$3,238Sale Price|20% Off
English fairground panel
Located in London, GB
English fairground panel We share what we love, and we love this very well carved turn off the century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a screaming grotesque being, attr...
Wood
$3,027Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century English Fairground Ride Panels
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Fairground Ride Panels Dimensions in inches: H 27” x W 81” x D 1.5” Age: 1900 Origin: English Condition: Fair Overview A rare pair from the turn of the century...
Pine
$2,108Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century English Fairground Carousel Panel
Located in London, GB
English Fairground Carousel panel We are proud to offer a wonderful example of an early 20th century English fairground panel.
Wood, Paint
$1,513Sale Price / item|20% Off
Early 20th century carnival fairground game panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century carnival / fairground game panel Dimensions in inches: H 29” x W 21” x D 4” Age: 1920 Origin: England Condition: Fair Overview A highly decorative example of ...
Pine
$3,736Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century Hand Carved English Fairground Carousel Panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Hand Carved English Fairground Carousel Panel A rare piece of traditional English fairground art attributed to Orton and spooner.
Pine
$2,594Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century Rare Chicken Fairground Target Panel from Paris
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Rare Chicken Fairground Target Panel from Paris Made from pine and papier Mache with hand painted detail.
Pine, Paper
Circa 1900 American Ringling Brothers Circus Fairground Cart Panels Tiger & Lion
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare survivor, fantastically decorative pair of plaster and hand painted animal cart panels used by the Ringling Brothers Circus Show circa 1900 The two panels would have hung ov...
Plaster, Pine
Mid Century Surrealist Hand Painted Art Panel Folk or Fairground Art 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Mid Century Surrealist Hand Painted Art Panel Folk or Fairground Art, Europe, 1960s. This is a very unique and strange piece of folk / fairground art from mid 20th century.
Wood, Paint
$4,211Sale Price|20% Off
Late 19th Century English Savages Carved Fairground Mirror
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century English savages carved fairground mirror We are proud to offer a rare example of a hand carved English fairground carousel mirrored panel attributed to the “Sav...
Wood
$2,648Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th century English fairground carousel central fragment
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground carousel central fragment A hand carved example of a vibrant and highly decorative fairground carousel central mirror panel.
Pine
$4,108Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Early 20th Century Hand Carved Fairground Dragon Ride Fragment
Located in London, GB
Rare Early 20th Century Hand Carved Fairground Dragon Ride Fragment A highly decorative and delightful object of an early 20th Century fairground dragon ride fragment panel.
Pine
French Late 19th Century Fairground Panel with Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered fairground panel, France, circa 1880. Weathered, old repairs.
Wood
Early 20th Century English Fairground Panels
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground panels We share what we love, and we love this matched pair of charming English metal sheet, hand painted fairground panels.
Metal
Early 20th Century English Fairground Panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground panel We are proud to offer a wonderful example of an early 20th century English fairground panel.
Plywood
Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panel
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century English fairground panel. We are proud to offer a mid – 20th century English fairground panel.
Plywood
19th Century Italian Fairground Panels
Located in Southampton, GB
A pair of 19th Century decorative Fairground Panels with original paint. Can be hung either vertically or horizontally, forming what would make a great transom above a door.
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panel
Located in London, GB
English fairground panel We are proud to offer a great piece of English fairground visual art, In the form of a handcrafted panel with hand painted graphics illustrating the word CA...
Pine, Paint
A 1950's Fairground Panel
Located in London, GB
Painted on galvanised tin in wood frame. Available to view at Brunswick House, London.
Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panels Set
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panels Set We are proud to offer a set of 2 rare handmade wooden English mid-20th Century Fairground ride panel signs.
Plywood
Mid-20th Century English Hand Painted Folk Art Fairground Panels
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century English Fairground panels set. We are proud to offer a set of 3 rare handmade wooden English mid-20th century Fairground ride panel signs.
Plywood
Set of 3 hand painted early 20th century folk art fairground panels
Located in London, GB
Set of 3 hand painted early 20th century folk art fairground panels Now this is cool fairground folk art in our humble opinion.
Wood
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H 22.05 in W 14.57 in D 3.15 in
Circa 1900 English Grotesques Carved Fairground Panel Orton & Spooner Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very well carved turn off century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a grotesques screaming being, attributed to Orton & Spooner.
Pine
Set of Three Early 20th Century English Fairground Double Sided Panels
Located in London, GB
A set of three early 20th century English Fairground double sided panels A set of three double sided formed hardboard English fairground panels, dating from the 1930 to the Mid-2...
Paper
1950s Original All for Fun Large Fairground Sign - Hand Painted
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Lovely honest and original fairground panel mounted on wooden board and hand painted.
Wood
An early 20th century Illuminated fairground floral panel
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century Illuminated fairground floral panel Intricately hand carved from sectioned pieces of pine wood and with hand painted detail.
Wood
19th Century Heavily Carved Fairground Dropper Panel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An extremely well carved fairground dropper, with its original mounted reverse cut decorative diamond mirror. In the manner and quality of Orton & Spooner, the piece also has a f...
Cut Glass, Pine
Mid-20th Century Handcrafted Fairground Passe Boule Set Panels
Located in London, GB
Fairground Passe Boule set panels We are proud to offer a delightful set of 5 handcrafted passe boule ball toss game panels.
Pine, Paper
An Early 20th Century Charlie Chaplin Fairground Target Panel
Located in London, GB
An Early 20th Century Charlie Chaplin Fairground Target Panel Basic in design and form, this piece of English fairground folk art is quite charming and decorative in our humble op...
Pine
French Mid-20th Century Fairground Target Animated Scratch Built Panel
Located in London, GB
Fairground target panel We are proud to offer a hand painted fairground shooting target scratch built animated panel.
Wood
Early 20th century papier mache Passe Boule fairground target panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century papier mache Passe Boule fairground target panel A section pine backed, papier mache front hand painted early 20th century fairground/carnival French amusement tar...
Pine, Paper
Early 20th Century English Glass Fairground Mirror
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century glass fairground mirror We are proud to offer an original early 20th century English fairground distortion mirror. single panel wooden back section, heavy glass d...
Blown Glass, Pine
Handcrafted Pair of English Fairground Panels
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted pair of English fairground panels We are proud to offer a highly decorative pair of handcrafted/painted English fairground pillar panels.
Wood
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H 38.19 in W 90.16 in D 1.19 in
Hand Painted Antique Industrial Fairground Carnival Panel Sign, C.1930
Located in London, GB
A pair of large early 20th Century fairground panels. c.1930 Of large proportions. Possibly Irish, depicting racing scenes, from a fairground attraction.
Wood
Rare Set of 7 Mid-20th Century English Fairground Carousel Panels
Located in London, GB
A rare set of 7 mid-20th century English Fairground Carousel panels We are proud to offer a set of 7 mid-20th century English fairground carousel panels.
Wood
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H 12.75 in W 28.75 in D 0.1 in
Hand Painted Pointing Hand Fairground Panel Sign; Try Your Skill, circa 1940
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The double sided hand painted fairground sign designed to draw in the crowds at fairgrounds in the mid-twentieth century, with ‘Try Your Skill’ to one side and “4 Balls 2 D” to the o...
Pine
19th century Antique Carouselle Panel
Located in London, GB
A French 19th century hand painted carouselle panel from a fairground, signed
18th Century Italian Plaque
Located in Pomona, CA
18th-century gilded Italian wall plaque.
Wood
Antique Folk Art Carnival Attraction Hand Painted Sign circa 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1677 Hand painted carnival sign world's tallest man and Tom tump In a pediment frame
Hardwood, Paint
$668
H 57.88 in Dm 15.75 in
Mid 20th C Harlequin Costume Wookey Hole Clown Museum Fairground Circus Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A vintage harlequin costume with its original hat and glove, from the Wookey Hole collection, donated from the Clowns Gallery Museum. Mid 20th century in age, a hand full of nibbles...
Textile
Antique "High Striker" Folk Art Tabletop Carnival Game
Located in Dekalb, IL
Handmade tabletop carnival game modeled after the classic "high striker" strength tester, constructed from wood with a tall vertical scoring tower and spring-loaded plunger mechanism...
Wood, Paint
Wooden Linstroms Poker PinBall Game
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Linstroms Poker Pin Ball Game The marbles are shot up into the board and where the balls land is how you get your poker hand. Each player gets 5 shots. Instructions are on back of b...
Wood
Victorian Folk Art House Table or Wall Art
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa late 1800s, wood, and glass, American, possibly New York. Charming beyond belief, this polychrome Folk Art House was originally made to feature a mirror for grooming and tray f...
Wood
1960s English Carnival Sign
Located in High Point, NC
1960s carnival art sign from England. It is advertising a cake walk on one side of the sign, and on the back has a charming message "Have a nice Victorian day". Great sign for any co...
Wood
Antique American Carousel Horse Carnival Ride Attrib Charles Dare
Located in Forney, TX
A charming antique, circa 1920, American track machine carousel horse amusement ride attributed to legendary carver Charles W. Dare Company (United States), now mounted on a custom r...
Wood, Paint
Victorian Folk Art House Table or Wall Art
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa late 1800s, wood, and glass, American, possibly New York. Charming beyond belief, this polychrome Folk Art House was originally made to feature a mirror for grooming and tray f...
Wood
$1,297Sale Price|20% Off
H 6 in W 15.5 in D 6 in
Early 20th Century Aunt Sally English Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century aunt sally english fairground game. We share what we love, and we love this oversized early 20th Century example of a carved wood Fairground Aunt Sally knock do...
Pine
Early 20th Century English Ventriloquist Dummy
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Ventriloquist Dummy An unusual example of a hand-crafted early 20th Century English ventriloquist dummy. With tailored made velour outfit with pearl but...
Cotton, Velvet, Wood, Paper
$1,950
H 56 in W 43 in D 18.75 in
C. Late 19th-Early 20th Century American Carousel Horse on Custom Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th-early 20th century carousel horse on custom stand, American. A fine & fun example. Restored prior to the current owner's acquisition of it, it likely had handles to mount &...
Wood, Oak
1950s American Hand-Painted Carnival Ride Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
1950s American hand-painted carnival ride panel.
Mirror, Wood
Carved American Carnival Head, circa 1890s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Finely featured carved man's head found in the southern United States. Most likely a late 19th century carnival head featured in a ball or ring toss game.
Wood
Large-Scale American Folk Art Carnival Game Board, Very Graphic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale Folk Art Carnival game board, American, circa 1940s. This painted carnival game board came from Texas and combines wonderfully patinated graphic colors in a highly collec...
Wood, Cork
$2,495
H 33 in W 45 in D 16 in
Antique American Amusement Park Motorcycle Painted Carousel Carnival Ride 1940s
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American carnival amusement park, carousel motorcycle ride, from the late 1940s. A fabulous late 1940s motorcycle carousel ride, the motorcycle body is made of wood and is ha...
Steel, Iron
Carnival Midway Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand-painted canvas sideshow banner for carnival midway sideshow entrance. Not signed but most likely out of Chicago Tent and Awning's banner shop. Original wood strip attac...
Canvas
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...
Canvas
"Organ Bank" with Cat and Dog, circa 1882, American
By Kyser & Rex Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
This American cast iron bank known as "Organ Bank" (Cat and Dog), was manufactured by Kyser & Rex Company, Frankford, Pennsylvania in 1882. It conforms exactly to the patent pape...
Iron
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century Country English Blanket Chest with House Facade
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming folk art 19th-century country English pine blanket chest or pine storage box featuring a stately Georgian manor house facade on the outside. The storage box has a hinged top...
Iron
Skee Ball Arcade Machine, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vintage Skee Ball Machine is your all access pass to instant arcade nostalgia. With its iconic red lanes, bright yellow guides, and retro scoreboards that light up like a carniv...
Metal
Early 20th Century Circus Banner
Located in Brecht, BE
For magician and circus lovers. This early 20th century circus banner. Hand painted on canvas.
Linen
$11,995
H 78.75 in W 56.5 in D 4.5 in
Pair Antique American Stained Glass Gothic Art Nouveau Doors Windows Povey Bros
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Portland, OR
A rare & important pair of antique American Art Nouveau with Gothic frames stained glass doors/windows, by Povey Brothers, Portland Oregon, circa 1900. Over 6.5' in height. Povey Bro...
Stained Glass
Folk Art Motorized Ferris Wheel, Custom Made, Metal & Hardwood, 1950s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1838 Custom made Carnival Folk Art motorized ferris wheel . Rotates with small lights added set on a wood base
Metal
1920's -30's Hand Painted "DRUGS" wood sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920's -30's Hand Painted "DRUGS" wood sign ... Great old sign,, Tons of character,, Retains original finish / patina..
Wood, Paint
Antique Real Size Human Skeleton
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this Antique Real Size Human Skeleton. Made in resin and wood base.
Resin, Wood
1950's Papier mâché french theatre head
Located in Diest, BE
A 1950's rare original James Ensor style papier mâché theatre head. This item was obtained via a private collection (France).
Paper
O'Henry Fred Johnson Salem Witch Trials Sideshow Spider Girl Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
O'Henry Tent and Awning sideshow banner with original shipping tag. Unusual subject matter and fantastic story from the Salem witch trails to Spider Girl. This banner appears to have...
Canvas
Batman Returns Large Barbell Movie Prop - Seen on Film
Located in Forney, TX
Own a piece of Hollywood history, this Batman Returns (Warner Bros., 1992), circus strongman barbell movie prop is sure to start a conversation while making a statement in your theat...
Resin, Fiberglass, Paint
$2,094 / set
H 9.85 in W 20.48 in D 1.19 in
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Ladies & Gents Toilet Illuminated Sign, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of illuminated glass toilet signs made in England by Burnham & Co, Deptford. c.1920 These original Art Deco-era signs feature solid brass frames with their origina...
Brass
$975Sale Price|30% Off
H 30 in W 18.5 in D 5 in
French Carnival Paper-mache Clown Ball Toss Game c.1930-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An antique French carnival clown ball toss game with wooden ball catch numbered 37. Hand crafted, hand painted paper-mache on board. CREATOR Unknown. France. DATE O...
Paint
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.
At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.
The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags.
Designers are beginning to see this enigmatic form of folk art in a whole new light.