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Folk Art For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Color:  Yellow
Paint-Decorated Game Wheel in Scarlet Red, Chrome Yellow and Black, Ca 1880
Located in York County, PA
American game wheel, made of wood, two-sided, with a fancy chrome spinner and long, metal pins. The polychrome-paint is simply a 10-out-of-10 in terms of color, graphics, and surface...
Category

1880s American Antique Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Paint-Decorated Game Wheel in Scarlet Red, Chrome Yellow and Black, Ca 1880
Paint-Decorated Game Wheel in Scarlet Red, Chrome Yellow and Black, Ca 1880

Paint-Decorated Game Wheel in Scarlet Red, Chrome Yellow and Black, Ca 1880

Swedish Gustavian Original Yellow Painted Nightstand or End Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 19th century yellow original painted Swedish nightstand or side table with one drawer, liftable top and a door in the front. This Gustavian rural furniture's keeps totally the original paint, patina and the charming worn condition due to the use in the country social world of the so called "allmoge" folk. This little cabinet had place for a wooden or metal bowl under the lock, for washing hands and face in the morning and a water jug and glass...
Category

Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Swedish Gustavian Original Yellow Painted Nightstand or End Table
Swedish Gustavian Original Yellow Painted Nightstand or End Table

Swedish Gustavian Original Yellow Painted Nightstand or End Table

19th Century Slat Bucket in Yellow Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 1900’s authentic yellow wood slat bucket with metal bands, purposed in the construction field for handling sticky, chunky mud.  
Category

19th Century Antique Folk Art

Materials

Metal

19th Century Slat Bucket in Yellow Paint
19th Century Slat Bucket in Yellow Paint

19th Century Slat Bucket in Yellow Paint

19thc Mocha Yellow Ware Seaweed Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare green yellow ware mocha seaweed bowl is in pristine condition. The sage green color is very good.
Category

19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19thc Mocha Yellow Ware Seaweed Bowl
19thc Mocha Yellow Ware Seaweed Bowl

19thc Mocha Yellow Ware Seaweed Bowl

19th Century Monumental Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine very large Mocha Yellow ware bowl with the blue seaweed pattern throughout.
Category

Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Monumental Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl
19th Century Monumental Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl

19th Century Monumental Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl

19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl-Large
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large mocha blue seaweed yellow ware mixing bowl is in fine condition. Has a very nice decoration of blue seaweed pattern on the outside band.
Category

19th Century American Country Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl-Large
19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl-Large

19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl-Large

Collection of Three 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Bowls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of three nesting yellow ware mocha seaweed kitchen bowls are in fine condition. Its great to find a set of three graduated matching bowls. 1...
Category

Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Collection of Three 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Bowls
Collection of Three 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Bowls

Collection of Three 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Bowls

Monumental 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gigantic yellow ware seaweed mocha mixing bowl is in fine condition. It has amazing light blue sea weed decoration. Fantastic large bowl!!
Category

1870s American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Monumental 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl
Monumental 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl

Monumental 19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl

19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl, Large
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extra large mocha yellow ware mixing bowl in pristine condition. This very large bowl is in pristine condition.
Category

19th Century American Country Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl, Large
19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl, Large

19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl, Large

Diminutive Scottish Grained & Yellow Painted Chest of Drawers Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A early Victorian 19th century Scottish chest of drawers of diminutive proportion. Comprising of two short and two long drawers. A rectangular chamfered top with a decorative brown g...
Category

Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Diminutive Scottish Grained & Yellow Painted Chest of Drawers Folk Art
Diminutive Scottish Grained & Yellow Painted Chest of Drawers Folk Art

Diminutive Scottish Grained & Yellow Painted Chest of Drawers Folk Art

19th Century Mocha Seaweed Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century yellow ware bowl with seaweed design pattern in band. The condition is very good and no cracks or chips.
Category

19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Mocha Seaweed Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl
19th Century Mocha Seaweed Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl

19th Century Mocha Seaweed Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl

19th Century Yellow Ware in Seaweed Pattern Mixing Bowls, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These two yellow ware seaweed pattern mixing bowls are in fine as found condition. There are no chips or cracks and have wonderful blue painted sea...
Category

Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Yellow Ware in Seaweed Pattern Mixing Bowls, Pair
19th Century Yellow Ware in Seaweed Pattern Mixing Bowls, Pair

19th Century Yellow Ware in Seaweed Pattern Mixing Bowls, Pair

19th Century Original Chrome Yellow Painted Handled Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original painted double handled box. This early box or crate is in good condition and retains the original chrome yellow painted surface.
Category

Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art

Materials

Wood

19th Century Original Chrome Yellow Painted Handled Box
19th Century Original Chrome Yellow Painted Handled Box

19th Century Original Chrome Yellow Painted Handled Box

1890s Plateau Cornhusk Bag with Blue, Red, and Yellow Geometric Designs
By Plateau Indians
Located in Denver, CO
1890s Plateau cornhusk bag made of natural fibers and Germantown yarns, measures 16 ½ x 13 inches. Stylized stars in blue, red, yellow, and black. Geometr...
Category

19th Century American Native American Antique Folk Art

Materials

Yarn, Natural Fiber

1890s Plateau Cornhusk Bag with Blue, Red, and Yellow Geometric Designs
1890s Plateau Cornhusk Bag with Blue, Red, and Yellow Geometric Designs

1890s Plateau Cornhusk Bag with Blue, Red, and Yellow Geometric Designs

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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.

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