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What is Ukrainian folk art called?
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What Ukrainian folk art is called depends on its medium. Named after the village from which it emerged, Petrykivka is a type of decorative painting that often features colorful flowers and birds against a white background. The name for decorating eggs is pysanky, and vyshyvka is the term for decorative embroidery. Explore a large selection of folk art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
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19th Century, French Folk Art Copper Rooster, Weathervane
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and rare antique folk art copper rooster with an wonderful vert de gris patine. A real unique find.
France, circa 1800-1900. More photo's available on request
Weathered and...
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
$1,523 Sale Price
35% Off
Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Bowl South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Bowl
South Coast Peru, Nazca Culture, c. 200–600 AD
A fine hand-coiled pottery bowl decorated in classic Nazca polychrome pigments—cream, black, red,...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century American Copper Bull Weathervane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully weathered 19th century American copper bull weathervane, now presented on a newly fabricated black metal display base. This sculptural s...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Vintage Christmas Big Nutcracker, Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been their ho...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Wood
American Folk Painting of a Bull, ca 1885
Located in York County, PA
Folk portrait of a bull in oil on canvas, signed L.D.D. and dated 1885. Found at an estate in the Hudson, New York area. The painting’s great style and presence in the stylized anima...
Category
Antique 1850s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1995 Mark McCloud Felix The Cat Blotter Art
Located in New York, NY
1995 Mark McCloud Blotter Art "Felix The Cat". Mark McCloud Blotter Art on paper, sheet size 7.5 x 7.5 inches, perforated 30 x 30 squares total 900 doses. This is an original sheet ...
Category
1990s Folk Art Posters
Materials
Paper
$650 / item