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Folk Art For Sale
Large Scale, 20th Century Hand Carved French Fisherie Trade Sign Folk Art
Located in Southampton, GB
Large scal, fisherie trade sign. This hand carved Zander was hung in a local french village near Laval, advertising a local fisherie, then purchased 20 years ago by a local dealer an...
Category
1950s French Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Oak
20th Century Oil on Canvas Signed Dated Mythological Painting Andromeda Chained
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian mythological painting signed and dated 1910. Oil on canvas painting, first canvas, depicting a female nude with a mythological subject, Andromeda chained to the rock, o...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Minature suit of armour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques proudly presents a rare and unique miniature suit of medieval armour, likely originating from Italy or Spain and dating back to the mid to late 19th century. S...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Medieval Antique Folk Art
Materials
Steel
19th Century Apache Large Earthenware Pot
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Apache Large Earthenware Pot, Second Half 19th Century, a very large hand molded clay spheroid vessel, a classic "Olla," with it's original rawhide netting. Since the Apache ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Mid-Century Modern Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging relatively large sumptuously glazed bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The high-fired porcelain bowl features a v...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
'King Kong' by American Outsider Artist B.D. Floyd
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'King Kong' by American Outsider Artist B.D. Floyd
American, Late 20th century
Oil on Artist Board 21-inches x 24- inches high
Framed 28-inches x 32-inches high
"King Kong" by Ame...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Fine and Rare Shona Knife and Sheath
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Rare Shona Knife and Sheath
Wood, steel, copper
Fine colour and patina
Zimabawe / Africa
19th Century
Size: 48cm long - 19 ins long (with scabbard)
42.5cm l...
Category
19th Century Zimbabwean Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Steel
Scandinavian 19th Century Folk Art Wood Grain Shovel
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This charming folk art shovel is all wood. The patina on this 19th Century piece is incredible and would make a wonderful wall ornament. This shovel would also be impressive added ...
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bamana tribal Ci Wara headdress, Mali 1960s
Located in ECHT, NL
This ceremonial headdress was handmade from a single piece of wood by the skillful hands of a member of the Bamana tribe originating from Mali, West Africa. It was brought to The Net...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Rattan, Wood
Vintage Chimayo Wool Woven Purse with a Silver Closure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Native American woven purse.
From Chimayo (a region inhabited by Pueblo Indians since about 1200 CE).
Dating from the 1940s - 1950s.
Principally...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Asian Indian Tibetan Silver coral Necklace Ladakh Tribal Jewelry
Located in London, GB
Nice Vintage Asian Indian ethnic Tibetan Silver coral Necklace Ladakh
Typical Ladakh ethnic Himalayan Tibetan Traditional necklace
850 grade silver with coral beads
Conditi...
Category
1980s Indian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Silver
An Exceptional New Zealand Māori Bugle-Flute ‘Pu Turino’
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional New Zealand Māori Bugle-Flute ‘Pu Turino’
With soft and shallow surface decoration profusely carved with a dynamic scrolling motif made of two sections bound together ...
Category
18th Century New Zealand Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Located in London, GB
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Marble
Anatolian
Early Bronze Age / Circa 2700 - 2100 BC
Size: 5cm high, 3cm wide - 2 ins high, 1¼ ins high
The highly stylised oval head wi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Turkish Antique Folk Art
Materials
Marble
An African ‘Sande’ or ‘Bundu’ Mask
Located in London, GB
An African ‘Sande’ or ‘Bundu’ Mask
Attributed to the Sogande (or Su Gande) workshop, Kenema
Rich dark brown, ‘treacly’ overall patina
Wood
Mende Sierra Leone / Liberia
20th Century
...
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Double Roll of Pacific Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz, Red Feather Currency
Located in London, GB
A Rare Double Roll of Pacific Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz, Red Feather Currency ‘Tevau’
Plant fibre, bark strips, red bird feathers, small shells, glass beads
Solomon Islands
...
Category
19th Century Solomon Islands Antique Folk Art
Materials
Feathers
An Unusual Polynesian ‘Child’s’ Fighting Club
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Polynesian ‘Child’s’ Fighting Club
Old patina and mellow colour
Wood
Fiji
19th Century
SIZE: 84.5cm long - 33¼ ins longù
Provenance:
Ex Welsh collection, sold at au...
Category
19th Century Fijian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Unusual ‘Kanak’ Hardwood War Club
Located in London, GB
An Unusual ‘Kanak’ Hardwood War Club
Fine dark glossy patina from use, a lighter band where a now lost ‘binding’ would have acted also as a ‘wrist thong’
Wood
New Caledonian, Kanak
E...
Category
Early 19th Century New Caledonian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Stoneware bowl in 'Sung' glaze by Axel Salto
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stoneware bowl with 'Sung' glaze. Designed in 1944, executed in 1955. Model 20566. Signed. Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen-
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Sailor's Decorated Sea Chest, signed.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's Sea Chest, Late 19th Century, a British sailor's sea chest made from tropic hardwood, possibly teak, of heavy, solid brass-bound construction with dove-tailed joints...
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Rope Mirror, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous circular mirror made in France, circa 1950s. In the style of Audoux Minet. Undulating rope loops surround the outer frame of the mirror with a braided rope band immediately ...
Category
1950s French Bohemian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Rope
Collection of Minster and Meteor Metal Friction Cars All with original boxes
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Collection of Minster and Meteor Metal Friction Cars
All with original boxes, Volkswagen and 2 Pontiac Chieftan
All in good Condition, the boxes are not perfect 10”x 4”x 3.5”
FB201
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Native American Antique Beaded Gauntlets Indian Beadwork
Located in London, GB
Native American Antique Beaded Gauntlets
Buck skin Gauntlets Finely beaded with floral design probably Cree
Period Early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Interior Scene Painting Card Players
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique painting from the Caravaggio school of the 17th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a fascinating subject, card players. For the tavern setting it recalls the Flemish au...
Category
1650s Italian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Indian Folk Art Painted Treasure Chest This is a pretty piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Indian Folk Art Painted Treasure Chest
This is a pretty piece, the chest is painted in the detailed Indian Folk Art Style in warm red colours showing stylised leaves and flowers
The...
Category
1920s Anglo-Indian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Spanish Still Life Painting, 1883
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Spanish painting dated 1883. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a particular still life with fruit, vegetables and lobster of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned with a mod...
Category
1880s Spanish Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Oil on Canvas Dutch Romantic Landscape Painting, 1880
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Dutch painting from the second half of the 19th century. Artwork oil on canvas, first canvas, depicting a romantic landscape of excellent pictorial quality. Painting of excepti...
Category
1880s Dutch Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Italian Lucite Clothes Hanger Featuring a Duck
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Lucite Clothes Hanger Featuring a Duck, Italy
Crafted in Italy, this heavy-duty acrylic hanger features a beautiful amber lucite resin finish. Both form and function, this duck cert...
Category
1990s Italian Folk Art
Materials
Resin, Lucite
1960s Alberto Giacometti Inspired Brutalist Bronze Chess Set. Italy
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Wonderful vintage 1960s era artisan handcrafted bronze Brutalist / Modernist chess set in the style of Italian Alberto Giacometti.
The hammered brass and copper board and the brass ...
Category
1960s Italian Brutalist Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Swedish Folk Art 19th-Century Bentwood Box in Pine
Located in Örebro, SE
This is a Swedish wooden box, so-called svepask, from the second half of the 19th century.
This type of vessel was used when the daily provisions were carried out to the fields or to...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
Vintage Native American Leather Hide Shoulder Bag Satchel Crossbody Purse
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century Native American style shoulder bag / purse / satchel. Made of soft asymmetrically cut off-white leather with decorative stitching, antique United States 1904 "India...
Category
Late 20th Century Native American Folk Art
Materials
Leather
VTG 2001 Printed Cotton Fabric by Tradewind Tropicals Ft. Tropical Flower Design
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautiful 100% cotton fabric features a striking tropical print of yellow and orange flowers and radiant multicolored leaves on a black background. It's designed by Tradewind Tr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
African Zebra Drum Table with Three Zebra Legs from Ghana
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the piece that makes for a great conversation and adds depth to many interiors. Authentic zebra skin table in very good condition and ready for any room; 34" diameter - makes...
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Rustic Folk Art
Materials
Zebra Hide, Wood
Antique Erik Molin Swiss Carved Birch Old Man Nutcracker Figurine w Fish Tail 8"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Erik Molin (Swedish 1855-1933) hand carved birch nut cracker (Nötknäckare). Depicts an elderly man with moustache and monacle / eyepatch, wearing a double breasted coat and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Raoul Raba, yellow sculpture, light wall panel, circa 1970, France.
By Raoul Raba
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Raoul Raba,
yellow sculpture,
light wall panel,
gold lacquered metal,
circa 1970, France.
Height 144 cm, diameter 124 cm.
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Alain Douillard (1929-2017), Totem sculpture, unique piece, circa 1970.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Alain Douillard (1929-2017),
Totem sculpture,
unique piece,
brazed gold metal with two patinas,
circa 1970, France.
Height 111 cm, diameter 28 cm.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Boule Ball "7", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Boule Ball "G", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Boule Ball "G", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Native American Navajo Beaded Feather Bone Leather Deerskin Quiver 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century Native American deerskin leather quiver. Beaded bands around top and base, soft leather fringe at bottom, decorated with feathers, beads, several pieces of animal b...
Category
20th Century Navajo Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Beads
1885 Kentucky Crazy Quilt
Located in Louisville, KY
This 1895 folk art crazy quilt out of Kentucky is an absolute work of art. The selection of bright and unique fabrics of that era are combined in random stained glass fashion. Stunni...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Pictorial Indian Weaving Pillows with Birds
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun group of weaving pillows have the initial E on them and are all have cotton linen backings. Down and feather fill. Sold as a group of three.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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
Rare Estate Printers Proof Framed Hanna Barbera Flintstones Jetsons Orchestra
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are Offering is A Rare Large DELUXE PRINTERS PROOF Pop Art Serigraph of World Renowned Cartoonists Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera Flinstones and the Jetsons!! Label...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Paper
A Charming Folk Art Decoy Duck
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1900
An English folk art wooden decoy duck, with original paintwork in red umber and charcoal grey.
Height 15.00cm
Width 35.00cm
Depth 15.00cm
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Contemporary Mughal Tiger design wool Rug Home décor Interior design Carpets
Located in London, GB
Contemporary Mughal Tiger design wool Rug Home décor Interior design Carpets
Cool Mughal design Tiger wool rug in pink background
New hand crafted in India
Size 150 x 90cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tibetan Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th C Nine Patch Chain Crib Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing early fabrics crib quilt is in pristine condition. This nine patch quilt is from Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Chessboard, Contemporary Design, Solid Oak & Valchromat, XXIst Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chessboard, contemporary design, solid oak & valchromat, XXIst century.
Chessboard in solid oak and valchromat, contemporary French cabinetmaking, 21st century.
Production time: 4 t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Fine Vintage Laguna Pot Native American Pueblo
Located in London, GB
Fine Vintage Laguna Pot Native American Pueblo
Finely painted in linear geometric designs
Period 1970s signed on base R Reano
Condition Good
Category
20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging sumptuously glazed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The fired bowl features a vast array of shifting...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Hand Woven Modern Blanket, Double Sided Patterned Bed Throw, Woven in the UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
For this woven blanket We work closely with a 300 year old mill in Sudbury, Essex, UK. We have the utmost respect for their approach to making fabrics, their knowledge and experience...
Category
2010s English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Mexican Guerrero Painted Copper Barbone Mask
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Latin America, Mexico, Guerrero, ca. early 20th century CE. An evocative copper repousse mask depicting a bearded man with earrings of copper bells reminiscent of those once made by ...
Category
Early 1900s Mexican Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The fired bowl features a vast array of shifting, vibrant, and colo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Late 18th Century Green Painted Cabinet
Located in Albignasego, IT
Green painted wardrobe from the end of the 18th century
Measurements: H. 183 cm – L. 121 cm (129 at the frames) – D. 54 cm (58 at the frames)
Period: 1780
Origin: Tyrol
Essence: Fir...
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Rustic Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging sumptuously glazed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The fired porcelain bowl features a vast array o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
21st Century Almeria Magazine or Shoes Leather Basket Handwoven in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
This masterfully hand-woven basket belongs to our iconic Almeria collection. Made of eco-friendly leather, that is washable, resistant to light and water, it's suitable for indoor and outdoor use as well. This small size perfectly works as a magazine holder.
Perfect also as a blanket, shoes holder...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Leather
21st Century Hook Tall Laundry Basket with Leather & Cotton Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
An attractive contrast between leather and cotton fabric.
Our Hook basket is hand woven, made with eco-friendly, washable, and resistant material suitable also for outdoor use. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Cotton
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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Why Jules Chéret Was the King of the Modern Poster
The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
Why the American Flag Has Had So Many Different Star Patterns
Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.
Peggy Guggenheim Loved Modernism, but She Also Collected Tribal Art
The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
The 13-Star American Flag Had More Variations Than You’d Think
Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags.
Tramp Art, America’s Most Misunderstood Art Form, Is Trending in Interiors
Designers are beginning to see this enigmatic form of folk art in a whole new light.
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