Carnival Toss
Vintage Carnival Toss Game
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool piece of Carnival ephemera. Two hand-painted, wooden blocks with cut-out. Three bean bags
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
'Strike ‘Em Out’ Carnival Toss Sign, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
popular carnival attraction, where a pitcher hurtled a rubber baseball at a batter in front of the sign
Category
Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Carved American Carnival Head, circa 1890s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
century carnival head featured in a ball or ring toss game.
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carnival Folk Art Carved Wooden Head with Zinc Hat
Located in Haarlem, NL
This head is from a fair or carnival game.
Not sure what the game was, perhaps the head has been
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Carnival Art
Materials
Zinc
Rare Antique Early American Carnival Coin Toss Game Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce American carnival coin toss game. The rare and unusual antique hand carved and painted
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Game Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Beyond the Wall
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: Unusual antique racist carnival baseball toss game-head of racist stereotype Mexican man
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
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1920's English "Private Bar" etched glass sign framed in oak frame.
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1950s "Prince Buddah" Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in Chicago, IL
1950s "Prince Buddah" circus sideshow banner.
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Iron
19th Century Oil Cloth Juggling or Carnival Balls Collection / 6 Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These most unusual oil cloth balls were from a Folk Art collection and are being sold as a collection of six. The smallest ball measures 4 inches in diameter and the largest ball mea...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Country Carnival Art
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Early 20th Century Circus Banner
Located in Brecht, BE
For magician and circus lovers. This early 20th century circus banner. Hand painted on canvas.
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Early 20th Century British Carnival Art
Materials
Linen
Original Fairground 'Speedway' Rounding Boards, 1950s Red Gold
Located in Hastings, GB
We have several boards available for sale, priced individually, each board has differing words on reverse, see photos and options (1 Of Each Board Available Only) The photographs sh...
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art
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Mechanical Bank, "Watchdog Safe" in Cast Iron, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Watchdog Safe" mechanical bank was manufactured by the prolific toy coin bank manufacturer J. & E. Stevens Company in Cromwell, Connecticut in 1890. "Patent Applied For" appears in ...
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
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Iron
Skee-Ball Machine, 1990s Usa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage Skee-Ball machine in great working condition. 9 vintage wood balls included. Coin-operated with light up scoreboard. Ball alley is topped with a resilient black rubber t...
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1990s American Games
Materials
Metal
Old Advertising Sign for Blood Oranges Displaying a Horse, Pottery, Italy, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
A decorative advertising sign, made of ceramic, dated around 1920s, made in Italy. An advertising sign for selling Italian blood oranges, displaying a white horse. Good condition wit...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Nouveau Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Pottery
H 15 in W 12 in D 3 in
Frazer Nash Huge Illuminated Advertising Painted Trade Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Frazer Nash huge illuminated advertising painted trade sign
This is an advertisement for the original and famous British racing car company Frazer Nash, the company was founded i...
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Champagne Sign Jules Bertier, circa 1900, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique French Champagne Sign circa 1900.
This Art Nouveau metal sign - tin sign was made for Wine & Champagne House Jules Bertier & Cie, Brest, France.
It's an embossed sign with...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Signs
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Metal
Early 20th Century Carnival Carousel Funhouse Architectural Columns
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun antique architectural elements from carnival carousel or funhouse ride. Layers of beautiful original park paint. Great scale for wall art or to act as a frame for something else....
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Antique 1890s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carnival Midway Penny Pitch Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nicely scaled carnival midway penny pitch game. Original paint surface. Graphic bold design with great colors.
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Carnival Art
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"Joe Penner" Vintage Clockwork Windup Toy by Louis Marx Co American Circa 1930's
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fabulous American vintage all tin wind-up toy with attached key and clockwork mechanism, whereby upon winding it up, the character (Joe Penner) waddles aimlessly across the floor, ha...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
H 8.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.75 in
Early Sunshine Studios American Side Show Electric Chair Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early example of American sideshow banner art. Painted at the Sunshine Studio in Witchita, Kansas by Geo Bellis. Signed by artist on front and studio name on front and back. This ban...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
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Canvas
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Vintage Carnival Ball Toss Game Target
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Carnival Ball Toss Game Target. Hand made and hand painted. Made of cloth. Two available
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Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
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Leather, Canvas, Wood
Clown Ball Toss Game with Great Detailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wood clown fragment carnival ball toss game with great detailing, all original vibrant painted
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Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Large-Scale Hand-Painted Carnival Coin Toss Game Board
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Great scale and graphic quality on this hand-painted Carnival coin toss game board.
The structure
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Vintage 1940s Folk Art Game Boards
Strong, Graphic Penny Toss Board
Located in Sheffield, MA
Carnival con game. The penny toss was popular in arcades, carnivals and circuses suckering in
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Vintage 1940s American Game Boards
Penny Toss Board, the Ultimate Suckers' Game
Located in Sheffield, MA
Penny toss boards were a feature in traveling carnival midways. Essentially a con game, the
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Vintage 1930s American Game Boards
Carnival Midway Heart Ring Toss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
boards and were used for a ring toss game in a mid-century Midwestern carnival. Some of the hearts were
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Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
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Wood
Papier-Mâché Carnival Ball Toss Game
Located in Culver City, CA
Pierrot clown and portly chef with gaping open mouths.
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Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Wooden Carnival Ring Toss Game, circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
Original black, red and white paint with wood peg in the centre.
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Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Carnival Art
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Wood, Paint
Cast Iron and Wood Carnival Ring Toss Game Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Cast iron carnival midway ring toss on walnut base. Found in the midwest.
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American Carnival Art
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Iron
19th Century French Ball Toss Carnival Game "Passe Boule"
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Mid-19th century ball toss carnival game known as "Passe Boule" often depicting a figure to be
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Antique Late 19th Century French Carnival Art
Antique Carnival "Donkey" Ball Toss, , hand painted, , mechanical folk art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Most Unusual Little Item,,LARGE 1920's Carnival, Fair, Ball Toss Game..Appears to be all hand made
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20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
French Ball Toss Rabbit
Located in Houston, TX
Charming Papier Mache Figure of a Rabbit From a Carnival Game. Used as a Ball or Bean Bag Toss.
Category
Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Papier Mâché
Fairground Coin Toss Board Game
Located in London, GB
Antique French fairground coin toss board game with original coins
This lot is a very unique
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Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Carnival Art
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Wood
Carnival Game Mug
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The ball toss was a popular carnival game during the first half of the 20th century. Carnies would
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Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
French Papier-Maché Toy Harlequin Bean Bag Toss
Located in Peekskill, NY
Most of these large impressive toys never survived. The fact that these were toys and also made of very delicate Papier-Maché make nice examples rare. I brought this item back from P...
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Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
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Wood
Wonderful Hand Made Folk Art Ring Toss by LR Harris dated 1938
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful hand made Folk Art Ring Toss by L.R. Harris signed on the back and dated 1938. It is
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Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
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Wood
Passe-Boules Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Antique Passe-Boules French fairground game
A rare French Passé-boules ball toss game circa 1920
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Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Carnival Art
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Wood
20th Century French Ball Toss "Passe Boule" Carnival Game
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Naïve French ball toss carnival or fairground game "Passe Boule", hand-painted over gesso, all
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Mid-20th Century French Toys
Massive Carnival Toss Hand-Painted Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage board from an old carnival. Large hand-painted board depicting a clown with an open
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Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns, French, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Smaller type "portable" carnival bean toss game with three figures; a Frenchman on one end, an
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Vintage 1910s French Folk Art Carnival Art
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Composition
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns "Ligne, " French, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
. This brightly colored late 19th century carnival game is in excellent original paint and is made of
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Antique 1890s French Folk Art Carnival Art
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Composition
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns "A La Peche", French, circa 1905
Located in Incline Village, NV
the toss of a bean bag. This type of game would have been prevalent in carnivals during the turn of
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Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Tossing Game Paper Mâché 'Laurel and Hardy' Carnival Art, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Ball toss carnival game known as "Passe Boule (France)" often depicting a figure to be ridiculed
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
Velvet frog from a carnival
Located in Clear Spring, MD
Lovinglyly worn and faded velvet frog, from a carnival toss game. Brown button eyes. Filled with
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Early 20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Velvet
Carnival Ball Toss Head
Located in Summerland, CA
Carnival Ball Toss Head
Late 19th century
Assembled pieces of oak joined together.
Traces of
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
Ball Toss Carnival Game
Located in New York, NY
Graphic hand made bean bag or ball toss game with face.
Painted on panel with cutouts for eyes
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Pair Carnival Ball Toss Ponies
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1900 very unusual and rare pair leather covered carnival ball toss ponies with back legs that
Category
Early 20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Penny Toss Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1900 large scale wood hand painted penny toss carnival game board with 'Pitch Pennies' on all
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Ring Toss Gameboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1940's circular wood ring toss game board, in brightly colored and graphic multi colored
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Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Penny Toss Game Board
Located in Sheffield, MA
Penny toss boards were a feature in traveling carnival midways. Essentially a con game, the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Set Of Colorful Carnival Baskets
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Great set of highly graphic and amusing metal carnival ball toss baskets. Bold primary colors make
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Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Folk Art Carnival Target Heads
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare set of three carved and painted circus/carnival target figures from a ring- or ball-toss game
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Vintage 1930s Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Pine
Collection of Six Carnival Knockdown Bottles
Located in Sheffield, MA
These ball toss bottle forms from an earlier time make one smile with childhood recollections
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Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Great Carnival Game-39 Carved And Painted Ducks!
Located in Clear Spring, MD
Fresh from Michigan, these comical ducks were used in a carnival ring toss game. Each is hand
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Early 20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The early fairground or carnival ball game, comprising of a now fragmentary white washed plaster
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Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
H 26 in W 21 in D 16 in
Tonawanda Black Head
Located in New York, NY
This carved and painted head was probably made for use in a carnival near Buffalo NY. Related
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20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Painted Carnival Lucky Strike Dime Toss Folk Art Table Game
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Feeling lucky, kid? Even if you were down on your last dime, you could give a toss onto this Lucky
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Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Art
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Wood
Ring Toss Gameboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1930 highly unusual carnival ring toss game board with a red star on a dark blue ground, with
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Early 20th Century American Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Penny Toss Game Board
Located in Sheffield, MA
Penny toss boards were a feature in traveling carnival midways. Essentially a con game, the
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Vintage 1930s American Game Boards
Hessian Soldier Ball Toss Figure
Located in New York, NY
An ominous character from a midway carnival game, original surface dry paint, papier mache with
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Antique 19th Century American Antiquities
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Wood, Papier Mâché
Painted wood carnival mule head
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare 19th century carved and painted wood carnival mule head used as a target for a ring toss game.
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Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Pair of Papier Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The pair of papier mâché Passé-Boules toss games, as a Pierrot clown and portly chef, each with
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Toys and Dolls
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Paper
Folk Art Sculpture / Gameboard
Located in Dallas, TX
their on version of a carnival like ring toss game.
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20th Century American Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Carnival Game Rules Sign
Located in New York, NY
Country carnival game sign for tossing balls into bowls. I suspect it was not easy to win the
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Belgian Tole and Iron Raffle Tosser, circa 1910
Located in Antwerp, BE
Belgian Raffle tosser filled with loan debt papers, circa 1910.
Made of tole (painted tin) on a
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Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Beaux Arts Carnival Art
Materials
Tôle
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Carnival Toss For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the carnival toss you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and iron, every carnival toss was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect carnival toss — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each carnival toss bearing Folk Art or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Carnival Toss?
A carnival toss can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,500, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.
Finding the Right carnival-art for You
The collection of original antique and vintage carnival art on 1stDibs includes paintings and posters that promoted traveling carnivals and circuses of years past as well as masks, sculptures and other works of folk art associated with widespread public celebrations that mark the start of harvest season or are rooted in religion.
The concept of “Carnival” is linked to an event that precedes Lent, the season of preparation before Easter for Christians (it may also have roots in Ancient Rome’s pagan Saturnalian festival), while the modern traveling carnival that we know — i.e., amusement fairs — existed during the 19th century in North America. The Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 was pivotal to these traveling amusement fairs.
Some of the most famous celebrations of Carnival around the world include Karneval in Germany, Carnival in Brazil and Mardi Gras in the United States. Carnival in Barbados is a traditional harvest festival. The bright colors, the caricatured masks and floats and the over-the-top nature of Carnival continue to enthrall millions across the globe.
Carnivals have always given way to impressive displays of creativity and folk art. Folk art is art created by people who are not classically trained for either utilitarian or decorative purposes. With respect to visual art in folk art, it refers to work that is reflective of a community’s culture and usually handmade by craftspeople working within a popular tradition.
Carnival art reflects the way different cultures celebrate or mark an important community event. Some examples of Carnival art include fabric dolls and marionettes that are used to tell stories and capture your imagination. Antique dolls make for striking collectibles positioned for display on any shelf in your home, while carnival masks make a bold statement as wall art. A collection of masks could create an elevated accent wall in a living room or dining room.
Browse 1stDibs to find unique antique and vintage carnival art for your space today.
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