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Style: Primitive
Painted Swedish Gustavian Mora Clock
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a painted Swedish Gustavian Mora clock. I have installed new battery works. The original works are offered with this clock but they do not...
Category
1870s Swedish Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Rare Pulley for Well in Olive Wood as Sculpture
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
It's an exceptional item ! I propose it as a sculpture. I found it in the desert. You find the ideal location,
O/6219.
Category
Early 18th Century Sahrawi Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Modern Sculpture with a Primitive Borneo Door
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Primitive Borneo Granary old Door, with residue of color on a facade: suitable as a modern wood sculpture on support -
M/251.
Interesting price for CLOSING ACTIVITIES !
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Late 18th Century Malaysian Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century American Splint Oak Gathering Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A large 19th century American splint oak gathering basket with one long bent-oak handle, a double banded rim, and a large belly. Found in New England.
Category
19th Century American Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Swedish Long Case Mora Clockl
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish long case Mora clock, its been restored and repainted with "Milk Paint". New battery works have been installed. Original works are ...
Category
1830s Swedish Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Nigerian Nupe Vessel Support
By Nupe
Located in Chicago, IL
The Nupe people of Nigeria were touted as some of the finest ceramicists in Africa. Everyday objects like this elegant, cylindrical vessel support received detailed attention. This f...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Cradle with Infant, Bovey Tracey, circa 1790
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A very fine example in creamware of an infant swaddled and lying in its crib.
These miniature representations served various purposes:
Decorative objects: Miniature models of infa...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very important “Nwantamtay” dance African mask, consisting of three sections: The upper in plain rectangular shape surmounted by a crescent shape moon, the middle with beautiful geometric triangles in black bitumen and white kaolin, surrounding a red cruciform in the centre of remarkable contrasting colors, and the lower part or face inscribed in a circular space that inspired numbered great artists like Joan Miro, Picasso and Henry Moore of a very strongly solar symbolism, with a projecting protuberance emanating from the forehead like a sculpted bird beak, that descents toward the mouth. Concentric eyes harmonize with the circular mouth, both with of elegant proportions. The whole mask exudes a supreme harmony and perfect balance rarely seen in this pieces. The back-side presents nice ware that attested the ancient origin and traces of animistic ceremonies as the use of animal blood residues. The painting of brown bitumen or cola, the natural colorants in red and ocher tones and the white kaolin are original and do not show any repainted or restored areas, giving a freshness rarely seen in old pieces. This exceptional mask Bwa, of the Hound`e Region in Burkina-Fasso, was used it the transit ceremonies and funerals manifesting the presence of “Do”, name given to their God sons, protectors and powerful spirits. The round face also represents an owl, the curving beak of the bird plants a seed into the sun, like a female sexual vulva being fecundated by the male organ; the eternal symbol of Ying and Yang, masculine and feminine, and the quest of life and death. This mask of Primitive facture can be compared to the one in the celebrated Verite Collection (this one being larger) sold in Paris at the Hotel Drouot, Saturday June 17, Lot 59, for 80,000 Euros and remarkably stands out from the Pierre and Tannia Matisse sold in Sotheby’s, New York in May 13, 2011. Another similar piece was published in: “Arman et l’art africain...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Carved Ancestor Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Ancestor worship was an integral part of traditional Chinese home life. This carved figure bears the likeness of one of its original owner's important for...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century French Carved Stone Ducks
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French carved stone ducks from the 19th century. This delightful pair of antique stone ducks from France have been hand carved in primitive fashion and feature a sleeping d...
Category
19th Century French Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Vintage Wooden Factory Racing Car Art Toy Mold / Pattern
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage wooden factory car mold / pattern. Stamped "GS P7 -20-27".
Category
Early 20th Century North American Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Primitive Hand Carved Tripodal Tea Caddy Box with Metal Trim, Belgium 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Charming hand carved box with metal detail.
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Nigerian Nupe Storage Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
The Nupe people of Nigeria were known as some of the finest ceramicists in Africa. Everyday objects, like this storage vessel, received detailed attenti...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Giant Granite Fish, Neolithic Style
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful Neolithic style fish is carved from a single boulder. Its design is typical of China's ancient Red Mountain Culture. The stone has a brownish green color and the texture of polished granite...
Category
20th Century Chinese Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite
Carved Solid Wood Tray Made of Wenge
Located in New York, NY
Long oval shape with small two-tiered diamond motif in bands around the edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Rustic Chinese Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved from pine, this hundred-year-old tray made in northern China charms with its rustic character and simple shape. Marked with use and distinguished by t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Elm
Shekhawati Desert Zone, India, Monolithic Stone Pots with Handles
Located in Mexico City, MX
In the great Indian desert - the Thar - in a place called Shekhawati, very close to the Indian-Pakistani border, these wonderful pieces were acquired.
Monolithic stone pots of vario...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Andrianna Shamaris Wabi-Sabi Teak Wood Container
Located in New York, NY
An unusual shaped wabi box originally used to store rice. Beautiful patina on an old teak wood piece.
This box was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that b...
Category
1920s Vintage Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Dance Head Ornament Representing an Antelope Head, Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A beautiful stylized antelope head used as headdress on ceremonial dances. Retains the old painting and patina over the carved wood. Traded by a professor working in Africa in the 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burkinabe Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
20th Century Sculpture "Adam & Eve"
Located in Stockbridge, GA
20th century sculpture ''Adam & Eve'', this work is done with concrete stone and signed under.
Category
Late 20th Century French Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Concrete
Nok Terracotta Standing Dignitary Figure, TL Tested, Nigeria Africa 500-100 BC
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nok Terracotta Standing Dignitary Figure in Royal Pose. I-II Century AD. Certificate of Authenticity with TL Test and Passport from Europe. Museum Piece...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Nigerian Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Rockefeller Irivake Figure
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Abstract and anthropomorphic large figure from the Pie River, located to the east of the Era River. Abstract, anthropomorphic form stands on separate legs with dynamic varying outline, wide hips, and torso leading straight to a rounded head.
Figure represents Irivake, the ancestor hero who is considered as the founder of headhunting, also believed to have climbed to the sky and to command lightning. It is enlivened with various curvilinear details highlighted with red and white pigments. The back appears with a collection number in red, and the following: Ipigau (village), Upper Pie River, Papua, P63.20.
This is a 'later example', not a first generation piece with several age cracks. It has likely seen field use, but not extensive field use.
Provenance: Private New Jersey Collection, ex. Michael Rockefeller...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Mortal Black Marble, 20th Century, France
Located in New York, NY
A mortar made in France during the 20th Century. Made from black marble.
Category
Early 20th Century French Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculpture Three Abstract tribal style wild nature glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shepherd and grandson.
Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura.
Material: Camphor.
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Category
2010s Japanese Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Italian Pisa Tower from the Kids Theater Bittante Firenze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large sculpture of Pizza antique tower
Italian Pizza tower from the summer Puppet Teatro Bittante Firenze.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Original Teak Wood Rice Pounder
Located in New York, NY
This antique teak wood bowl was originally used to pound rice. We added the shell inlay.
This bowl was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty can be f...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculpture Two Abstract tribal style wild nature glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shepherds.
Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura.
Material: Camphor.
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Category
2010s Japanese Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculpture Four Abstract tribal style wild nature glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Casa guadix.
Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura.
Material: Camphor.
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Category
2010s Japanese Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Carved Aftican Wood Sculpture from Togo
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, carved wood sculpture representing the human figure from Togo, Africa.
A large, dramatic piece for a tribal art collection and creating a rare, unique and special presence.
Category
19th Century Togolese Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Gnarled Trunk Mortar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden mortar dates to the mid-19th century and was originally used for crushing rice, grain, spices and other foodstuffs. Carved from a single tree trunk, the mortar has ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Carved Wooden Dough Bowl Bread Trencher With Divided Sections
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful antique rustic, farmhouse, or country wooden hand hewn (carved out of one solid piece of wood) bread trencher or divided dough bowl. This would be ideal for an installati...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Lyons Blue Decorated Stoneware Batter Jug 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Lyons Blue Decorated Stoneware Batter Jug 19th C
Measures- 10.5''H x 8.5''W x 6.75''D
Category
19th Century American Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Hand-Carved and Painted Antique South Asian Folk Art Wooden Sculptural Horse Bus
Located in Leesburg, VA
Hand-Carved and Painted Antique South Asian Folk Art Wooden Sculptural Horse Bust Decoration
Anonymous
Southern Asia; first-half of the 20th century
Polychromed wood
Approximate si...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th C Spanish Marble Bowl
Located in Nijlen, BE
This is 1 of 2 stock bowls in Spanish marble, 19th Century.
Used as storage in pharmacy.
The marble has a gray-green color and a lot of patina due to age.
Silky soft patina from use....
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
South Georgia Cotton Picking Baskets - A Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of south Georgia plantation split oak cotton picking baskets, 19th century.
largest: 28 ½ inches wide by 27 inches deep by 19 inches tall
smaller: 20 inches wide by 20 inches...
Category
19th Century American Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Very Large Antique Verdigris Patinated Wabi Sabi Bowl Log Holder 19th century
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Tilburg, NL
Very Large Antique Verdigris Patinated Wabi Sabi Bowl Log Holder, probably second half of the 19th century.
Wonderful and very large Wabi Sabi style bowl in verdigris patinated copp...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
19th Century Wooden Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Embrace the rustic charm and storied history of this hand-carved primitive wood bowl. Crafted with care by skilled artisans of the past, its weathered appearance bears witness to a l...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique American Primitive Paint Decorated Bowl Likely New England
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique American Primitive Paint Decorated Bowl Likely New England with original paint.
Category
19th Century American Antique Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Primitive Terracotta Water Vessel from Mexico
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Rare pair of 1960s triangular concrete planters designed by Swiss neo-functionalist and Industrial Design Pioneer Willy Guhl for Eternit in Switzerland.
Each multifaceted planter ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Rustic Wooden Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved from a large length of northern elmwood, this primitive tray charms with its humble rustic finish and simple form. Marked with use and traces of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Elm
1930s Primitive Artisan Handwoven Basket Rustic Raw Cowhide
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1930s Primitive Artisan Handwoven Basket Rustic Raw Cowhide
Great character appeal!
16 diameter x 11.13 height inches
Original Unrestored Distressed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Primitive Decorative Objects
Materials
Cowhide
Primitive decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Primitive decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Primitive decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Andrianna Shamaris, Ethic&Tropic, Hiroyuki Nishimura, and Bovey Pottery. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $70 and tops out at $156,000 while the average work can sell for $1,200.
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