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Material: Twig
Lizard Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mission pictorial basket with Chuckwalla lizard motif.
Period: circa 1900
Origin: California
Size: 6" diameter x 4" height.
Family Owned & Operat...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Twig Folk Art
Materials
Twig
$1,200 Sale Price
33% Off
Folk Art Hand Made Twig Lantern
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1025 Folk Art hand made twig lantern.
Take one 60 watt Edison based bulb
Measures: Height to top of loop 16"
Rewired supplied with 16" of metal chai...
Category
1930s Vintage Twig Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Swedish Folk Art Handcrafted Round Serving Tray
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish Folk Art handcrafted large round serving, made of woven roots. Insignificant wear. Beautiful tray made by Same. From 1900th.
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Folk Art Antique Twig Folk Art
Materials
Twig
Rare and Unique Modern Craftsman / Adirondack Twig Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
A rare, unique neo-primitive /modern craftsman desk attributed to Lee Fountain (1869-1941) and composed of a base of interwoven twigs supporting a top in cherry. Drawer has a twig ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Twig Folk Art
Materials
Twig, Cherry
American Diorama, Follower Gerrit Schouten, Carib Indigenous Village
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Follower of Gerrit Schouten (second half of the 19th century)
Diorama depicting a Carib Indigenous camp
Carved wood, papier-mâché, paint on paper...
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19th Century Surinamer Antique Twig Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Twig, Wood, Paper, Feathers
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Featuring three uniquely modeled exotic peacock bird figures in beautiful intricately detailed polychrome paint perched in naturalistic twig tree, rising on sturdy ebonized turned pineapple-form finial base. Signed, Ken Kirby burn-blindstamped and hand written to verso.
Highly decorative, rare, whimsy and uniquely distinctive, this charming work makes for a wonderful console statue, shelf, mantle accent, table centerpiece, or folky artwork, sure to add graceful whimsical elegance, cozy romantic sophistication, rustic warmth, natural interest, character and charm to any space!
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