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Place of Origin: Italian
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Decorative Vintage Plate, by Molaroni Pesaro, 20th Century
By Molaroni Pesaro
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage plate is an original decorative ceramic object realized in Italy during the 20th century by Molaroni Pesaro manufacture, Italy.
This very rare and colored ceramic pla...
Category
20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
VICTORY Solid Wood White and Red Chessboard with Chess in Maple and Mahogany
By Fratelli Boffi
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
Embark on a bold journey with the Victory Chessboard—a modern marvel conceived by the visionary minds of Archer Humphryes Architects. This chessboard ...
Category
2010s Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Mid-Century Coin Operated Horse Ride
Located in Round Top, TX
Mid-century coin operated horse ride for kids (of all ages).
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ancient box with popular scene in inlaid wood
Located in Catania, IT
Ancient box with popular scene in inlaid wood. Product in good condition with small wear caused by years and use. Please view the attached images carefully
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Italian Folding Four-Panel Decorated Screen by Enzo Strada
By Enzo Strada
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian folding four-panel screen with bucolic transfer painting. 1960s
Each panel measures cm.53 x 3 x H 148.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Articulated Wooden Figure
Located in London, GB
19th century articulated wooden figure
We are proud to offer a rare survivor from the 19th century, in the form of a hand carved pine figure of a soldier. With a polychrome painted...
Category
1870s Early Victorian Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of 17th Century Italian Carved and Polychrome Angel Figures
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Late 17th/Early 18th Century carved and polychrome Italian angel figures. Now mounted in modern stands. Wonderful baroque carving and retain original paint
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Rococo Tassel Ornaments with Gold Trim 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments with gold trim.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of Mirrors, 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of mirror from 1960
From Italy.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18thC Italian Oak & Polychrome Carved Bishop Statue
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1720
Large Early 18thC Italian Oak & Polychrome Carved Statue of a Bishop / Saint.
Flat back with a secret panel which would have been used to hide gold.
An exceptional exam...
Category
1710s Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paint
Vintage Italian Lapiz Lazuli Chess Board 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embark on a journey of opulence with our Vintage Italian Lapis Lazuli Chess Board, a striking piece from the 1980s. This exquisite chess board, meti...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf tassel ornaments.
These were once used to decorate churches for feast days like Christmas. They are hand-...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Clay Mask, 1960s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic sculptural clay mask wall art made in Italy. Hand made in an aged adobe color with a short rope which ties off on the face of the mask. Hangs from a single screw making ins...
Category
1960s Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Rope
Italian Modern Venetian Handmade Blue and Gold Carnival Mask with Feathers
Located in New York, NY
This Folk Art cobalt blue mask is a real Venetian creation, entirely hand-drawn and handcrafted with gold decor and white stone.
Italian Artists have realized this piece in full res...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread
Pair of Hand Carved Cherub Angel Head, Anri, Italy, 1980s
By ANRI
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful hand carved pair of Cherub Angel head, found at an estate sale in Germany. Made by Anri a well-known wood carving company in Italy. We believe that these pieces are from th...
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wall Painting ''Blue Rose'' Stay
By Malerba
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Wall Painting “Blue Rose” Stay by Malerba
The “Blue Rose” wall painting from the Stay collection by Malerba is an elegant decorative accessory suitable for the living room, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wall Painting ''Red Rose'' Stay
By Malerba
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Wall Painting “Red Rose” Stay by Malerba
The “Red Rose” wall painting from the Stay collection by Malerba is an elegant decorative accessory...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk-Art Cabinet from Cortina d'Ampezzo – Early 20th Century, Barkwork
Located in PARIS, FR
This extraordinary cabinet is a rare piece of Italian craftsmanship, hailing from Cortina d'Ampezzo in the early 1900s. Completely covered in dark, meticulously nailed bark, it showc...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Italian Faux Marbleized Gilt Acanthus and Berry Wall Mounted Console, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Faux marbleized wall-mounted console with a gilded lambs tongue egg and dart border, gilded scrolled acanthus legs, exterior and interior floral medallions, and resting on sc...
Category
1820s Neoclassical Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian Painted and Gilt Floral Torchieres, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian painted and gilt torchieres with circular egg & dart medallion tops, floral decorative rings, intertwining floral tassels and terminating on acanthus tripod hoof feet...
Category
1840s Neoclassical Antique Italian Folk Art
Italian Pirelli Wrought Iron Advertising Trade Sign 1920
Located in Hastings, GB
Absolutely incredible advertising sign for an Italian garage, blacksmith made in forged and ornate wrought Iron. This sign was removed from a garage in Turin, Italy where it had hung since 1920, advertising the variety of services the garage carried out, as well as Pirelli tyres.
The sign is wonderfully weather beaten, with losses to the paint and sections of the advertising text. Overall the sign is in superb structural condition, with a couple of small fissures, which are barely noticeable.
A truly exceptional piece of antique signage...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Faux Marble Columns, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Pair of faux marble columns, circa 1880.
This lot is an exceptionally rare original pair of faux marble effect columns dated 1880. These...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments.
They are two of the same shape of tassel but in two different sizes ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Postmodern Bronze and Iron Revolving Tree Decorative Object, Anonymous, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
It is in bronze and features a varnished iron top.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and ready to be...
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Pair of Carved Wood Nautilus Shells
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century nautilus sculptures or objects of art carved from mahogany in a stylized form with a dark lush finish.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Musidora Super Star Vase
By Stefania Boemi
Located in Milan, IT
Entirely handmade of terracotta, this anthropomorphic vase depicts Musidora (Greek word for "gift of the muses"), a young woman wearing a crown with her hair gathered in a soft turba...
Category
2010s Italian Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20th C Collection Italian Deli Butchers Meats Shop Trade Display Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fun collection of Italian butchers display meats that would off adored a traditional delicatessen.
Within the collection there is a pair of late 19th/early 20th century plaster an...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Rubber, Plaster
Antique Wooden Lay Figure or Mannequin
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional small Wooden Artist Mannequin Model from Italy,
19 th Century, very fine sculpting of the body and features of the face,
polychrome rests of painting of the male face,
wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian 19th Century Classical Romanesque Framed Wall Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian large-sized painted wall panel from the 19th century, artist unknown. This antique artisan painted and framed wall panel from Italy is a ...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Italian Giltwood Sunburst Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous pair of 19th Century Italian distressed gilt wood sunburst mirrors.
Circa 1850.
Category
19th Century Rustic Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Gaddi's Torso, Plaster Bust, Copy in Scale 1/1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Torso by Gaddi (Late 1970s, Italy)
This representative Torso by Gaddi is a 1:1 plaster reproduction, crafted in Italy during the late 1970s. The piece exudes harmony in its form, ma...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
A group of five example of wooden articulated dummie’s hands. Italy, 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A group of five samples of articulated hands for dummies, made in various types of wood: national walnut, chestnut, maple. Mounted on bases, made of cast iron and brass for the locki...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair Brass Carnivale Masks Mounted On Black Marble
Located in Chicago, IL
Equisite pair of cast brass Carnivale masks mounted on black marble plinth bases. Very nicely patinated.
Category
20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Brass
Articulated mannequin made with the percussion hammers of a piano Italy 1940
Located in Milan, IT
A one of a kind, small articulated mannequin, made with the percussion hammers of
a pianoforte. The metaphisically shaped feet and face, are made from dampers: these are wooden blo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage Toy, Wind up Locomotive Ingap 67001, Made by Ingap, 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
This wind up locomotive Ingap 67001 is a vintage toy representing a red mechanical locomotive.
Made in tin by Ingap, model n. 67001.
Probably made in 1920s.
3 wheels missing, me...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1960 Bertoncello Italian Vintage Brown Red Beige Ceramic Ashtray Bowl/Catch-All
By Roberto Rigon, Bertoncello
Located in New York, NY
Create a sculptural arrangement of organic shapes, combining style statement and functionality with these Italian vintage earthenware Art pieces: a group of 4 Mid-Century Modern different ceramics is available, 3 vases and a bowl/catch-all, by Bertoncello and designer Roberto Rigon, showing inspiration from Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore work. This particular postmodern sculpture bowl is quite innovative in its aerodynamic shape for the period and particularly in the mid-20th-century ceramic sector, glazed in a beige terracotta...
Category
1960s Organic Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Large Colorful Glazed Terracotta Passata Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Large colorful glazed terracotta passata bowl from southern Italy (Puglia). This rustic 19th century terracotta bowl was used in the Ita...
Category
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Wooden Hand of an Antique Mannequin, Italy, 18 th Century
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful sculptured hand of a wooden Mannequin,
Italy late 18 th Century mounted on a wooden stand,
very fine sculptured and good, old Patina of the wood,
very beautiful decorati...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 17th Century Italian School Wooden Sculpture of Saint Anthony and the Child
Located in Leuven , BE
According to the legends, there are two Saint Anthony’s, they can easily be distinguished by their hair. This one is known as Saint Anthony of Padua, he is recognizable by his hair, ...
Category
Early 17th Century Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sand Atlas – Beige and Taupe Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, Rectangular 360 by Mohebban
Located in Geneve, CH
Sand Atlas – Beige and Taupe Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, Rectangular 360 by Mohebban
Dimensions: W 360 x L 270 cm
Materials: Wool.
The Atlas rug collection is the story of an eternal and...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Chess Game in Two Colored Travertine, Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy, 1970
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Brussels, BE
Chess Game in Two Colored Travertine, Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy, 1970
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Travertine
Hand Operated Pasta Press
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze, iron, and wood press for pasta. Fun and rare.
Category
1910s Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Guido Gambone Bud Vase
By Guido Gambone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rustic bud vase by master ceramicist Guido Gambone. Hand-thrown in an alluring organic shape with an elongated neck. The vase depicts a pastoral scene of a shepherd with his herd pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Sand Atlas – Beige and Taupe Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, Rectangular 360 by Mohebban
Located in Geneve, CH
Sand Atlas – Beige and Taupe Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, Rectangular 360 by Mohebban
Dimensions: W 360 x L 280 cm
Materials: Wool.
The Atlas rug collection is the story of an eternal an...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Cassina Ténéré Handwoven Jute Rug Polychrome Version
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Ténéré Handwoven Jute Rug Polychrome Version.
A rug that celebrates nature, entirely hand-made of jute, using ancient traditional methods.
Cassina partners with the Golran ...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Jute
Large European Folk Art Carved Wooden Standing Man Carrying a Basket Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large Folk Art wooden sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe and most likely Italy in circa 1920 in a Folk Art style. This large wooden carved sculpture depicts an elderly bearded man carrying a heavy basket on his back and holding the straps in the front to support the weight. This is quite a tall carving...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Italian Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Giant italian rocking horse
Located in PAU, FR
Giant rocking horse from an italian sculptor of the 70’s
Made With pine and rosewood, really Nice sculpture and usable.
Signed but complicated to read the signature
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Helmet Arai sculpture installation with stand
By Spinzi
Located in Milano, IT
Helmet sculpture with free stand in metal and aluminium
Arai helmet , Japanese manufature,
One of the most distinctive features of an Arai helmet is the comfort it offers. How comfor...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
A Grand Tour wooden maquette, depicting the Tower of Pisa, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature Wunderkammer Grand Tour architectural model, entirely handmade, in painted wood white color and polystyrene, depicting the Tower of Pisa. The bells made of brass are insert...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art
Materials
Polystyrene, Wood
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Wood Demilune Acanthus Wall Brackets, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian gilt carved wood demilune wall brackets with scrolled foliage acanthus motif. All original. Early 19th Century.
Category
Early 1800s Neoclassical Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Bronze & Iron Book Press
Located in Round Top, TX
Cast iron, bronze and wood book press. Great design.
Category
1880s Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Vintage European Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage European street sign. Deep blue and white. Newly mounted and framed. People at play in the street. Cool piece of wall art.
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Moorish Heads Vases "Catania Purple", Handmade in Italy, 2019, Unique Design
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This collection is a work of art that make a statement in modern décor and in the modern cultural art world. It can be used as a vase containing flowers, or as a beautiful centerpiec...
Category
2010s Folk Art Italian Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Charming Italian 19th-20th Century Carved Alabaster Figure of a Fisher Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming Italian 19th-20th century carved alabaster figure of a fisher boy. The young boy wearing a blouse, with his pant legs rolled up to his knees and ...
Category
Early 1900s Country Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fish Rimini Blu Design, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Morazzone, Varese
A beautiful Aldo Londi designed fish from the "Pesci" series in "Rimini Blu" color and glaze.
Manufactured from Bitossi in the 70s customized for Sardartis Castelsardo company in Sa...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero Italy.
The figure is missing both arms, its original clothing is heavily fad...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unusual. Have never seen one like this. Most likely had a painting inset, but mirror could be placed inside. Stand alone or hang on wall.
Category
Mid-19th Century Rococo Antique Italian Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
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