Rustic Lighting
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.
1970s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Linen, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Rustic Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Rustic Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Rustic Lighting
Iron
19th Century French Antique Rustic Lighting
Iron
Late 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Metal
Late 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Resin
1940s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Antler
20th Century Rustic Lighting
Brass
Late 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
1950s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Iron
Early 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Metal
1950s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Plaster
Early 20th Century English Rustic Lighting
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Rustic Lighting
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
20th Century Rustic Lighting
Iron, Sheet Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Iron, Sheet Metal
1940s Italian Vintage Rustic Lighting
Iron, Sheet Metal
20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Metal, Wrought Iron
1980s European Vintage Rustic Lighting
Iron
Early 20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Brass
1940s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Iron
Early 20th Century German Rustic Lighting
Antler, Wood
Early 1900s French Antique Rustic Lighting
Metal
1970s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Terracotta
1950s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Chinese Rustic Lighting
Resin
2010s Mexican Rustic Lighting
Rattan, Palmwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Iron
Late 19th Century American Antique Rustic Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Lighting
Clay
Early 1900s English Antique Rustic Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Brass
1950s American Vintage Rustic Lighting
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Brass
19th Century French Antique Rustic Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Brass, Wrought Iron
17th Century Spanish Antique Rustic Lighting
Iron
1980s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Felt, Rattan
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
Early 20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Rustic Lighting
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Rustic Lighting
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rustic Lighting
Metal
Early 20th Century French Rustic Lighting
Animal Skin, Wood
1920s French Vintage Rustic Lighting
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Rustic Lighting
Steel
2010s American Rustic Lighting
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Lighting
Brass