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Wooden Fairground

Pair of Original Hand-Painted Wooden Fairground Signage, circa 1950s
Located in Faversham, GB
of the fairground ride would sit within the centre. Each panel was numbered on the reverse, 1 to 8
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20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Signs

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Paint, Wood

Early 20th century fairground figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure In the form of Benito Mussolini this early 20th century hand
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Pine

Early 20th century fairground figure
Early 20th century fairground figure
H 10 in W 6.5 in D 4.5 in
1950s Original 4 Shots Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted. WORKSHOP REPORT Our workshop team
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1950s Original 4 Shots Fairground Sign
1950s Original 4 Shots Fairground Sign
H 18.12 in W 33.47 in D 0.4 in
1950s Original Winning Scores Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted. WORKSHOP REPORT
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1950s Original Winning Scores Fairground Sign
1950s Original Winning Scores Fairground Sign
H 42.13 in W 12.21 in D 0.4 in
1950s Original All Winners Large Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted. WORKSHOP REPORT
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

1950s Original Winning Numbers Large Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Fairground Sign. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted
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Vintage 1950s English Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

1950s Original Winning Scores Fairground Sign '2552'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Sign. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted. WORKSHOP
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Fairground Knock Down Figure
Located in London, GB
Jeu De Massacre Fairground Figure One of the finest examples of a late 19th Century fairground
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Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
Located in London, GB
appeal, likely to have been constructed by a fairground showman using hand carved wooden sections and
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Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

1950s Original All Winners Large Fairground Sign '2556'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Fairground Sign. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1970s Original Hand Painted Ice Lollies Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Fairground Sign. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted
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Vintage 1970s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1950s Original Winning Numbers Large Fairground Sign, Odds
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Fairground Sign – Odds. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted
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Vintage 1950s English Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Early 1900s British Folk Art Game Boards

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Pine

Early 20th Century English Metal Fairground Crown Light
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Metal Fairground Crown Light A unique example of an early 20th Century
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Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

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
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Antique Early 1900s British Victorian Wall Mirrors

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Wood

Original Fairground 'Speedway' Rounding Boards, 1950s Red Gold
Located in Hastings, GB
of each board English Fairground 'Ark' 'Speedway' rounding boards We have researched this ride
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

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Wood

Ross Foster - Framed 20th Century Oil, The Fairground
Located in Corsham, GB
presented in a white wooden frame. On board.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th century fairground figure Pierre Jean Marie Laval 
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure An early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown
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Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Carnival Art

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Pine

Antique Fairground Paper Mache Sculpture of a Witch or Farmer's Wive
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Fairground Paper Mache Sculpture of a Witch or Farmer's Wive A large half-relief sculpture
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Early 20th Century German Victorian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

19th Century hand carved wood and polychromed Jeu de massacre fairground figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century hand carved wood and polychromed Jeu de massacre fairground figure A rare piece of
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Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Pine

1950s Wooden Fireman Sculpture
By Hennecke
Located in Antwerp, BE
on the fire truck of the merry-go-round, fairground - funfair. Not many of these original wooden
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1950s Wooden Fireman Sculpture
1950s Wooden Fireman Sculpture
H 11.23 in W 26.58 in D 8.27 in
Vintage Wood Carousel Rabbit with Carrots, France, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage wood carousel rabbit with carrots. This French vintage wooden carousel animal - carousel
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Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Carousel Cow Bernard Kindt, 1960s
By Bernard Kindt
Located in Antwerp, BE
smiling animals and big eyes. A vintage wooden carousel animal which was used on the carousel, merry-go
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

Materials

Metal

Carousel Cow Bernard Kindt, 1960s
Carousel Cow Bernard Kindt, 1960s
H 41.34 in W 35.44 in D 11.03 in
Pair of 19th C Carousel Decorative Female Torsos Attributed to Charles I.D. Luff
Located in Leuven , BE
sound. A fairground 80-keyless organ with similar female decorations, made by the brothers Bruder in
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Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Black Carousel Horse, Wood Horse Sculpture on Metal Base, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wooden Carousel Horse - Fairground horse - Merry-go-round Horse. Smaller model, so easy to be
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Pair of 19th C Carousel Decorative Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Luff
Located in brussel, BE
fairground 80-keyless organ with similar female decorations, made by the brothers Bruder in Waldkirch
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

'Magic Mirrors' Signs
Located in Alton, GB
A glorious piece of English fairground history and a great tribute to the art form that developed
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Vintage 1950s Decorative Art

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Metal

'Magic Mirrors' Signs
'Magic Mirrors' Signs
H 39.38 in W 118.12 in D 3.94 in
19th Century Hand Carved Ludovic Gavioli Organ Figure
Located in London, GB
play the latest tunes. This coincided with the increasing mechanization of fairgrounds beginning in the
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Antique 19th Century Italian Early Victorian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

Mid-20th Century French Passe Boule Game
Located in London, GB
opinion make it even more decorative and desirable. Days gone by when fairground entertainment was simple
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Vintage 1940s French Folk Art Game Boards

Materials

Wood

Original 1890’s Linen Backed Theatrical Stage Poster Holden's Mannikins
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
fairgrounds, they moved on to large halls, theatres and music halls. At the height of their popularity, when
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Posters

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Linen, Paper

Folk Art Wirework Ferris Wheel, Early 20th Century, Naive Primitive, Fairground
Located in Totnes, GB
utterly charming Folk Art wire work Ferris wheel, mounted on a small wooden base. With a little handle on
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Toys

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Wire

"You Mystify Me" Stencil and Text on Reclaimed Wooden Backing
By Gods Own Junkyard
Located in London, GB
Reclaimed Wooden Backing. Lights of Soho present... God's Own Junkyard. New & used neon fantasies
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21st Century and Contemporary English Contemporary Art

Live the Dream
By Chris Bracey
Located in Indianapolis, IN
maker for fairgrounds, arcades and the like, taught Bracey at an early age. "Live the Dream" found
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Live the Dream
H 34 in W 31 in D 8 in
Prancing Horse, Limonaire Brothers, France Paris Workshop, circa 1910
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, Limonaire Freres, Paris, 166 Avenue de Daumesnil. Sculptures for fairground, wooden horses ETC Limonaire
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Early 20th Century Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Music Box Vertical Neon Sign
Located in London, GB
God's Own Junkyard designed Neon Artwork. Music Box Red Neon, with Hand-Painted Wooden Cut-Out
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21st Century and Contemporary English Contemporary Art

Music Box Vertical Neon Sign
H 37.01 in W 10.24 in D 3.94 in
Antique Carousel Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
This rare panel would have been the backrest of a fairground ride (like the backrest of a sledge
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Antique Early 19th Century German Wall-mounted Sculptures

Antique Carousel Panel
Antique Carousel Panel
H 21.66 in W 50.01 in D 4.34 in
Contemporary Showcase Crooked Balance, Antique Columns in Wood, Acrylic, Murano
By Hillsideout
Located in Berlin, DE
almost completely transparent, mainly made of acrylic with a wooden structure. The two little wooden
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Other

Early 20th Century Lines of London Rocking Horse
By G & J Lines
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
already making wooden rocking horses. In the same year they established premises at 457 Calendonian Road
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Vintage 1920s English Children's Furniture

Materials

Wood

19th Century Carved French Wooden Fairground Penguin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century carved French wooden fairground penguin This is a superb piece of Folk Art, it is
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Antique Late 19th Century Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Mid-19th Century French Carved Wooden Fairground Rooster
Located in Brecht, BE
in love with this fairground limewood rooster, made in the mid 19th century in France, a rare find
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Pair of Fairground Columns
Located in London, GB
A pair of wooden fairground columns, the Ionic capitals centred by rosettes above columns initialed
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20th Century British Folk Art Carnival Art

Pair of Fairground Columns
Pair of Fairground Columns
H 91.34 in W 21.26 in D 14.77 in
1950s Wooden Carousel Kids Caravan
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Wooden Fairground Children's Caravan. Unique Authentic item from the 1950s. This one was
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Children's Furniture

Materials

Wood

1950s Wooden Carousel Kids Caravan
1950s Wooden Carousel Kids Caravan
H 53.94 in W 37.41 in D 66.93 in
1960s Wooden Carousel Bambi Sculpture by Bernard Kindt
By Bernard Kindt
Located in Antwerp, BE
Adorable hand-carved Wooden Fairground Animal Figurine: Bambi , the famous white-tailed Deer
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

Materials

Metal

19th Century Fairground Carousel Original Wooden Horse
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand carved wooden trotting horse with remnants of the original painting.     
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Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Original English Hand Painted Wooden Vintage Fairground Dodgems Sign
Located in London, GB
Original English Fairground Dodgems Sign We are proud to offer a unique folk art handmade English
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Vintage 1960s British Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Fairground Merry Go Round Carousel Ride Wooden Decorative Horse Velvet Seat
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful Art Deco period decorative fairground wooden horse with the original painted finish
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

Carousel Fairground Pig Figure
Located in London, GB
a wonderful circa early 1900s wooden hand carved French fairground carousel pig. The item is
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Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Carousel Fairground Pig Figure
Carousel Fairground Pig Figure
H 22 in W 12 in D 47 in
French Fairground Folk Art Hand Carved Wooden Jeu De Massacre Figure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A wonderful example of a late 19th century French fairground Folk Art hand carved Jeu De Massacre
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Antique 1880s French Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

1950s Original 5 Rings Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted. WORKSHOP REPORT Our workshop team
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1950s Original 5 Rings Fairground Sign
1950s Original 5 Rings Fairground Sign
H 25.2 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
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
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Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Decorative Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panel
Located in London, GB
fairground panel. A hand painted sign promoting a fairground JETS ride. The panel is made from a light wooden
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Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Signs

Materials

Plywood

Early 20th Century Fairground Roulette Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground roulette game A highly decorative and character filled early 20th
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Vintage 1940s British Folk Art Game Boards

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century Fairground Automaton Soldiers
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground automaton soldiers We are proud to offer a rare example of an early
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Vintage 1910s French Victorian Carnival Art

Materials

Tin

Early 20th Century English Fairground Mirror
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Fairground Mirror We love these early 20th century pine framed
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Vintage 1920s British Late Victorian Convex Mirrors

Materials

Glass

Set of English Fairground Amusement Figures
Located in London, GB
fairground ride figures. In the form of 4 mechanics dressed in Esso and BP petrol station overalls. Dating
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Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Brass

1950s Original Pull Handle Gently Fairground Sign
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Sign. Lovely honest and original fairground sign mounted on wooden board and hand painted. WORKSHOP
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Vintage 1950s English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century English Glass Fairground Mirror
Located in London, GB
English fairground distortion mirror. single panel wooden back section, heavy glass distorted wobbly
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Vintage 1940s British Wall Mirrors

Materials

Blown Glass, Pine

Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panels Set
Located in London, GB
wooden English mid-20th Century Fairground ride panel signs. Obtained from a fairground in the North of
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Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Plywood

Stunning Fairground Rocket, Space Shuttle or Airplane
By Hennecke
Located in Antwerp, BE
Great handmade Carousel rocket made in the 1950s. Wooden Folk Art sculpture on metal chassis with
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Metal

Fairground Folk Art Knock Down English Game
Located in London, GB
form, Aged wear and tear is present in the form of surface, loss of wooden surface and wear across the
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Antique Early 1900s British Victorian Game Boards

Materials

Linen, Pine

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Wooden Fairground For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic wooden fairground available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and pine, every wooden fairground was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a wooden fairground — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A wooden fairground made by folk art designers — as well as those associated with mid-century modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made wooden fairground over the years, but those crafted by Bernard Kindt and Hennecke are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Wooden Fairground?

Prices for a wooden fairground start at $159 and top out at $19,946 with the average selling for $2,385.