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Folk Art Spool Furniture

Folk Art Nantucket Island Ornamental Fishing Line "Fish" Spool Souvenir
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand carved and painted mint green fish souvenir spool from Nantucket Island (ca. 1940s, MA, USA
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Stone

Old Paint Folk Art Spool Shelf
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful very functional spool shelf. Very well-made, great color.
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Antique 19th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

Old Paint Folk Art Spool Shelf
Old Paint Folk Art Spool Shelf
H 69 in W 36 in D 12 in
19thc Original Painted Red-White & Blue Spool Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc original painted and decorated spool shelf. This amazing spool shelf is in really fantastic
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Antique Late 19th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art

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Wood, Paint

Prison Folk Art Matchstick Model Boat Ship Maritime Night Light Sculpture 31"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century three tiered prison folk art / tramp art model steam boat sculpture. Upcycled cardboard
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Metal

Early American Folk Art 19th Century Cherry Wood Firkin Sewing Box
Located in New York, NY
Early American Folk Art Cherry wood firkin with original varnish finish and a sewing box interior
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Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Outsider and Self Taught...

Materials

Wood, Cherry

19th C. Wood Spindle Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Industrial 19th century wooden spool candlesticks with hand poured pear candles.
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Antique 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace and ear spools which were
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Unusual Turn of the Century Folk Art Spool Footstool
Located in Buffalo, NY
Turn or the Century hand made Folk Art spool foot stool with original mohair upholstery.
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Stools

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Mohair, Wood

American "Human Effigy" Female Stone Sculpture, Tennessee, 1000 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
patina as found. Notice the detail of the carved ear spools. Provenance: old New England collection
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Objects

Materials

Sandstone

Native America Ancient Hand Carved Stone Pipe Idol Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
effigy pipe figure idol , likely Hopewell culture with its bun head and ear spool features. It comes from
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Objects

Materials

Stone

Armchair Pair, Folk Art Spool Chairs, Circa 1920s -1930s
Located in Southbury, CT
A pair of folk art armchairs crafted from maple wooden rods or spools used in the textile industry
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Early 20th Century Armchairs

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Yellow Painted Cottage Primitive Folk Art Small Trunk Faux Spool Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Yellow Painted Cottage Primitive Folk Art Small Trunk Faux Spool Cabinet. Item features
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Pine

A Treen Sphere Enclosing Needle and Thread Spool
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Treen Sphere Enclosing Needle and Thread Spool A wonderful piece when unscrewed to open it
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Antique 19th Century Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Olive

A French Folk Art Plinth Etagere, c19th Century.
Located in London Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire
A French folk art plinth/etagere – formed from used sewing spools which are stacked and supported
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Antique Late 19th Century French Arts and Crafts Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Wood

Rustic Antique American Farmhouse Weathered Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
tapering ring-turned feet. This rustic folk art table most likely originating in the Southern United
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Antique Mid-19th Century Rustic Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

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'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Textile

1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in Perpignan, FR
Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House came to fulfill the fantasy of those dreaming of living in space. While that type of arc...
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
H 157.49 in W 255.91 in D 314.97 in
Industrial Spool Shelf
Located in High Point, NC
20th century Industrial spool shelf made with old pine planks for shelves and original metal spools which are covered in red plaid. The spools date from 1900, and have been made into...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Industrial Shelves

Materials

Metal

Industrial Spool Shelf
Industrial Spool Shelf
H 58.63 in W 72 in D 11.13 in

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Irish Linen Green Wooden Bobbins Spools Set of Five
Located in Great Britain, Northern Ireland
and with character. Tags: Folk Art, collectables, curiosities, painted furniture, home accents
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20th Century Northern Irish Rustic Painted Furniture

Materials

Wood

1940s California Folk Art Grotto Table
Located in Treasure Island, CA
California Folk Art Grotto Table circa 1940 Seashells and mirrors encrusted over a cathedral
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Vintage 1940s American Outsider and Self Taught Art

1900s Folk Art Spool Footstool
Located in Chicago, IL
1900's hand made Folk Art spool foot stool with original velvet upholstery.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Stools

Materials

Wood, Velvet

Greek Black Glaze Pottery Guttus
Located in London, GB
A black-glazed terracotta guttus (oil-lamp filler) with a spool-shaped foot, a wheel-shaped body, a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Greek Black Glaze Pottery Guttus
Greek Black Glaze Pottery Guttus
H 3.15 in W 3.55 in D 4.14 in
Pre Columbian Michoacan Large Pottery Pretty Lady
Located in New York, NY
open ear spools. Provenance: Ex Ohio Artist Collection Amazing artistic form and scale.
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Mexican Antiquities

Large Nayarit Pottery Important Female Effigy Figure
Located in New York, NY
hips, the face, with lovely alert expression. A matriarchal presence. She is adorned with ear spools
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Antiquities

Americana Rare Store Cabinet
Located in Solebury, PA
This hard to find Silk thread spool cabinet has eight drawers and a double door storage space
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Americana Rare Store Cabinet
Americana Rare Store Cabinet
H 27 in W 36 in D 17 in
Vintage Folk Art "Spool" Shelf with Original Paint
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century folk art shelf with original white and teal paint. The supports for the
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20th Century American Painted Furniture

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Spool Figure of a Black Man
Located in Essex, MA
A folk art figure of a black man, made from old wood spools of thread and hand painted with a blue
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Unusual Large Architectural Victorian Pine Spool Table
Located in New York, NY
Hard to find form, three tier center table, with beveled pine shelves, and spool vertical elements
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Primitives

Materials

Pine

Folky Architectural Spool Stand
Located in New York, NY
Striking black spool stand, folky and architectural four-tier table.  
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Early 20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture

Materials

Wood

Folky Architectural Spool Stand
Folky Architectural Spool Stand
H 34 in W 12 in D 12 in
19th Century Shaker Spool Holder
Located in Tarrytown, NY
19th century shaker spoil holder. Beautifully made, interesting object.
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Antique 1870s More Folk Art

Materials

Wood

19THC ORIGINAL WHITE PAINTED SPOOL BOX W/ LID-SEWINGI BOX
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL WHITE PAINTED SPOOL SEWING BOX W/ LID IN GREAT CONDITION
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Antique 19th Century American Primitives

Folk Art Spool Footrest
Located in Essex, MA
An unusual and artfully made Folk Art footstool, of rectangular form, the four sides composed of an
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Early 20th Century American Footstools

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Spool Footrest
Folk Art Spool Footrest
H 9 in W 16.75 in D 9.5 in
Folk Art Style Grauduated Spool Table
Located in Buchanan, MI
Fun Folk Art style Grauduated spool table.
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20th Century Unknown Folk Art Industrial and Work Tables

APPLE GREEN JELLY CUPBOARD, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA
Located in York County, PA
attractive wear. The crude construction is typical of Valley furniture, with high, bootjack feet and cast
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American Painted Furniture

Early 20th Century Folk Art Industrial Era Spool Chair
Located in Peabody, MA
An early 20th Century folk art chair made of stacked 6” spools or “thread reels” evokes the once
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Stools

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Antique 46 Star WMH Horstmann Company United States of America Flag 83"
By Horstmann
Located in Dayton, OH
away above. The weaving is accomplished by the motion of the spools below that carry the different
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Vintage 1910s American Classical Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool

STUNNING SUFFRAGETTE BANNER, ca 1890-1920
Located in York County, PA
many years have passed. The shape reminds me of a spool of thread, which may well be the intended
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Antique 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Folk Art Side Table
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Pleased to offer this great 1940's folk art side table. Legs are vintage thread spools with metal
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Side Table
Folk Art Side Table
H 28.5 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Antique Square Black Wood Tramp Art Spool or Spindle Side Table
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small square wood tramp art style spool side table. This table is created from wood, and very old
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Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Early American White Painted Two-Tier Spool Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early American white painted two-tier spool table. The table offers a Folk Art quality.
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Antique Late 18th Century American Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Early American White Painted Two-Tier Spool Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early American white painted two-tier spool table. The table offers a Folk Art quality.
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Antique Late 18th Century American Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Cardboard Stacking Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Waxed cardboard thread spool boxes $450/each
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Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Boxes

Cardboard Stacking Boxes
Cardboard Stacking Boxes
H 14.5 in W 21.75 in D 13 in
19th Century Folk Art Hand-Carved and Painted Wood Sewing Caddy with Bird Motif
Located in Cincinnati, OH
base containing a single drawer. The top of the base has six dowels made to accommodate spools of
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Collection of Barbour's Irish Flax Sinew Spools, circa 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
About A collection of 6 spools of antique Barbour's Irish Flax Sinew yarn. Creator
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Early 20th Century Industrial More Folk Art

Materials

Yarn

Painted Child's Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
top and a single knob-less drawer on spool turned legs. American, circa 1900-1920 Measures: 20 ¼” x
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Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Pine

Painted Child's Table
Painted Child's Table
H 20.25 in W 24 in D 17.25 in
19th C. Wood Spindle Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Industrial 19th century wooden spool candlesticks with hand poured pear candles.
Category

Antique 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Textural Woven Chief's Prestige Hat, Bamileke Culture, Cameroon, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
old spool knitting technique, with the strands of each spear manipulated into open squares before
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Cotton

Antique French Country Pine Wood Stick and ball Herb Drying Rack, France 1899
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
"spool". This pretty French Country rack could be used either as a pasta or herb drying rack or as a
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Antique 1890s French Country Antiquities

Materials

Wood, Pine

19th Century Maritime Ships Course Keeper Fathom Counter Wooden Rustic Box
Located in Hyattsville, MD
. Spool knobs turn and change the numbers so, it seems fully functional.
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Federal Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Antique Folk Art Sewing Spool Carved 6 Tier Corner Shelf Whatnot Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique folk art sewing spool carved 6 tier corner shelf whatnot stand. Item features beautiful
Category

Early 20th Century American Primitive Shelves

Materials

Wood

Early American Five-Tiered Step Spool Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early American five-tiered step spool shelf. The shelf offers a Folk Art charm.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Shelves

Materials

Wood

Antique Sheraton Flame Mahogany Folk Art Chest with Star Inlaid Pulls
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Sheraton flame mahogany Folk Art chest of drawers offers case with spool carved border
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Antique 19th Century American Sheraton Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

19thc Original Painted Red-White & Blue Spool Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc original painted and decorated spool shelf. This amazing spool shelf is in really fantastic
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Antique Late 19th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Spool Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1900 graduated multi tiered corner spool shelf with incised supports, all showing unusual
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Early 20th Century American Painted Furniture

Materials

Iron

Spool Shelf
Spool Shelf
H 64 in W 34 in D 18 in
Spool Side Table
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage ornate spool side table with gold over paint and silk velvet top and lower shelf. This has
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Vintage 1920s American Painted Furniture

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Spool Side Table
Spool Side Table
H 31.5 in W 17 in D 15 in
Pop Art Three Foot Tall Spool and Thread
Located in Scarsdale, NY
Over three feet tall spool and thread! Charming piece of pop art. The needle comes out. The gold
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20th Century American Toys

Vintage Wooden Folk Art Kaleidoscope
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage hand made folk art kaleidoscope with a Bowen Hunter wooden spool body, 3 interior mirrors
Category

Early 20th Century American Toys

Materials

Metal

Spool Table on Crack!
Located in Seattle, WA
I've never seen anything quite like this super sturdy table. There are remnants of the original green paint that once covered the entire piece. I believe this to be an entirely ori...
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Early 20th Century American Painted Furniture

Spool Table on Crack!
Spool Table on Crack!
H 33 in W 18 in D 18 in
Handmade Bicycle
Located in Summerland, CA
and spool pedal and original hand breaking system. Custom mount.
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Toys

Materials

Iron, Wire

Handmade Bicycle
Handmade Bicycle
H 38 in W 58 in D 18 in
Folk Art 'Spool' Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful folk art! Tin lined planter on wooden stand made from spools.
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Vintage 1930s American Planters and Jardinieres

Folk Art 'Spool' Planter
Folk Art 'Spool' Planter
H 30 in W 48 in D 9.25 in
Folk Art Spool Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
Early electric floor lamp Made of turned wooden spools on wooden pedestal base. Original varnished
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Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps

Folk Art  Spool Lamp
Folk Art  Spool Lamp
H 59 in D 12 in
Wonderful Folk Art Spool Table
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Wonderful Folk Art spool end table. Originally had fabric on top.
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Early 20th Century Side Tables

Wonderful Folk Art Spool Table
Wonderful Folk Art Spool Table
H 29.75 in W 22.25 in D 22.25 in
Folk Art Thread Spool Table
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Red painted wooden table with thread spool legs.
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Vintage 1930s Tables

Folk Art Thread Spool Table
Folk Art Thread Spool Table
H 29.325 in W 24 in D 18 in
Pre Columbian Stunning Large Chimú Wood Marker Figure Ex Sothebys
Located in London, GB
spools and wearing a loincloth tied at the back. Carved in dense wood likely having been covered in
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Antique 16th Century Peruvian Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

American Folk Art Sewing Spool Side Table/Stand
Located in Culver City, CA
legs are made with 1.5" sewing spools stacked on iron rods. The table top is quite small with a lower
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Pedestals

American Folk Art Sewing Spool Side Table/Stand
American Folk Art Sewing Spool Side Table/Stand
H 31.63 in W 13.25 in D 12.13 in
"Spool" Birdhouse
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A rare and unusual vintage birdhouse hand crated of early thread spools. Having a lively blue roof
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Decorative Objects

"Spool" Birdhouse
"Spool" Birdhouse
H 23 in W 21.5 in D 12 in
American Spool Table
Located in Culver City, CA
Spool furniture is an American style of furniture made during the turn of the last century from
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art End Tables

Materials

Brass

American Spool Table
American Spool Table
H 27.5 in W 16 in D 15.75 in
Uniquely Shaped Folk Art Table
Located in Culver City, CA
This uniquely shaped Folk Art two tiered table is supported by three legs comprised of spools
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Side Tables

19th Century Spool Shelf
Located in Culver City, CA
This red painted spool shelf is a great piece of American folk art furniture, made from Connecticut
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Shelves

Materials

Wood

19th Century Spool Shelf
19th Century Spool Shelf
H 43.25 in W 23.5 in D 7.75 in
Extremely Orange "Spool" Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This Table, "Made in America", Created with Spools (probably discarded from Factory Work has an
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art End Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Victorian Pine Spool Table
Located in Culver City, CA
This handsome two tiered spool side table is made of pine with a lustrous red stain and four
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Side Tables

Materials

Brass

American Spool Table
Located in Culver City, CA
see a large selection of folk art and interesting decorative accessories which are part of over 3,000
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Early 20th Century American Side Tables

American Spool Table
American Spool Table
H 24 in W 19.5 in D 14.5 in
Pair of mounted antique wooden spools
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mounted antique wooden spools
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Folk Art Floor Light
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Sculptural and graphic design. Muted and rich colors. Early spool-like appearance. Folky yet
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Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Floor Light
Folk Art Floor Light
H 72 in D 14 in
Folk Art Corner Shelf
Located in New York City, NY
A vintage white painted wood corner shelf with ten levels constructed of thread spools.
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20th Century Shelves

Folk Art Corner Shelf
Folk Art Corner Shelf
H 66.5 in W 23 in D 11.5 in
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Two Tier Table
Located in New York, NY
American Folk Art Spool Turned Two Tier Table with Tramp Art Application, Late 19th Century, One
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Antique 19th Century American Side Tables

Tramp Art Sewing Cabinet with Porcelain Figure
Located in Manalapan, NJ
expertly crafted out of wooden cigar boxes. A stunning example of utilitarian Folk Art made with heartfelt
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Antique 1890s American Decorative Boxes

American Spools from a Sewing Factory Holding Thread
Located in Sheffield, MA
Folk Art piece that will add some uniqueness to your home and are quite reasonable. The measurement is
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Vintage 1920s North American Primitives

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Folk Art Spool Furniture For Sale on 1stDibs

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