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Dutch Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century trade sign from a Dutch West Indies shipping merchant. The carved and polychromed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hand Painted Wooden Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Folk Art hand painted double-sided wooden trade sign dating from the early 20th Century
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Pine
Vintage Painted Wood Folk Art Showroom Trade Sign
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Folk Art trade sign with hand-carved "Showroom" letters and an arrow. The letters and
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Pine
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The workhorse of an
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Large Hand Painted Double Sided Arrow "Radio Trade In" Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Hand Painted, Double Sided Arrow "Special" Radio Trade In sale,,,,Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Masonite, Paint
H 24 in W 62 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century Folk Art Zinc Barbers Pole Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk art zinc barbers pole trade sign.
An early 20th century hand crafted
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Signs
Materials
Zinc
Vintage School Crossing Safety Guard Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand painted school safety crossing guard sign. Sheet metal and wood. Great original surface. Has original leaning brace mounted on back, but could also be easily hung on a ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
Set of Three Folk Art Straight Edge Razor Trade Signs
Located in Stamford, CT
Three whimsical American folk carved wood art trade signs in the form of straight edge razors. Used
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Cigars Store / Trade Folk Art Wooden Carved Sign. c 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
American Folk art wooden "CIGARS" sign from the 1920's.
Great old Store Trade sign. Wood cut to
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Wood Carved Red and White American Folk Art Barber Pole Trade Sign Sconce, C1920
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great Americana! c. 1920s American Folk Art wood and iron carved barber pole. Layers of thick
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
H 50 in W 7 in D 11 in
1800s Skeleton Key Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is one of the best locksmith trade signs we have offered. It’s early and all handmade in iron
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
19th Century Cobbler Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
A carved cobbler's boot-form trade sign, in old gold paint.
Carved in two pieces of pine, capped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Lead
19th Century, Apothecary Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Figural trade sign in the form of a mortar and pestle, both the mortar and pestle are hand turned
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Zinc
Eye and Glasses Window Display Trade Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Eye and Glasses Window Display Trade Sign
The sign is made in presses tin, it seems to be hand
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Signs
Materials
Tin
Holstein Milk Painted Metal Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky original painted hand made Holsteins Milk metal farm trade sign has the original chain
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
Large French Toleware Glove Maker’s Shop Trade Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large French Toleware Glove Maker’s Shop Trade Sign
This is a very rare piece it is in good
Category
Antique Early 1900s Folk Art Signs
Materials
Tin
Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign
A hand crafted Boucherie Chevaline, zinc gold leaf hand beaten
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Signs
Materials
Zinc
Truffle Pig, Large Articulated 1800s French Trade Stimulator
Located in Peekskill, NY
This five foot plus papier mâché pig was used as a fund raiser or trade stimulator. The brass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Elkwood, Late 19th Century American Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
With carved gilt wood letters with mounted against a blue painted sand ground
American, c. 1890.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art Signs
Materials
Plywood
19th Century American Trade Sign 'Crook', Medina, NY
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century American trade sign 'Crook', Medina, NY
Craftsman made, with sand-painted back ground
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign. Great for a man cave or restaurant!
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Grey Whale Shop/Trade Sign
Located in Hastings, GB
'Thar She Blows' a fabulous rare shop/trade sign of great scale, hand made in riveted zinc and hand
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Zinc
Vintage Headhunter Brass and Trade Bead Necklace, Nagaland
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage headhunter brass and trade bead necklace, Nagaland
Trade beads with a brass medallion of a
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Tribal Art
Materials
Tin
Large Scale, 20th Century Hand Carved French Fisherie Trade Sign Folk Art
Located in Southampton, GB
Large scal, fisherie trade sign. This hand carved Zander was hung in a local french village near
Category
Vintage 1950s French Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
H 13 in W 42.52 in D 6.5 in
Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign.
Provenance: By Repute Crosby Cobblers - Liverpool Est 1841
Category
Early 20th Century British Signs
Materials
Metal, Brass
1900s Butcher's Pig Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Vintage carved and painted pine butcher's trade sign. Molded frame, insized text reading "Porkies
Category
Early 20th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Wiedemann's Fine Beer Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wiedemann's Fine beer - The Leader Trade sign with three Canada geese on oval walnut plaque
Category
Vintage 1940s American Antiquities
Materials
Wood
American Wrought Iron and Gilt Trade Sign Bracket , Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American wrought iron and gilt trade sign bracket with decorative scroll work and gilt ball motif
Category
Antique 1880s American Folk Art Signs
19th Century Gold Giltwood Carved Letters William Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Classic 19th century American wood trade sign with chunky hand carved and gold painted letters
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Double Sided Metal Boot Makers Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided metal boot makers trade sign.
A highly decorative double sided
Category
Vintage 1930s French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Carnival or Casino Neptune's Trident Lighted Trade Sign Americana
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Unique lighted Neptune's trident carnival ride or casino trade sign. Really nice graphic piece
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
Zinc and Gold Horse Head Butchers Trade Sign Flemish 1860
Located in Hastings, GB
19th century Flemish gilt zinc horse head trade sign. This beautiful hand made sign was used by a
Category
Antique 1860s Belgian Folk Art Signs
Materials
Zinc
Large Weathered Trade Sign "Carriage Shop"
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 12 foot long trade sign displaying the words Carriage Shop on one side and Horse Shoeing on the
Category
Antique 1870s American Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Apothecary Mortar & Pestle Countertop Trade Sign or Sale Stimulator
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Apothecary trade sign or sale stimulator in the form of a mortar and pestle in gilt wood. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
H 12.75 in Dm 5.75 in
19th Century Tole Locksmith's Trade Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
An early toleware Locksmith's trade sign.
A wonderful 19th century gilded metal trade sign
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Signs
Materials
Metal
Telephone Company's Trade Sign USA 1950
Located in Milan, IT
A window trade sign of an American telephone company, depicting a big phone. Carved out of fruit
Category
Vintage 1950s American Antiquities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Antique Zinc Red Hat Maker Trade Sign, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
XXL Antique hat maker's trade sign, made in France circa 1900 - 1920.
This large sign was used as
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Zinc
Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Silk Trading Cards Quilt Mounted on Canvas
Located in Buchanan, MI
Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada silk trading cards quilt mounted on canvas. Featuring silk
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Silk
Double Sided Gilt & Painted "HAPPY JACK'S" Tobacconist Trade Sign, Laconia, NH
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Two-sided tobacconist trade sign of circular form with gold leaf lettering with red shadow on a
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 48 in W 48 in D 2.5 in
Folk Art Giant Metal Scissors Industrial Store Display Sign
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an industrial metal store display sign that showcases French Folk Art. The sign boasts
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Unusual Set of German Mid-20th Century Shop Trade Sign Tools
Located in London, GB
Unusual set of German mid-20th century shop trade sign tools
Every now and again we are lucky
Category
Vintage 1950s German Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century Double-Sided Iron Nautical Trade Sign "The Norfolk"
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 20th century double-sided sheet iron, cast iron, hand-painted trade sign with hand-forged
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Antique Early Gambling Folk Art Gaming Device, Holtz
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptionally scarce antique American Folk Art gambling triple stacked wooden arrow spindle
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Dairy Products Trade Sign Geo Fitchett 1940s
Located in Wallkill, NY
Wonderful 1940s Geo Fitchett Dairy Products Trade sign, this wooden trade sign is in wonderful
Category
Vintage 1940s American Primitive Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hat Makers Metal Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hat Makers Metal Trade Sign
A rare example of a late 19th Century toleware hand
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Victorian Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique North Carolina Bait Shop Retail Flounder Fish Painted Wood Trade Sign
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming and one-of-a-kind antique North Carolina bait shop trade sign with beautifully
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 31.5 in W 48.5 in D 2.5 in
Schweppes Table Waters Oak Trade Sign Board
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Schweppes table waters oak trade sign board
This charming Oak Trade Sign would have been hung
Category
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Signs
Materials
Oak
Carved Haddock Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved wood fish reminiscent of a nineteenth century trade sign. With carved gills, fins
Category
2010s British Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
20thc "Meat Market" Trade Sign from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The patina is so wonderful on this 20thc Meat Market trade sign. The sign is in good used
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century 'Doctor McCracken' Surgeon's Trade Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Double-sided doctor's medical practice trade sign for 'Dr. McCracken'.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Signs
19thc Stag Trade Sign In Original Mustard Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing original mustard painted sheet iron stag /deer trade sign was found in Lancaster
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Adirondack Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign
Category
Antique 1790s French Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Antique Ingersoll Watches Adverting Trade Sign, circa 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique double sided trade sign for Ingersoll Watches in the shape of a pocket watch.
Excellent old
Category
Early 20th Century American Other Signs
Materials
Metal
1890's Gilt Painted Timber Printer's Trade Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
An early printer's trade sign.
A wonderful 19th century painted timber trade sign for 'Wheeler
Category
Antique 19th Century British Rustic Signs
Materials
Pine
Cast Case Iron Eagle Trade Signs, 1880-1900
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
lodge furnishings new items trade signs case iron cast iron
Category
Antique 1890s American Signs
Materials
Iron
Circa 1890 Hardware Store Wood Trade Sign Carved Smaltz Black and Gold Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional late 19th century hand carved letters with black and Gold paint and black smaltz background. Excellent typography. Great wall art. Simple and bold.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
H 17.25 in W 64 in D 3.5 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
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Signs
Materials
Wood
Italian Pirelli Wrought Iron Advertising Trade Sign 1920
Located in Hastings, GB
Absolutely incredible advertising sign for an Italian garage, blacksmith made in forged and ornate wrought Iron. This sign was removed from a garage in Turin, Italy where it had hung...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
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Folk Trade For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal folk trade for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and iron, every folk trade was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect folk trade — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A folk trade is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art, Industrial and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. Navajo Indian Art, Navajo and Pendleton Woolen Mills each produced at least one beautiful folk trade that is worth considering.
How Much is a Folk Trade?
Prices for a folk trade start at $245 and top out at $49,000 with the average selling for $1,896.
Finding the Right Folk Art for You
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
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