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Creator: Unknown
Antique Moorish Ceramic Vase from Fez Blue and White with Silver filigree
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous handcrafted antique Moroccan Moorish ceramic vase in Moorish style adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work with handles.
The color of the ceramic is renowned as bleu de Fez.
Blue and white footed ceramic vase...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Deep Blue Ceramic Dish with Lid and White Magnolia Flower Topper
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Deep blue ceramic dish with matching lid. This beauty features a pretty white ceramic Magnolia flower with green leaves at the top of the lid.
Measures: 4.25" tall
8" diameter
1...
Category
20th Century American Bohemian Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Pastel Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair and Purple Top, 1960s - Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait of a woman with dark hair on paper. Drawn using pastel chalk, the subject of this piece is a woman with a bouffant with short dark brown hair gazing at the artist. She wears a high neck purple top...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage German Plate Hand-Painted Triangular Dish Catchall 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Original German vintage hand-painted "Handgemalt" small triangular shape ceramic plate.
Ivory grey with a hand-painted scene of a couple with a dog, trees, birds, in Yellow, blue, gr...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Fine 1950's Mbuti Bark Cloth With Biomorphic Motifs
Located in London, GB
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the asymmetric, spontaneous and animated patterns of bark cloths made by Mbuti women for dances, festivities and coming-of-age ceremonies ref...
Category
1950s Congolese Tribal Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Moroccan Caftan, White Floral Brocade Kaftan Embroidered with Gold Threads
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage designer Moroccan white brocade kaftan, embroidered with Turkish gold threads design.
This chic Bohemian white, gold and light turquois...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brocade, Braid
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Woven Turkish Purple, Pastel Pink and Peach Rug with geometric detail
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Peach and purple woven wool rug from Turkey. Featuring beautiful purple and peach tones and a geometric tribal pattern in the middle. Great for a hallway, beside a bed, in a foyer or...
Category
1990s Turkish Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Painted Iron Pig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted iron pig.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Czeslaw Budny Modern Abstract Constructivist Marble Sculpture Stone Base Signed
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract marble sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny, a Polish-Canadian artist in the constructivist style circa 2022. This unique sculpture i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Marble
Brass Repousse Rose Water Perfume Sprinkler Bottle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Brass repousse decorative collectible rose, orange water perfume sprinkler bottle.
Brass hammered and chase design.
They are used to spray rose water on gue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19thc Original Blue Dated 1913 Cutting Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc Original blue painted round cutting board was signed and dated as it was given to someone in 1913 ! It is in very good condition and painted on the front and unpainted on ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Berber Tuareg Metal Tribal Flask Overlay
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Berber Tuareg metal brass powder flask. African decorative brass with front richly decorated with Moorish embossed brass ocverlay. Moroccan tribal powder fl...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
1940's Fashion Illustration, Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
1930's Woven Bark Fibre Panel
Located in London, GB
This 1930's panel, from the Mbole culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been woven from bark fibre. Dark-coloured strands of fibre, dyed with the roots of a banana tre...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Moroccan Ceramic Glazed Water Jug Handcrafted in Fez Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic water jug with handle.
Hand painted ceramic handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Early Concrete Lamb Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc concrete sculpture of a lamb probably from a garden area.Found in New England.
Category
1920s American Adirondack Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cement
Joseph Demarais Limited Edition Etching, Signed and Numbered
Located in Pasadena, TX
Limited edition Fecit Etching, numbered 36/200.
Artwork is framed, and depicts a village in neutral tones.
Art dimensions (Without frame): 20" W x 31" H.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Carved & Painted Indian Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved Indian head with all original painted surface and in great condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Eye Dazzler Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of eye dazzler pillows. Feather and down insert. Zippeted casing.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Navajo Striped Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Navajo Striped bolster pillows. Feather and down inserts and zippered casing.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
$716 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Mexican Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Mexican Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows. Feather and down inserts and zipper casing.
Pair of pillows measurements differ slightly -
measures 12 x 29
measures 13 x 28.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,036 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Early 20th C Navajo Eye Dazzler Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Beautiful Early 20th C Navajo Eye Dazzler Pillows New Feather and Down inserts.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Beautiful Navajo Weaving Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Beautiful Navajo Weaving Bolster pillow.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hand Crafted Concrete Sculpture of Panda Bears
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand crafted sculpture of koala bears on concrete. The shape of the total sculpture is the same shape as the country of Australia.This is a very heavy hand crafted sculpture.
Category
20th Century Australian Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Coutinho Trasher Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Coutinho Trasher Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 139.7 x L 220.98 cm.
Materials: Wool, Mohair & Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, fre...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Mohair, Silk
$6,410 / item
Group of Three Traditional Medicine Containers. Luguru, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
Sold as a collection each of these medicine containers displays their own distinctive characteristics. One of the gourd containers features a carved wooden stopper depicting a male h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood, Beads
1940's Fashion Illustration, the Lady in the Red Dress
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady in Beautiful Green Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Miniature Shrine Ladder
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century miniature ladder, from the Dogon culture in Mali, replicates the form of full-size granary ladder, however, unlike its larger, practical counterparts, th...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Italian Giltwood Sunburst Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous pair of 19th Century Italian distressed gilt wood sunburst mirrors.
Circa 1850.
Category
19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Original Vintage Set of 7 Mexican Children Wrestling Masks
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Original Vintage Set of 7 Mexican Children Wrestling Masks.
Found from an old factory that manufactured masks for wrestling shows for the Arena Mexico. Made from fantas...
Category
1970s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady in Chic Headscarf
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Leather Pillow with Fringes
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tuareg hand tooled leather pillow.
Great colors, hand painted with tribal geometric design with long leather fringes on each side.
Handcrafted in Africa with pieces of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Luxury Round Blue Oceano D300 Hand-Tufted Wool Rug by Mohebban
Located in Geneve, CH
Luxury Round Blue Oceano D300 Hand-Tufted Wool Rug by Mohebban
Dimensions: D 300 cm
Materials: Wool.
The Sombra collection, designed by Miguel Reguero, celebrates the encounter betw...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Black Oriental Dress
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
1940's French Fashion Illustration, Stunning Ballerina in White Dress
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided
The sketch is origina...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Night Edit Nausta Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Night Edit Nausta Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 170.18 x L 238.76 cm.
Materials: Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-form shaped rugs, with...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Silk
$6,588 / item
African Tribal Art Mask Parchment Wall Shade Sconces in Red
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of African Tribal Art mask parchment wall shade sconces.
These Art pieces could be used as large wall lamp shade.
Iron frame covered with hide w...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Flicker Sycamore Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Flicker Sycamore Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 139.7 x L 220.98 cm.
Materials: Wool, Mohair & Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, fre...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Mohair, Silk
$6,410 / item
Woven African Tribal Bogalan Mud Cloth Textile
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handwoven Bogolan mud cloth textile from Mali, Africa, Bambara.
It is a handwoven tribal cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud.
Woven Afr...
Category
20th Century Malian Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Gurage Headrest With Double-Tiered Structure, Ethiopia
Located in London, GB
Dating to the late 19th century, this is a fine and rarer form of Ethiopian headrest with a double-tiered, cone-shaped base.
Decorating the base ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady with Green Eyes in Admiration
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
1960's French Portrait Lady with Closed Eye Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Hand Thrown Glazed, Signed and Dated Artisanal Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wheel thrown pottery glazed with a white glaze decorated with a hand painted blue flower pattern.
This is a one of a kind object made in the ancient way by hand in a small artisanal ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1900's, English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Spring Field
Located in Cirencester, GB
Spring Fence
English school, early 1900's
original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
overall paper size: 11 x 7.75 inches
Double sided
From a large private colle...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Engelholm Nobu Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Engelholm Nobu Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 139.7 x L 220.98 cm.
Materials: Wool, Mohair & Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Mohair, Silk
$6,410 / item
Taupe Hoganas Cobalt Frozen Cut Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Taupe Hoganas Frozen Cut Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 139.7 x L 220.98 cm.
Materials: Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-form shaped rugs...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Silk
$4,980 / item
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Watercolor Burgandy Dress with Green Cape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known artist George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool on burlap which has been mounted on masonite board and framed in a rustic styled wooden frame. The rug depicts a winter woodland scene of a horse and sleigh and sugar shack...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady at a Stance in Pink Frill Top
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Vintage Signed Quebec Folk Art Carved Burlwood Wall Sculpture of a Bearded Man
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art wall sculpture is signed by Noel Guay a Quebec wood carver of Canada and dates to approximately 1960 and done in the Quebec folk art styl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze Jug -Cowden & Wilcox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century hand decorated or painted Cowden & Wilcox jug from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in fine condition. These decorated stoneware jugs are hard to find in such fine condition.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady In Bridgerton Style Ball Dress With Fan
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Night Edit Kalix Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Night Edit Kalix Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 200.6 x L 200.6 cm.
Materials: Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-form shaped rugs, with hi...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Silk
$6,529 / item
19thc Velvet Crazy Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc velvet and embroidered quilt is in pristine condition. It was found in Pennsylvania.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Velvet
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine 19thC Botannical Watercolour Drawing, Ne Plus Meuris, Dated 1863, Kent
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist / School: English School, 19th century, dated 1863
Title: botannical study 'Ne Plus Meuris'
Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink inscription below
Size: ima...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mid-20th Century Makonde Black Madonna, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century African Madonna comes from the Makonde culture, in the Matwara region of southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Green View Field
Located in Cirencester, GB
Green Fields
English School, early 1900's
Original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
Overall paper size: 8 x 11.25 inches
From a large private collection of Engl...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Igbo Iron Spiral Currency (Manilla), Nigeria
Located in London, GB
This nineteenth-century spiral currency (Manilla), from the Igbo culture in Nigeria, is impressive in its size and exhibits a wonderfully exaggerated twisted, spiral form.
Spiral ir...
Category
19th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Unknown folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Unknown folk art are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of fabric and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Unknown folk art, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 1,446 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 51 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original folk art by Unknown were created in the folk art style in north america during the 20th century. Prices for Unknown folk art can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $75 and can go as high as $52,726, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $978.
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