Painted Furniture
1730s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Poplar, Paint, Nutwood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Painted Furniture
Metal, Aluminum
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
2010s French Modern Painted Furniture
Metal, Aluminum
1880s Dutch Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Bronze
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
1750s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1880s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Metal
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Brass
1920s Swedish Country Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Glass, Wood
Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1770s Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
18th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Rustic Painted Furniture
Wood
20th Century French Folk Art Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1960s American Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
1840s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1900s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Paint
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas, Glass
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
1890s Canadian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Paint
Early 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century British Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Mirror, Pine, Paint
Mid-18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Painted Furniture
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
Vintage, New and Antique Painted Furniture
Vintage, new and antique painted furniture enhances a room through patterns, blocks of color and ornamental flourishes. Decorating furniture with paint was especially prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States when folk artists used chairs, chests, tables and cupboards as their canvases. Although a later trend involved stripping antique pieces of their paint, early American homes were vivid with furniture painted in an array of colors.
The practice of painting furniture has a rich heritage, with remnants of pigment identified on a 12th-century painted chair from Sweden. It has come in and out of fashion over time — in the design of 17th-century Mannerist furniture, paint was lightly used to enhance carved ornamentation, and painted furniture gained popularity with designers working in the chinoiserie style, as 18th-century European artisans mimicked Chinese lacquer in furniture motifs. In France in the 18th century, furniture was lavishly painted or gilded in gold.
Now painted furniture is popular for pieces that are both utilitarian and works of art. A color from a pattern can inform the whole design of a room, or, as bold and saturated tones are in vogue, a vibrantly adorned piece can be a bold focal point. Muted palettes can contribute to an air of calm for a study or bedroom while bright reds, yellows or blues can enliven a dining room or living room.
On 1stDibs, find a variety of vintage, new and antique painted furniture to match any space or taste.