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Material: Softwood
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign built with large dove-tails, advertising Cooperage and...
Category
1790s French Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
"Wallace" Skating at the Park, Fine Craft Painted Rabbit, Canada, Circa 1997
Located in Chatham, ON
"Wallace" Skating at the Park - Fine craft raw wood sculpture with a painted finish highlighted with India ink - made from a solid pine branch with...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood, Paint
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art Figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th Century example of an English doubl...
Category
1920s European Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
8 Old Fairground Art Panels circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
8 old fairground art panels circa 1930
probably panels of an old carousel.
These panels are slightly curved from origin and the base is in pine.
Ther...
Category
1930s French Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Dowry Chest with Exceptional Interior Painting, Dated 1782
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Swedish Gustavian dowry chest with original paint on the interior and exterior. The interior painting depicts a marriage scene and...
Category
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Large Hand-Carved & Polychrome Painted Southeast Asian Mask or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique tribal mask or sculpture is unsigned and undocumented, but presumed to have originated from Southeast Asia and done in a folk ar...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Folk Art Tray with Orginal Paint Solid Wood
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish antique wooden tray /Serving bowl with untouched original paint.
Lovely patina.
A large farmers handcrafted tray or serving bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
18th Century One-Door Wardrobe, Central Europe
Located in Albignasego, IT
One-door wardrobe in fir from 1700
Measures: Height 185cm – Width 115cm (130 to the frames) – Depth 50cm (57 to the frames)
Spruce wardrobe, with one door, in excellent conditi...
Category
1750s Italian Baroque Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Fir
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Trough/ Serving Bowl with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Antique wooden tray / serving bowl with untouched Original Paint from Skellefteå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
A large farmer...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century, English Folk-Art Stick Handle
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk-art stick handle.
Made from a single piece of hand carved pine, detailing a hand holding a cricket ball, with geometric patterns to the shaft section. Likely to ...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Edwardian English Trapeze Artist Set
Located in London, GB
Edwardian Trapeze artist set
We share what we love, and we love this rare and unusual set of late 19th century English trapeze artists equipment. Housed in its original pine box, this collection includes a pair of leather stitched rings, ceiling screw supports, cast metal foot supports with rope...
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
20thc Folk Art Carved & Painted Horse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun & folky 20thc hand carved and painted horse is carved out of wood. It has a wonderful aged patina but is a later version of a earlier horse.
Category
1950s American Adirondack Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Aunt Sally English Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century aunt sally english fairground game.
We share what we love, and we love this oversized early 20th Century example of a carved wood Fairground Aunt Sally knock do...
Category
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Religious Folk Art Scene
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century religious folk art scene
We share what we love, and we love this early 19th century folk art hand carved example of a painted shepherd religious scene. Detailed on pine base with a cow, angel, house, and shepherd holding a walking stick. Naïve in construction yet a piece of religious art in our opinion. Likely to have been part of a religious display...
Category
1820s Spanish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Shaker Style Oval Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine pantry box is in a shaker style with a old natural surface. The condition is good with early copper nails.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Hand Carved Forest Animals Welcome Plaque
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1273 Hand carved low relief welcome wood wall plaque depicting forest animals.
Signed on verso W.Meyer 1976.
Category
1970s Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Decorative Re Painted 19th Century Wine Box, Trug
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Decorative Re Painted 19th Century Wine Box, Trug
A delightful piece painted over, advertising South Holland Nurseries
The Carrier is made in pine and paint...
Category
Early 20th Century Country Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Popular Art Shelf in Pine, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Popular art shelf in pine circa 1900
Measures: depth : 23 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century European Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
20th Century Folk Art John Carr's Jacquard Puppets Marionette Pierrot & Pierette
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful pair of hand crafted puppets by John Car, depicting Pierrot (little Peter) a clown character from European pantomime and his female equivalent Pierette.
John was a fine wood carver and his wife Eva costumed the puppets, the marionettes where made around 1935/1945 and performed into the early 70's by John, Eva and their four children Marjorie, Nancy, Barbara and John (Junior)
The puppets are not strung to be used, only for decorative purposes. Age related wear, fading and deterioration to the silk costumes, elderly repairs but complete with their original painted paper mache heads...
Category
1930s English Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Silk, Pine
Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest in Original Decorative Paint
Located in Baltimore, MD
What a beautiful and interesting trunk, in original paint, from Germany. The front of the piece is sponged in shades of red and burgundy with three arched baroque-style panels, trimm...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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 Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Hand Carved Folk Art Chairs by Joseph Deveau, Circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of folk art hand carved chairs with footstool by Joseph Deveau (1901-1999), made by the artist for himself and his wife.
Deveau crafted his furniture each evening over sever...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th C Furkin Bucket with Lid from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
All original 19th C Furkin bucket with lid. All natural patina. Bucket has tiny cut nails and over lapping fingers. From New England.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Pine
Tramp Art Lift-Top Box with Notched and Layered Geometrical Design, ca. 1920
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Tramp Art lift-top box with notched and layered Geometrical Design, the interior with original fabric lining, American, ca. 1920.
For similar examples and techniques, see:
Clifford A. Wallach, A LEGACY IN TRAMP ART. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2012, pp. 184-185.
Laura M...
Category
Early 20th Century American Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Stunning Victorian Large Scaled Dutch Oil Painting of a Winter Scene by R Tuey
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Dutch oil painting of an elderly man in a winter scene by R Tuiy
A very good looking and decorative oil painting, this is ...
Category
1880s Dutch High Victorian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentvwood Box with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box from Hälsingland, Northern Sweden.
Oval box with lid.
Originalpainted with nice patina after several hundred years of use.
Beautifully p...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large 19th Century Wooden Bucket in Green Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Wooden Bucket in original green paint, likely crafted by a cooper using slatted construction and metal banding, slide top with rope handle f...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Blu Floral Painted Wall Frieze, 1810 circa
Located in Albignasego, IT
Original Tyrolean wall painted frieze, hand decorated.
Measures: H. 63 cm, W. 27 cm, D. 2.5 cm
Tyrolean frieze in carved and hand painted wood. On an aquamarine background we find a garland of roses that frames the inscription Maria (Mother Mary in ancient Latin), then a pair of colorful birds that symbolize good luck on a bouquet of yellow flowers.
This particular accessory can have various uses; from a pure decorative element, to be hung or placed on a wall, it can also be customized with antique metal hooks...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Fir
18th Century Swedish Antique Iron Stick with Base of Wood
Located in Boden, SE
An old antique Swedish 18th century iron candlestick with the foot made of wood.
Very charming & solid.
This candlestick is called "stumpastake" in Sweden.
These were good when yo...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Cheese Board
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish folk art wooden cheese board.
Genuine and rustic with incredible patina.
So useful & nice interior detail.
Good antique condition with minor historic knocks, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mid-Century Quebec Folk Art Carved & Polychrome Pahined Robed Clergyman & Child
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved wooden sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Quebic Canada and date to approximately 1950 and done in the period Folk Art style. The sculpture ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Three Hand Carved Folk Art Canes / Sticks by Joseph Deveau, Circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A pair of folk art hand carved canes or walking sticks and a small stick by Joseph Deveau (1901-1999). Deveau lived most of his life in Essex, MA., bu...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Atang Tshikare designed Soil Cabinet Sculpture with Wooden Legs
Located in Cape Town, WC
Legae is a Tswana word for home. It is based on vernacular architecture using local customs, layering techniques that have passed on from generation to generation. The biomorphic sha...
Category
2010s South African Post-Modern Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Other
1890's Gilt Painted Timber Printer's Trade Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
An early printer's trade sign.
A wonderful 19th century painted timber trade sign for 'Wheeler' printer's, delightfully original & untouched with the p...
Category
19th Century British Rustic Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box from Skellefteå Västerbotten Northern Sweden.
Round box with lid.
Untouched originalpaint with nice pat...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Swedish Folk Art Centerpiece Sculpture of 3 Cows and a Bull
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish set of four wooden carved and painted figures of a bull and three cows from early 20th century. Sweden has a long and well known tradition of folk art wooden carving. It started in the rural class, the so called "allmoge" people of the countryside. They could not afford expensive materials such as metals, ivory or ceramic so they used pine wood for the making of kids toys...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century
For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436.
Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1.
Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...
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17th Century English Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Large Wooden Inlaid Squared Italian Chessboard Box, 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
Exquisite large wooden inlaid squared chessboard box. This fantastic item was designed in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century.
This handmade box is fantastic because it...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Pine, Wood
Antique London Covent Garden & Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Thomas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for J B Thomas of either Borough Market or Covent Garden London, a red ground with gilt/yellow hand painted lettering.
...
Category
Early 20th Century British Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Belgian Pine Childs Hat Block, Milliners Form
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Belgian pine childs hat block, Milliners form
This is the form of a Bowler Hat with a narrow brim it is a superbly attractive piece
The Block comes from Belgium and is in excelle...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Round Stool with Artisan Embroidery
Located in HUIXQUILUCAN, MX
At Casa Ocampo conscious of Mexico's cultural wealth and the vulnerable state of the artisans, we look to enhance and market the ethnical commerce of contemporary design, produced un...
Category
2010s Mexican Arts and Crafts Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden bowl dated 1831 Signed HHS
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish wooden bowl signed HHS, dated 1831.
A genuine wooden bowl with lovely patina.
An antique and unique organic wooden bowl.
Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Appliqué Collage Sir Percival Radcliffe 3rd Baronet of Rudding Park
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A beautiful applique collage of late Georgian silkwork figures and decorative section, no doubt from a larger textile hanging. They have later been to remounted in 19th century into ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Silk, Pine
Antique Ebonized Hand-Painted Mexican Wedding Trunk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous antique wooden wedding trunk from Michoacán Mexico dates to the early 1900s. A stunning two-piece set, it consists of the trunk and the base upon which it rests.
Wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Wooden Bowl with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
A genuine 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden bowl with lovely patina & original color from Burtrask Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden .
An antique and unique organic wooden bowl.
W...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Victorian Pine Miniature Salesman Sample Vanity Dresser Cabinet Mirror
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Victorian salesman sample miniature pine mirrored dresser with one drawer over a two shelf cabinet.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Large Hand Carved Black Forest Standing Stag Deer Sculpture with Huge Antlers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This quite large and well executed carving is unsigned by the artist, but presumed to have been done in Eastern Europe in circa 1900 in the period Black Forest style. This large carv...
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Tray / Serving Bowl with Original Paint Dated 1782
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Folk Art tray / serving bowl from Borlänge Dalarna, Northern Sweden
A fantastically early tray dated 1782.
It also has cut marks on the u...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Antique French Wood Pliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large antique wood pliers. Great for reaching those hard to get places or a wonderful unique wall hanging.
Category
19th Century French Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Bowl Dated 1863 Signed EPS
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish folk Art wooden bowl dated 1863 Signed EPS.
A stunning antique organic wooden bowl with lovely patina & trace originalpaint.
...
Category
1860s Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box from Umeå Västerbotten , Northern Sweden.
Oval box with lid
Originalpainted with nice patina after several hundred years of use.
Owner m...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Bellamy Style Hand-Carved New England Pine Eagle, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original American eagle, hand-carved from pine during the early to mid 20th century. The eagle features a touch of original gilt over yellow sizing with hand-painted highlights, emphasizing the eyes and beak.
The eagle is displayed with both wings fully outstretched. The feathers are expertly detailed, especially considering that this eagle is a single-piece carving.
The eagle is both the national bird and the national animal of the United States. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows in its sinister (left) talon and an olive branch with its dexter (right) talons. Those arrows are tightly aligned, a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois. In this case, the bundle of arrows were a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. The olive branches emphasize the power of peace.
The eagle motif has since appeared in allegorical engravings...
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Early 20th Century American Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Copper
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Chest with Original Floral Paint Dated 1833
Located in Boden, SE
Antique Swedish chest / trunk dated 1833 from Ranea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Beautiful original paint with flowers outside the Chest .
Int...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Rocking Horse Toy Trace of Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish antique Rocking Horse from Boden Norrbottern,Northern Sweden.
A very charming horse with trace of original paint.
The tail...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Bentwood box from Jämtland, Northern Sweden.
It has untouched original painting with a nicely painted leaf loop on the lid.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Monumental 19th Century Fisherman Atop Fish Double Whirligig Weather Vane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Monumental 19th century fisherman atop fish double whirligig weather vane, from Harpswell, Maine, circa 1890, an exceptionally large rustic weather vane from a fisherman's shanty, with whirligig arms on figure and at tip of fish's snout. Great little details include the individual fingers on the tips of the arms. Very worn weathered traces of the original paint. Descended within the family from the Great Grandfather maker. Truly an exceptional piece of New England folk art...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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