Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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.
1890s French Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Ceramic
1890s French Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Ceramic
1890s French Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Ceramic
1880s Austrian Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Ceramic
1890s Portuguese Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Pottery
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Wood
1950s English Vintage Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Leather, Cork
Early 19th Century English Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Wood
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century British Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Metal
Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Wood
19th Century Austrian Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Wood
Early 1900s Swiss Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Metal
19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Bone, Birch