Folk Art
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Moroccan Berber Table with Carved Tribal African Designs
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Berber cable hand-carved with tribal African designs.
Rectangular wooden coffee table hand-carved wit tribal designs by skilled Moroccan artisans in Marrakech.
Dark brown ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pine Artist Model, circa 1880
Located in Culver City, CA
Pine artist model, circa 1880
Delicately carved from pine wood with unique features and original patina.
Category
1880s French Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage Bocce Balls
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage set of bocce balls
1 large, 7 small, 4 croquet - 12 total vintage condition.
Category
19th Century Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Opera Mask
Located in New York, NY
A distinctive 19th century pine wood Chinese opera mask. From Hunan Province, circa 1880. A fun piece. M518
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Antique Horizontal African Textile Shadowbox Wall Hanging
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Professionally museum mounted exceptional antique African textile with brown small textile fragments woven into the geometric pattern in raffi...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Raffia, Lucite, Wood
Antique Mexican Star Wool Serape Blanket
Located in New York, NY
Handwoven antique Mexican serape blanket with central star design and traditional Native symbols in natural pigment dyed wool on natural brown w...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Jerome "Jerry" & Evelyn Ackerman Victorian Shoe Corset Button Hook or Hook & Eye
Located in Studio City, CA
An interesting piece acquired directly from the estate of Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman (please see photo from their home studio wall of the couple working on their pottery early in their careers).
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Big Decorative Ceramic Pitcher Attributed to La Borne Potter's, 1970-1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A big decorative ceramic pitcher attributed to La Borne potters.
Handwritten signature.
Unique piece.
Circa 1970-1980.
Perfect original conditions.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costume from Yoruba, Nigeria. Pu...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed Petit-Point Depicting a Bulldog, Austria, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A framed small stitch embroidery (petit-point), depicting a bulldog. Golden painted wooden frame. Austria, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Rope, Glass, Fruitwood
19c Folk Art Country Swedish Adze Carved Rosewood Tripod Table Bowl Decorative
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Bought from an Antiques shop in Sweden, this charming, richly patinated tripod bowl table is hewn from a solid log of Rosewood - weighing in at 7kg, it's an incredibly extravagant us...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Rosewood, Oak
Ancient African Wooden Stool
Located in Soho, London, GB
Ancient wooden stool with four feet dating to the 19th century. From Congo, Africa.
Provenance: Galerie Démons et Merveilles, Paris; Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
John Whalley In New Light by John Whalley, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
John Whalley: In New Light by John Whalley, Signed. Published by John Whalley Studio, ME, 2006. Signed 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket. The Maine artist l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Italian Antique Carved-Wood Bouquet Urns with Polychrome Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of carved wood urns from the early 20th century. This antique pair of decorations from Italy each feature a hand-carved, two-handled urn, which is raised upon a pedes...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hollywood Sign Artist Model
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun piece of Los Angeles artwork. Hollywood sign made as an artist's model to make larger versions at a later time. Letters are perfect scale. Made of w...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century Hand Carved Wood Sculpture of Virgen de Carmen Santo
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This carved wood colorful sculpture is handmade & painted by an unknown puerto rican craftsman. The Virgen del Carmen is the patron saint of fisherma...
Category
Early 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1950's Modernist Signed Painting, Tranquil View Of French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Buildings
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper,
overall size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
condition: v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Other
Moroccan Vintage Tribal Kilim Rug Textile North Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan authentic vintage flat-woven Tribal Kilim rug from the Middle Atlas of Morocco, North Africa. Handwoven clectible Moroccan textile in stripes of red and dark green, black an...
Category
1950s Moroccan Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
2 x Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
set of 2
watercolor on paper, unframed
Top painting : 5 x 7.75 inches, signed bottom right
bottom painti...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
1950s Authentic Moroccan African Tuareg Wedding Runner Rug 15.5 ft long
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s authentic Vintage Moroccan nomadic African Tuareg rug, black camel hair with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs and adorned with sequins,This rug was used in the Berber...
Category
1950s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Circa 1900 Pair of Northwest Coast Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matching pair of Northwest Coast carved model totem poles. Polychrome decorated with carved humanoid and bird figures. Each twice signed "Betty Sanners" back and bottom. Provenance Hudson Bay Fur Company, Seattle, Washington. 29"H
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Northwest Coast
Size: 29" base 4 1/2 x 3 1/2
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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Native American carvings & totems native American Indian native American totem poles n.
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Pair of Antique Chinese Ceramic Bowls, 20th Century, Asian Art
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of antique Chinese ceramic bowls. 20th century. Asian art.
Decorative and richly painted ceramic bowls.
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Folk Art Carved Wood Dog Face Wall Hanging, Sumatra
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful one-of-a-kind carved wood wall hanging of a dog. This piece was sourced from Indonesia and is made of light wood. It depicts the face of a dog with black painted spots an...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
1950's Modernist Signed Painting, Large French Building Over River
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Buildings
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper,
overall size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
condition: v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Other
Group of Three Vintage Decorative Ball Top Pegs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing group of three vintage decorative markers crafted in wood and painted with primary colors, now distressed.
Category
20th Century Italian Sporting Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Running Horse Copper Weather Vane on Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century copper weather vane on hand-forged iron stand. From western Tennessee.
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Large Oceanic Gope Carved Wooden Ancestor Spirit Board
Located in Forney, TX
An Oceanic "Gope" Papuan ancestral spirit board, 20th century, collected from the Gulf Province, Papua, New Guinea, Kerewa or Hohao village tribe.
Hand...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1960's French Portrait Grumpy Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped on reverse
Image: 25. 75 x 19.75 inches
Superbly decorativ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Watercolor Painting of Vigo Harbour Spanish Port
Located in Cirencester, GB
Frank Forty (1902-1996) Irish
Watercolour painting:
Inscribed verso, Vigo
Size 11 x 15 inches
Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish paint...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
1940s Coney Island Amusement Park Kiddie Car Fire Engine in Original Condition
By Pinto Brothers Mfg.
Located in Savannah, GA
Produced by Pinto Bros Mfg of Coney Island, New York, this all-original 1940s firetruck was part of a circular ride at the famed Coney Island Amusement Park. Featuring lucky Number 4...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Beaded Ndebele Fertility Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire.
This colorful example of African beadwork is a fertility doll...
Category
20th Century South African Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Large Wm. Youngers Ales Stained Glass Pub Sign from Scotland
Located in Austin, TX
A large rectangular Scottish pub sign panel advertising Wm. Youngers Ales - a famed brewery with roots in Edinburgh.
Featuring a wood frame with colored stained glass panels with a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Folk Art
Materials
Lead, Metal
Laurel et Hardy Silhouette, From a Traveling Cinema, 1980-1997
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Silhouette
From a traveling cinema
1980-1997
Print on cardboard, wooden backing
Dimensions Laurel : 177 x 60
Dimensions Hardy : 186 x 70.
Category
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
1960's French Portrait Posed Lady In Blue Dress Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
1960's French Portrait Lady Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French character portrait.
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner and dated 1960
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960'...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fernand Audet Signed French Post-Impressionist Oil, Old French Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
"L'ile de Burand"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas, signed
canvas: 8.75 x 5.5 inches
Superb original oil painting by Fernand A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
3 x Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
set of 3
watercolour on paper, unframed
Left: 8.25 x 5.5 inches, signed lower right
Top Right: 3.5 x 5.2...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fernand Audet French Impressionist Oil Paris Notre Dame River Seine
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Notre Dame"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
signed bottom right
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 14 x 10.5 inches
A fine 20th century oil p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Late 19th Century Algerian Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Hanukkah lamp, cast brass, rivets, Algeria, circa 1880.
Crescent-shaped back plate, with eight gates, a vase with flowers, apertures in veget...
Category
Late 19th Century Algerian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Green Still Life Painting of Vegetables and Flowers on Board, Signed 1997
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A still life painting of a tabletop with flowers, vegetables, and a watering can. This piece is painted on board and signed at the bottom right. The background is painted in a moody ...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Folk Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Chinese Signboard with Red Coloured Calligraphy from Hardwood, C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
With a wood coloured base this signboard (crafted entirely from wood) highlights two large red coloured Chinese Characters. The signboard dates to the early 20th Century and has aged...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Bib Necklace on Metal Stands, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
The highly decorative bib beaded necklaces are treated as works of art displayed on their black metal stands as sculptural works of art. Near the necks are bent poles wrapped with tw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Twine, Beads
Large Danish Maple and Mahogany Pond Yacht Ship Model
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large elegant wooden pond yacht ship model in maple and mahogany.
High quality, hand-built. Deck fitted with small screws.
Denmark 1920-1930....
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Other Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Carved Wood American Eagle with Gold Finish
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved wooden eagle painted with an old gold finish. Eagle is very detailed and clutching the Great Seal in the likeness of the US Coat of Arms. Rear hanging wire.
Overall dimensi...
Category
2010s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage ANRI Folk Art Hand Carved & Painted Sculpture "The Lumberjack" by Duquet
By ANRI
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage folk art hand carved and polychrome painted sculpture is signed with the maker's label of the ANRI group of cavers from Italy and done in circa 1960. This carving was bought from a private estate with another one of one entitled "Old Habitant", which has the identical script on the front and back, but posted separately. These carvings were done by the master carvers of the ANRI factory who worked from a model, usually unique to them, but this one shows it is an example of a work done by the Master Quebec wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Art Deco Sideboard Makassar from France Around 1925 with Painted Mirror
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
Chrome
1920s Bulldog Walking Stick Head
Located in Antwerp, BE
Unique carved wooden bulldog head for antique cane walking stick handle.
Antique wooden Folk Art dog figural sculpture from the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Folk Art
Materials
Bakelite, Glass, Leather, Wood
19th Century Articulated Automaton Doll
Located in London, GB
19th century articulated automaton doll
We are proud to offer a highly collectable and rare example of a late - 19th century English Folk Art, fully a...
Category
1880s British Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Totem Pole, "Shark Mother" Northwest Coast Carved Wood by Duane Pasco
By Duane Pasco
Located in Denver, CO
Totem Pole, carved wood, titled Shark Mother by Duane Pasco, vintage Northwest Coast art, circa 1965-1975. The design echoes a traditional Northwest Coast House Post, imagery includes a stylized Dogfish Shark (Squalidae) with a fetus in the womb - this alludes to the traditional Dogfish totem and the continuity of it's clan. Measure: 8' height.
Duane Pasco grew up in Alaska and Seattle, Washington. He began carving Northwest Coast Native...
Category
1960s American Native American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1960's French Portrait Gentleman in Deep Thought, Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French character portrait
French school, mid 20th century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
stamped
Image: 25.5 x 19.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Apache Basketry Tray with 12 Point Star Design, 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apache basketry tray with 12 point star design
1900
Willow and Devil's claw
Measures: 2.50 inches Height. x 10 inches in Diameter
An excellent e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
Mid-19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Tang Dynasty Horse
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Mid-19th century carved and painted wooden Tang dynasty horse
This is a superb piece of Chinese Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, in the classic statue...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Folk Art
Antique Navajo Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Navajo Indian Weaving custom made pillow. New Feather and Down Insert.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Uzbek Lakai Tribe Silk Belt in Cross Stitch Embroidery Technique
Located in Istanbul, TR
19th century antique Uzbek Lakai tribe silk belt in cross stitch embroidery technique. A great textile from Central Asia.
Category
19th Century Uzbek Tribal Antique Folk Art
Materials
Silk
1880s Odd Fellows Lodge Banner from Dakota
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 1880s Odd Fellows Lodge all-seeing eye banner from Centerville, Dakota. Excellent hand painting and lettering. Centerville was platted in 1883. Dakota became the states of North and South Dakota in 1889. The area is now part of the Sioux Falls...
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours y Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Set of 2
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Measures: Top painting : 4.5 x 7 inches, signed bottom right
Bot...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
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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