teak
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Copper, Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 1900s Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s American Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Steel
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Ceramic
1940s Portuguese Vintage Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Stone
20th Century Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Leather
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Building and Garden Elements
Natural Fiber