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The Swan - Swedish Flemish Weave riding pad from 1920-1930
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
A truly spectacular example of a Swedish Flemish Weave riding pad in all it’s glory! Beautiful bright color combination of fuchsia pink, yellow, forest and pastel greens blue and ora...
Category
Swedish Arts and Crafts Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Swedish Flemish Weave Riding Pad "The Parrot"
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
The Parrot is one of the most characteristic patterns in Scania Weave textiles. This textile Parrot cushion was once woven to be used as a riding pad. It is approximately one century...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Leather Gym Punching Boxing Heavy Bag
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this Antique Leather Gym Punching Boxing Heavy Bag.
Beautiful and original chains,
Category
Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria,
from around the 1920 ties,
extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work,
looks like a real skull...
Category
Austrian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
3 Dimensional Copper Horse Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Early 20th Century large molded copper stallion weather vane with cast zinc head and cast body. Original mustard paint. From Long Island, New York. 27 1/2"H x 30"L
Period: 20th Cent...
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Swedish Folk Art bridge bookshelf, designed by Petrus & Sture Lundström 1925
Located in London, GB
A wonderful and skilfully executed piece of Swedish Folk Art. In 1925 readers of the Swedish family magazine Allérs familj-journal, would have found instructions for building this im...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Amazing Scratch Built Locomotive English Folkart Model
Located in London, GB
Amazing Scratch Built Locomotives
One of the best examples of English scratch built folk art models we have uncovered. Modelled on an steam locomotive this item has been constructed ...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Original Cafe Bistro Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Original Cafe Bistro sign. Fantastic looking with incredible paint and patina. Great condition.
Category
French Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1920s Doctors' Medical Scale Mechanical Stand Up with Weights
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1920. We offer this antique Industrial stand up doctors' scale. Features height indicator and a movable weights made in solid brass.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Cast Iron Toy Fire Pumper Truck by Hubley, ca. 1920's All Original Paint
Located in Petaluma, CA
This rather large fire truck was done at the height of the production of cast iron toys, 1920's. Having iron wheels as opposed to rubber, which does often melt, and rich original br...
Category
American Other Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Handmade Patchwork "Streak Of Lightning" Quilt in Cotton, USA, 1920s
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
USA, 1920's
Blue and white "Streak of Lightning" quilt.
Measures: H 200 x W 175 cm.
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Glowing Antique Botanical Sarouk Rug with Coral, Indigo & Peacock Blue Color
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Glowing Antique Botanical Sarouk Gem Salmon, Coral, Pink, Blush With Deep Indigo & Peacock Blue
About: This is an Incredible piece in a wonderful size
Size: 10.3 x 13.4
Age: Antiqu...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Set of 41 Course Coins - 5 Rentenpfennig 1923/1924 - Weimar Republic - 1H28
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Delve into the historical legacy of the Weimar Republic with this impressive set of 41 course coins, each featuring a denomination of 5 Rentenpfennig and dating back to the years 192...
Category
Chinese Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Romantic Antique Mahal Rug with Naive Botanical Drawing with Muted Apricot
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Romantic Antique Naive Botanical Drawing Gorgeous Antique Mahal With Muted Apricot, Terracotta, Salmon, Clay, Rust
Size: 10.5 x 13.10
Age: Antique
Pile: Low/Medium with super soft...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Artistic Antique Persian Runner with All-Over Interlocking-Boteh/Paisley Design
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Gia Stylized All-Over Boteh Design Antique Rug
About: This is absolutely one of the more gorgeous antique runners we've ever seen. Stylized field of "seeds", called boteh, which we ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Cool & Earthy Mystical Village Tribal Rug
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Nepolean Cool & Earthy Mystical Village Tribal Rug
About: One of the more beautiful, charming, and mystical pieces we have in our entire collection. This unusual color palette of a ...
Category
Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Runner with Incredible Geometric Tribal Design
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Beautiful Fruit Punch & Ice Blue Incredible Geometric Tribal Design
About: Incredible piece, very handsome.
Size: 3 x 10.8
Age: Antique with an ancient area of minor responsible r...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
A true example of an early 20th century English estate made decoy duck form, with glass eyes. With a wonderful, pointed shape and p...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Persian Tribal Runner in Charcoal Black, Taupe, Pink, & Blue Colors
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Scarlette Antique Tribal Runner in Charcoal Black, Taupe, Pink, & Blue Colors
About: One of one antique charcoal black mystical runner. So gorgeous; ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of early 20th Century English Estate Made Folk art Decoys.
Located in London, GB
Pair of early 20th Century English Estate Made Folk art Decoys.
A delightful pair of early 20th century folk art estate made English decoy ducks. Of large proportion these two hand p...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" oil on tin, circa 1920.
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pine Primitive Grain Box Firewood Bin Rustic Green Farmhouse 1920s
Located in Wallkill, NY
1920s Green wooden box, frequently used for firewood in farm houses. It can be used for many things like recycling box, we used it for many many years as a decorating piece in my 18 ...
Category
American Primitive Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Early 20th Century Cast Iron Stylized Art Deco Door Stop in Original Paint
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Stylized Art Deco flowers in urn with original paint. Attributed to Hubley, circa 1925. From a large collection.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large Woolworth & Co Gilt Metal Number Ten Sign Wall Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very large cast metal “10” from one of the iconic F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent store front signs. Made in the 1920s, these numbers letters have become v...
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Giant Art Deco Brass Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Display Models
By Wahl Eversharp Co
Located in Hanover, MA
Oversized retail advertising presentation brass fountain pen and mechanical pencil display signs from the early 1920s when they would have been featured within a wood and glass display cabinet at the pen counter of a stationary store.
Originally the fountain pen would have been marked on its side "Wahl Pen...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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 painted. This superb piece sits on an iron stand and would have spun outside of a ...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Art Deco Vienna, Ceramic wall mask, Keramos
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Vienna, Ceramic wall mask, Keramos, Austria, good original condition
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Exceptional Kota Reliquary collected in situ in 1925, Gabon
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe who lives on the river Ogooué in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group based in the North-East of Gabon. T...
Category
Gabonese Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Still Life Oil Painting, America 1928
Located in Culver City, CA
Still Life Oil Painting
America 1928
Oil on board, signed
Measures 16.75”w x .75”d x 22.25”h
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Ship's Engine Order Telegraph by Charles Cory and Son of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's engine order telegraph with faceplates from Charles Cory and Son Patentees, New York. Smaller size than most, meticulously polished and lacquered.
Overall Dime...
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th C Dayton Hill Climber Open Touring Car with 2 Figures
By Dayton
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous example of a dayton hill climber open touring car from the early part of the 20th century.
In excellent antique condition with age appropriate w...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
Original Painted Blue Hanging Cupboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an original painted blue hanging cupboard.
Category
Swedish Country Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Votive Ship Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art Votive Ship Model
An early 20th century Folk Art votive ship model. Scratch built using wood and metal. It sits firmly on a bespoke display stand. We believe this example to be French in origin due to it having red, white, and blue beads wrapped around the base of each mast pole. A votive ship, sometimes called a church ship, is a ship model displayed in a church. As a rule, votive ships are constructed and given as gifts to the church by seamen and ship builders.
Dimensions in inches: H 12 x D 17 x W 6
Origin: France
circa: Early 20th century
Condition: Aged
Completely solid in structure and form, aged surface as shown with a deep natural patina across all areas. The ship is secured to the base. With some loss and obvious age, this item is still very charming.
The House of Antiques...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Sideboard Made of Rosewood with Brass Applications, Paris, around 1920
Located in Greven, DE
Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all of our furniture unrestored so that we can be sure that it is really original. We then offer these as original until we recondition the furniture in our workshop and then offer it as restored furniture...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Steel and Wood Kids Toboggan, Europe
Located in Praha, CZ
In good original condition
wood part is reoiled
in nice patina
no brakes and damages
nice design
seat height is 18cm.
Category
European Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Stylized Hand Painted Art Deco Screen / Divider Signed Marian B. Jeffries C.1928
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylized hand painted Art Deco screen / divider signed Marian B. Jeffries c.1928. Amazing colors. Charming motif. Consisting of three oak framed panels, cente...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Masonite
Octagons Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This octagonal pattern goes by the names of Octagons ; White Mountains and Patriot's Quilt. It is a complex pattern that is not often seen. The zigzag border adds another geometric e...
Category
American Country Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Carved Wooden Deer's Head Wall Decoration, Germany, ca 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique Carved Wooden Deer's Head Wall Decoration, Germany, from ca. 1920
A beautiful antique wall decoration - entirely from linden wood carved dee...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fireman's Coat Hikeshi-Banten Showa Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Japanese Fireman's Jacket (known as hikeshi-banten in Japanese) woven with heavy cotton and decorated with stencil resist dye circa 1920s Sh...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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 original red and white hand painted surface. Substantial iron mounts and iron strapping around neck of sconce. Unique wall sconce...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare early work featuring a dark chocolate brown glaze by master Mid-Century Modern ceramist/potter Glen Lukens whose work has become quite collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed and dated (1924) by Lukens on the underside (we have only seen one other piece dated this early and that piece is in the Forrest Merrill Collection).
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world.
Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc. He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make what he referred to as "California Colors") with the rough and raw clay surfaces of his often rudimentary forms and vessels.
Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of fine Arts.
A very rare, unique, and truly special work This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent piece in about any setting, modern or otherwise. A must-have.
Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Huntington Library...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Ngabandi Yakoma Shield
By Coutheillas
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine early 20th century Fighting Shield from the Ngabandi Yakoma people of Congo. Slightly smaller but exquisitely created by a master craftsman. The Ngabandi people w...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wicker
Ohio Amish Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Double wedding ring was one of the most popular patterns of the 1920's and 30's. Almost always, it was done with pastel colors on a white ground.
...
Category
American Country Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Seascape with Ship Racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Seascape with square-rigged ship racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920, a watercolor on paper stormy seascape with two square-riggers running before the wind, with choppy...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Anglo-Indian Rajasthani Painted Mughal Scene Folding Chair
Located in London, GB
Antique Anglo-Indian Rajasthani Painted Mughal Scene Folding Decorative Chair C.1920
A wonderful decorators piece. Structurally sound, missing back support hooks, therefore recommen...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique 1926 Sebel Products Mobo Tot Cycle Bicycle Childrens Pedal Bike 30"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique child’s bicycle, the Mobo Tot-Cycle by Sebel Products of England. Features a well worn steel frame with red and white paint job, rubber tires a...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ibeji
Located in Glasgow, GB
A fine example of a very early 20th century Yoruba Ibeji figure from the South West region of Nigeria. The cult of Ibeji (Twin) goes back hundreds of year...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Keystone Pressed Steel Toy Steam Shovel
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and a survivor of almost 100 years old. A very decorative piece to lighten a room and inject some fun. Very chic. In excellent antique condition with lots of patina. Door fo...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Early 20th-Century Avant-Garde Painted Table with Mexican Muralism Painting
By Diego Rivera
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A spectacular example of early Mexican Muralism,
condensed onto a plywood kitchen tabletop and joined with
iron legs set in rhythm with the painted a...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array of distinct tribal patterns and motifs. Chickens are a common motif found amid sumba textiles...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Wood and Glass Mailbox
Located in Round Top, TX
Eight door wood and glass mailbox. Free standing or wall mountable.
Category
Italian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Moroccan Ceramic Bowl from Fez 1920's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique hand-painted and handcrafted Moroccan ceramic bowl or wall art decorative plate,
Large Moroccan ceramic bowl handcrafted in Fez by artisans. Hand painted Moorish ceramic pla...
Category
Moroccan Moorish Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Apache Tray Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning early 20th century Native American Apache tray basket constructed from hand-woven willow and devil's claw with a slightly darker willow band aro...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Willow
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art Figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th Century example of an English doubl...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Puppet Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English folk art puppet figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century articulated folk art puppet figure. Made from hand carved pin, The base (handle) moves up and down to animate the puppets head. Arms are moved with the sticks. Original linen clothes...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Articulated Female Artist Model, France, 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Painter's articulated mannequin depicting a woman, with a metaphysical face. The mannequin is made of carved national walnut wood for the body parts and maple wood for the spheres in...
Category
French Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Handcrafted Sculptural Wooden Armchair Germany , 1920.
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculptural walnut and olive wood chair with curved armrest.
Hand-crafted work made with the remains of old farm implements in Germany in the 1920s.
It ...
Category
German Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Olive, Walnut
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