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Folk Art For Sale
Bronze bull by sculptor Emilio Musso
Located in Torino, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting young bull made by Emilio Musso.
Vigorous young bull, sculpted in all his massive, muscular beauty.
The bull figure towers above a plinth honoring the ci...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Wooden Old Crow Whiskey Advertising Display, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large wooden Old Crow Whiskey advertising display - whiskey counter display.
An advertising display of hand-painted wood made for Old Crow Bourbon Whiskey. This figural advertisin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art English Whirligig/Weathervane Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art English Whirligig/Weathervane Figure
A quirky and charming example of an early 20th Century English folk art whirligig / Weathervane Figure. Stood on a r...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Very Rare Long Maori Paddle ‘Hoe’
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare Long Maori Paddle ‘Hoe’
Superb colour and patina
Wood
Maori / New Zealand
Late 18th / early 19th Century
Size: 217cm long - 85½ ins long
Provenance:
W.D. Webster, B...
Category
Late 18th Century New Zealand Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century African Madonna
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century African Madonna figurative sculpture from the Makonde culture in southern Tanzania, close to the border of Mozambique, exhibits a wonderful sense of move...
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Oaxaca Black Clay Tzinacan Decorative Burnished Polished Fired Oxygen Reduction
Located in London, GB
Tzinacan is the Nahuatl word for bat, and it is our gift for the bats represented in many ceramic pre-hispanic pieces.
Bats have been part of the mythology of the cultures of pre-Hi...
Category
2010s Mexican American Colonial Folk Art
Materials
Clay
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
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Bath Cabinet Makers, an Arts & Crafts Oak Sideboard with Dutch Inlaid Scenes
Located in London, GB
Bath cabinet makers. In the Liberty style.
An early Arts & Crafts oak break front sideboard with Dutch inlaid scenes of mill owners with there little bla...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Collection of Lindstrom's Game Boards-2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lindstrom's gold star marble game board, dated 1934
This fun tabletop game boards are in great as found condition. Lindstrom's gold star (signed on the ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Tin, Metal
19th C Original Painted Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C original painted game board. Nice original Salmon and black paint.
Category
19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique African Bedouin Mortar
Located in San Mateo, CA
Hardwood mortar used for grinding coffee from Northern Africa. This mortar decorated with incised lines and small brass tacks. There are a couple of small losses.
Category
Early 20th Century North African Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Door With Faux Marble Original Decorations
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Swedish original painted Folk Art small door. The front side is all in original condition with working lock and original key (Request video). With faux marble paintin...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Grain Painted Paneled Wood Door
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous grain painted solid wood paneled door.
Painted in the Trompe loi style to imitate rosewood or another exotic wood.
Door is grain painted on one side only. Other side is ol...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
19th Chinese Checkers Game Board with Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Chinese checkers game board with original paint form Pennsylvania. beautiful colors and patina.
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique American Lightning Rods
Located in Hanover, MA
Sculptural pair of American lightning rods dating from the 1870's. They still maintain their original copper skin on its wrought iron twist rod staff wh...
Category
1870s American Country Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Ceremonial Comb, Luba People, Zaire, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ceremonial comb, Luba People, Zaire, D. R. Congo
Made of palm leaf midribs, this large, graphic comb has a pinched waist and is held together with finely wrapped wire. Presented o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wire
French 19th Century Grand Scale Cutting Board
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very charming grand scale cutting board from the South of France in beech wood. Perfect for a charcuterie and cheese presentation.
Category
19th Century French Antique Folk Art
Materials
Beech
Industrial Metal Milk Crate, Powder Coated Navy Blue, circa 1960's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1960s Industrial Metal milk crate. Freshly powder coated, the milk crate is sturdy and sleek in classic navy blue. A perfect addition to any room that needs...
Category
1960s American Industrial Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th C Blue & White One Patch Doll Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand made & sewn blue & white little doll quilt is in fine condition & has very fine piecing & quilting. The little gem has double borders and comes to us from a private co...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early 20th Century Folk Art French Weather-Vane Plane
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art French weather-vane plane.
For sale in this lot is an early 20th century handmade Folk Art French weather-vane plane. Th...
Category
1940s British Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20thc Full Bodied Copper Fish Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc full bodied copper professionally polished fish weather vane with custom made iron base.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Copper
St. Julien Weather Vane Attributed to J.W. Fiske 19th Century Full Bodied Metal
Located in Stamford, CT
St. Julien with Sulky Molded Copper Weather Vane, attributed to J.W. Fiske, New York, last quarter 19th century, full-bodied molded sheet copper horse and driver vane with cast iron horse's head and driver's hands, sheet copper reins and seat, copper rod wheels, mounted on a ebony base. This has the original threading as seen in the last photo below.
A very similar Attrib Fiske Weathervane...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Style Lucite Car
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Antique style Lucite car.
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art
Materials
Lucite
Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Impressive wood carved angel with amazing detail. Certainly the work of a master carver. Found among the entire contents of a Catholic Church in the Midwest which was said to have cl...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Collection of Tibetan Money
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional collection of Tibetan Money, exchange currency in shell
all of them with little holes to adjust them to a belt or object to hold them togeth...
Category
1920s Tibetan Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Exceptional Painted Bookcase with Gold Leaf Carvings
Located in Albignasego, IT
Exceptional bookcase painted in blue and red with gold leaf carvings.
Two large side pillars, with richly carved scrolls, lacquered and gilded wi...
Category
1810s Italian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Mid-20th Century Tami Islands Papua New Guinea Tribal Wooden Feast Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl
Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylized sea cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Folk Art
Materials
Kaolin, Wood
Antique Antler Mirror with Console Table, Austria, ca. 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Antler Mirror with Console Table, Austria, ca. 1860
A large antler mirror with console table, made in Austria ca. 1860. The mirror is decorated with turned horn roses, antle...
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Glass, Wood, Stucco
1642 Dated Charles I / Jacobean Hand Carved English Oak Coffer Linen Chest Trunk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sympathetically restored, 1642 Charles I / Jacobean, hand carved English oak coffer, trunk or chest
This piece is stunning, its hand carved t...
Category
1640s British Jacobean Antique Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Patrick Bongoy - Desert Flower
Located in Capetown, ZA
In its usual form, rubber is inert and impermeable, absorbent of almost all light and colour. Patrick Bongoy’s studio operates like a factory in reverse, transforming stockpiles of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art
Materials
Metal
African Currency, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This set of 3 pieces of African currency is very interesting. Looking like some sort of ancient maraca, these 19th century pieces jingle and noise-make with each step. The dimensions...
Category
19th Century African Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Navajo Yei Rug, Oriental Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Gray Color
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade...
Category
1950s American Navajo Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Small black French Stone Mortar with stone Pestle
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This small French mortar was sourced in the south of France. It's an iconic and traditional kitchen object which is found all over France. Its traditional use was and still is to gri...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Folk Art
Materials
Stone
1839 Blue Floral Painted Cabinet
Located in Albignasego, IT
Blue Painted Cabinet dated 1839
Measurements: H. 177 cm – W. 120 cm (129 at the frames) cm – D. 40 cm (45 at the frames) cm
Period: 1839
Origin: Tyrol
Essence: Fir
Description
Anti...
Category
1830s Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Mexican Arbol de la Vida Tree Life Dolls ColorFolk Art Ceramic Clay Candelabra
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This colorful tree of life (árbol de la vida) with a toy like aspect is a unique piece by Marco Antonio Castillo, son of renowned artist Alfonso Castillo. Hand made with natural clay...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Hand Painting Auspicious Fishes Lotus Flowers in Pond
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This Chinese Classic Ink Hand Painting Auspicious Fishes Lotus Flowers is with very good meaning.
In Chinese culture, fish symbolize abundance, prosperity, and good fortune. Depicti...
Category
2010s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Alabaster
Near Eastern
3rd Millenium BC
SIZE: 9.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 15.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 3¾ ins wide, 6 ins ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Early Folk Art American Two Sided Framed Military Drawing with Map
Located in Savannah, GA
This unusual set of drawings in a double sided frame came out of an old New England Estate in a Beacon Hill, Boston home. From what we have gathered, they are hand-colored drawings o...
Category
Late 18th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
19Thc Hand Carved Canadian Goose
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand carved Canadian decoy is hand carved from one piece of wood.This goose retains its original outdoor surface or patina.Take notice to the wood loss and aged patina.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japan Huge Antique Pair Quail Sculptures Hand-Carved Red Lacquered
Located in South Burlington, VT
Fine Pair (2) Quails In A Monumental Size
Japan, a fine huge pair 2) of antique quail sculpture hand-carved and red lacquered, Taisho period.
Fine old carvings with traces of aged...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Double Sided Sign circa 1950
Located in Culver City, CA
Double Sided Sign
England circa 1950
Hand painted sign with ebonised frame.
25.5”w x 1.75”d x 16.5”h
Category
1950s English Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Finely Carved ‘Boni’ Neck-Rest
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved ‘Boni’ Neck-Rest
Superb dark colour and patination through extended use
Wood
Somalia
19th Century
SIZE: 18.5cm high, 15.5cm wide - 7¼ ins high, 6 ins wide
These hea...
Category
19th Century Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late-Period to Ptolemaic Period Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask Ear on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This Late Period to Ptolemaic Period Egyptian carved wood ear, once part of a mummy mask, stands as a poignant testament to ancient Egyptian customs and beliefs. Dating back over 250...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Spirit Mask ‘Barak’ or ‘Yamburai Parak’
Located in London, GB
A Rare Spirit Mask ‘Barak’ or ‘Yamburai Parak’
Wood, remains of polychrome
Eastern Sepik Province, New Guinea
Late 19th - early 20th Century
SIZE: 45cm high, 35cm deep - 17¾ ins hig...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
“Nr 6” Oil Painting by Harry Booström, 1955
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
“Nr 6” Oil Painting by Harry Booström, 1955
Additional Information:
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Dimensions (W x H): 60.5 x 60 cm
Condition: Good v...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paint
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Grey schist
India
3rd - 4th Centuries AD
SIZE: 19cm high, 11cm wide, 12.5cm deep - 7½ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 5 ins deep
References
Pratap...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Schist
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Located in London, GB
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Superb colour and patina
Bronze
Eastern Iran or Central Asia
2000 BC
SIZE: 35cm wide - 13¾ ins wide
A similar pin in the Louvre-France, was exh...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Persian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Folk Art Drift Wood Sculpture W/ Bird
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folk art sculpture of drift wood and a plank wood base is all hand made.The bird is also wood carving added to the driftwood sculpture.The condition is very good as found condit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Store Display American Crca 1800-1810
Located in Hudson, NY
This is an incredibly rare piece. Made from Pine with the original dark green paint. Originally used as a store display in the early 19th century. With swollen baluster turnings, cup...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
New England Quilt Oak Leaf Pattern Circa 1900
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking and beautiful New England quilt with oakleaf pattern. Investor investive condition with a highly modernist design pattern. Found in Maine, this quilt made from pumpkin orang...
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Located in London, GB
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Open aperture to the head and stomach
Fine overall patina, loss to feet
Democratic Republic of Congo
19th Century
Size: 23cm high - 9 ins high
The ...
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Arma Christi Calvary, France 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare Arma Christi calvary, popular work, France end of the 19th century. Beautifully executed work.
Fair condition. Several small misses and ancient restaurations. Seen ...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A South Eastern Congo, Zaire Songye Protective Fetish Figure ‘Nkishi’ of Geometr
Located in London, GB
A South Eastern Congo, Zaire Songye Protective Fetish Figure ‘Nkishi’ of Geometric Form the arms placed to the side
A plug of fetish material in the head cavity a strip of old hide and fur around the waist
Old smooth crusted patination
19th Century – Early 20th Century
Size: 20cm high – 8 ins high / 29.5cm high, 11½ ins high (including stand)
The face of this protective figure is typical of the strong angularity of Songye carving. Amongst the Songye ‘Nkishi’ were associated with a magico-religious society known as ‘bukisi’ which controlled initiation camps and circumcision ceremonies. A shaman would ritually add magical substances ‘bashimba’ to activate the figure as a source of power that would give protection and ensure well-being. Larger figures ensured the tranquillity of the whole community and promoted village fecundity and fertility. Smaller personal or family ‘Nkishi’ were used for protection against illness, sorcery, witchcraft, and war and to promote fertility. Due to their considerable powers the figures were considered dangerous and so they were manoeuvred by means of rods or sticks attached to their arms. They were sometimes made to walk as if on parade.
These small half figures were not always used as personal protective devices, but were placed in gourd bowls and used by diviners to communicate with the supernatural world. These divinatory calabash were filled with a number of symbolic objects such as chicken claws, teeth, stones, seeds, etc., as well as carved wooden figures. The Songye’s ritual use of calabash can be compared with the baskets used by the Tshokwe.
Provenance:
Ex English Private collection
Acquired 1950’s
Ex Finch and Co...
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yea Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large neutral Yea- Navajo weaving is in fine condition. It is in unusual colors.
Category
Early 20th Century American Navajo Folk Art
Materials
Wool
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Published:
‘The ...
Category
19th Century South African Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Wood Ear Ornament
Located in London, GB
A Rare Wood Ear Ornament
With old collectors label ‘Ear Wood. Paraquay’
Wood
Paraguay
19th Century
Size: 6cm dia., 3.5cm deep - 2¼ ins dia., 1¼ ins deep
Published:
Steven Phe...
Category
19th Century Paraguayan Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Extremely Fine South African Tsonga Prestige Staff by the ‘Baboon Master'
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Extremely Fine South African Tsonga Prestige Staff by the ‘Baboon Master’
Depicting a Zulu elder wearing a head-ring
Superb silky reddish brown patina
Late 19th Century ...
Category
Late 19th Century South African Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage, New and Antique Folk Art
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.
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