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Place of Origin: North American
Navajo Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Geometric Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillow with tan suede leather backing.The insert is down & feather fill.
Category
Early 20th Century Adirondack North American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Frye "Boot" Advertising Sign For Harvard Square Tannery Shoe Store, ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
A hangable advertising icon for the Frye Boot Company in the form of an oversized leather boot, circa 1960s. This once hung in the renowned favorite Harvard Square Tannery shoe stor...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
19thc Eight Point Star Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine eight point star quilt is in pristine condition with a couple minor tiny spots. Mostly posted on the back side. This is a very large quilt.
Category
Late 19th Century American Classical Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early Carta Blanca Beer Sign. Mexico, 1940’s.
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Carta Blanca beer porcelain metal sign.
Mexico, ca. 1940’s.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Northwest Coast Thunderbird Figure
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest Coast polychrome thunderbird figure. The carved cedar bird figure with two mounted outstretched wings. Carver Frank Smith, unisgned. 25.25" H x 49.75" W x 9.25"
Frank Smit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Multi-Figure 7 Foot Nuu-chah-nulth TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This large pole was “donated to a church on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for a fundraiser” sometime around 1905. The pole is carved in a folk-art style that is correct for the period. The imagery on this pole is quite fascinating and includes a large bird whose wings form the face of a composite creature holding what appears to be a whale or fish. Below that is what appears to be a Sisiutl, or three-headed sea serpent. Under the Sisiutl is a pair of animal heads flanking the pole, perhaps wolves, over a colonial bald eagle. This pole is a large and early Nuu-chah-nulth totem carving...
Category
Early 1900s Native American Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Vintage Schooner Model Sail Boat "Patsy-Ann"
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful vintage schooner scale model sail boat, built 1" to 1' by Donald Miller, 183 Oxford street winnipeg, Canada. Accompanied with owner's document.
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl
By Roseville Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This huge signed Roseville sponge ware pottery mixing bowl is in pristine condition. These large size bowls are super rare and in fine condition is even be...
Category
Early 20th Century Adirondack North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Signed Abstract Modernist Metal Sculpture Attributted to Early Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed abstract modernist metal sculpture. One off, original, stunning form, texture and design, apparently early work of Curtis Jere Company, long before they're sculptures and desi...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Critic Quality Feeds Heavy Metal Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; Beardstown Mills Company - Beardstown, IL
Vintage litho livestock feed sign.
This piece advertises Critic Quality livestock feeds from Beardstown Mills, a now-defunct flo...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Butchers Products Co. Painted Tin Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
1910s-20s; Fulton Meat Market district - Chicago, IL
The property at the northeast corner of Peoria and Fulton streets in Chicago was most recently a burger joint, but in the late 1...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Early 20th Century Reverse-Painted IOOF Skull and Bones Glass Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; Independent Order of Odd Fellows
This reverse-painted glass "Caution" sign comes with the scull and crossbone, a symbol of mortality to the fraternity, and a reminder o...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell (East Harwich: 1862-1952), circa 1910, a hand carved and painted large decoy in the simple paint of a white winged scoter. This is an...
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Collection of Witco Carved Cedar Wood Tiki Cats Meathead and Friends
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Rare collection of Witco carved tiki cat figurines and sculptures. This group includes six cats. There are two large Meathead models with orange and white eye...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar, Paint
Cast Iron Boston Terrier Doorstop C1948
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Pair of cast iron bulldog doorstops with old repaints. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, no damage or bad repairs. Chips to ...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Signed American Folk Art Sewer Tile or Redware Pottery Lion Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique signed Folk Art lion figurine.
In the form of a recumbent lion.
Signed to the underside. The signature appears to read: 'J Silverthorn'
Made out of a reddish-brown redware or stoneware sewer tile...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Ron Aleck Carved Wood Plaque, Pacific North West Coast, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ron Aleck Wood Carving Plaque, Pacific North West Coast, 20th Century. Signed to the back.
Category
20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Native American Corn Husk Plateau Bag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very fine exceptional early 19th century native American Indian corn husk plateau bag. Fine condition with a fantastic patch repair on one side.
Category
19th Century Adirondack Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Original Painting Oil on Board Richard Treaster Silo with Weathervane
Located in Toledo, OH
Oversized original oil on canvas of a silo with weathervane. Signed upper left, Richard Treaster. Framed in a distressed lightly stained wood frame wi...
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Haida-Style Totem Pole By Tsimshian Artist Moses Alexcee
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moses Alexcee was a prolific Tsimshian maker from Prince Rupert who frequently carved for William Webber, the owner of the iconic Thunderbird Scenery Shop in Vancouver, BC. Alexcee often carved Tsimshian-style models of Haida totem...
Category
Early 20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Native American Muslin Ghost Dance Shield
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Muslin shield with backhand hold, bundle sticks with red and yellow ochre and original shoulder carrying strap. Ex Kammerer
Period: 19th Century
Origin: Sioux, Plains
Size: 16 1/2...
Category
19th Century Native American Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Wood
Full Body Weathervane of American Indian Warrior
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Americana folk art copper weathervane circa early 20th century. The full-bodied piece depicts a Native American warrior in feather headdress and a wide belt shooting an arrow from...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Outsider Art oil on canvas by John Jones titled 'Auntie's Ass"
Located in Asheville, NC
Americana Folk Outsider Art oil on canvas by African American Artist, John Jones, circa 1990s-early 2000s, USA. Signed painting depicts man pointing out his Auntie’s behind.
Excelle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a bold artistic touch to your space with this Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull. This one-of-a-kind drawing captures intricate details with fine pencil strokes, blendi...
Category
1940s Bohemian Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Folk Art Driftwood Dachshund Dog
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th century Folk Art driftwood dachshund, circa 1920, a natural form piece of driftwood that has been augmented with the addition of inset Periwinkle shell eyes, two drilled n...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Driftwood
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Arbol de la Vida Bull Colorful Ceramic Mexican Folk Art Tree of Life
By Marco Antonio Castillo
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Beautiful folk art piece made by La Familia Castillo. Handmade in clay and painted with acrylic paint.
Created by master artisan Soledad Martha Hernández and her son Marco Antonio C...
Category
2010s Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Glen Lukens Signed Midcentury Blue with Gold Crackle Glazed Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and likely early work featuring a blue or green with gold flecks crackle glaze by influential Mid-Century Modern ceramist Glen Lukens whose work has become very collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed by Lukens on the underside.
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Folky Hand Carved Cow Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand carved & painted folky cow wood hanging double sided trade sign.This carved cow has the original metal chain and is in great as found condition.
Category
1940s Adirondack Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Original Red Painted Childs Windsor Thumb Back Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare form of a fantastic original red painted child's chair, circa 1860s-1870s
Original worn stencil back splash and signed in pencil Conn. on bottom seat fantastic as found condition.
Category
19th Century Adirondack Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Red and Blue pearl Small by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1920s Native American Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American bear paw snowshoes with tassels and black bear silhouettes. Early 20th Century excellent sample complete with yellow and fluffs on...
Category
Early 20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Brass Maritime Signal Horn
Located in Norwell, MA
Signal Horn From Stone Bridge Connecting Tiverton and Portsmouth Rhode Island. Rare signal horn of a exceptional length and with awesome performance...
Category
1910s Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Pulque Canteen From Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Circa 1950´s
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Ceramic pulque / mezcal canteen from Coyotepec, Oaxaca, circa 1950´s showing agave motif design on the front side. The canteen has been hand crafted using black clay from San Bartolo...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Large stylized bRUTALIST Abstract copper Horse sculpture, indoor / outdoor
By Rhoda Hepner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large stylized bRUTALIST Abstract copper Horse sculpture, indoor / outdoor attributed to Rhoda Howard.. Wonderfully executed,, bent and welded copper.. Gr...
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Large Solid Mahogany Turned Wood Floor Vase
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This example is made from one solid piece of mahogany. Hand turned. It has been re-finished and has some natural checking of the wood. Stands 23 1/4" tall by 10" in diameter and 6 1/...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Hand Painted Duck Decoy Antique, USA owned by Bob Tillbutt
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector. Well used by a previous hunter the paint has faded through time althoug...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early Stenciled Victorian Hand Crafted Winter Sled
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous early Victorian childs snow sled in old green paint and the original Stenciled. Handcrafted from oak and reinforced with hand wrought ...
Category
1870s Adirondack Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Scale Model of a Fully Fitted Whale Boat, circa 1950s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Scale Model of a Fully Fitted Whale Boat, circa 1950s, a hand crafted wooden model of a carvel hulled whale boat having a smooth strake edge to edge construction, fully fitte...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven bottle neck Panamint basket. 5" x 8"
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
Origin: Nevada
Size: 5" x 8".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native Apache Beaded Strike-a-light Pouch
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache beaded strike-a-light. Fully beaded both sides. Red ochre covered with double tin cone drops. Blue padre bead handle and chain drops from flap. 4" x...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Modernist Abstract Painting , Ink, by Martha Visser T Hooft, circa 1961
By Martha Hamlin Visser't Hooft
Located in Buffalo, NY
Martha Visser't Hooft
(1906-1994)
Martha Hamlin Visser't Hooft was an artist and teacher whose family was deeply involved in the arts and sciences. Her father, Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, was one of Buffalo’s most influential civic leaders and planners, and an attorney known for his activism in museums. Her mother, Emily Gray Hamlin, was a social activist with interests that extended to the arts and philosophy. Martha Visser’t Hooft studied art in Paris in the 1920s at the Académie Julian, and explored exciting new European developments, such as cubism and surrealism, Russian ballet, and modern music. In 1926 she moved to New York to study briefly at the Parsons School of Design before transferring to the John Murray Anderson School of Theater Design.
She took several trips to Taos, New Mexico, meeting several prominent artists of the area, including Buffalo-born patron Mabel Dodge Luhan...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
19Thc Original Blue Painted Folky Bucket Bench / Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc original powder blue painted surface shelving or farm bucket bench.This southern folk art shelf is in great sturdy condition.
Category
1870s Adirondack Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure, 1920's
Located in Stamford, CT
Amusing Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it i...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Barnraising Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is a classic Log Cabin Barnraising quilt in traditionally Pennsylvania colors. The use of lights and darks gives tremendous depth to the pattern. A note attached to the back re...
Category
19th Century Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Whimsical Outsider, Folk Art Oil Painting by William R. Straly
By William R. Straly
Located in Buffalo, NY
Whimsical outsider, Folk Art oil painting by William R. Straly, excellent use of color. Texture and space.
Category
20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Pair of Massive Vintage Fiberglass Hands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Massive Vintage Fiberglass Hands
H 17.5" x L 52" x W 30"
FDV11477
*Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Vintage Everlast Boxing Punching Bag with Folk Art Illustration
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Everlast punching bag. This looks like a classic "heavy bag," also known as heavy duty or jumbo bag, used for strength training in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and a range o...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Nylon
Carousel Day of the Dead Ceramic Mexican Folk Art by Familia Castillo
By Marco Antonio Castillo
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Beautiful folk art piece made by La Familia Castillo. Handmade in clay and painted with acrylic paint. Day of the Dead theme.
Created by master artisan Soledad Martha Hernández and...
Category
2010s Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Reflective Truck Road Sign
Located in Burton, TX
This Vintage Reflective Road Sign depicts a black truck with a yellow background. Once used as a street sign to inform motorist of trucks entering and exiting the highway, this sign ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Panamint Shouldered Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Highly decorated and finely woven shouldered basket with red wool decoration on shoulder
Period: Last quarter 20th century
Origin: Panamint
Size: 6" diameter x 3 1/2" height
Fami...
Category
Late 20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Rare Prototype / Maquette Cardboard Chaise Lounge by Joel Stearns
By Joel Stearns
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of only eight made !! Cardboard Chaise Lounge designed and created by Joel Stearns, similar to one in the Lois Lambert Gallery..Amazing modernist sculpture..
,Joel Stearns, wh...
Category
1990s Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging wonderfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color, texture, scale, multiple glazes, and various free-form shapes, including her orb-like moon pots. This high-fired porcelain piece features a vast array of shifting, vibrant, and colorful glazes (with earth tones of greens, burnt yellows, browns, etc... ). The sculpture/vessel radiates in the light. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work.
The closed-form vessel sculpture is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark/ monogram.
A rare and special piece. Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or other Mid-Century Modern...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Painted Wood Hopi Katsina Kachina Figure (#2)
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pantry Box, Small Scale
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century early small scale pantry box with the original lid.
Category
Mid-19th Century Adirondack Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Hickory
Ohio Amish Blue & Pink Star Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ohio Amish blue & pink broken star quilt in pristine condition. Very fine quilting and piece work. Notice the fine hand stitched saw tooth binding.
Category
1940s Adirondack Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Original Oil Painting of Girl by Harry Roseland
By Harry Roseland
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Original Oil Painting of Girl by Harry Roseland. Painting is in excellent shape for its age. Harry Roseland was a New York painter who lived from 1866 to 1957. Known for his cand...
Category
Early 19th Century American Classical Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Elmer Crowell Pair of Over-Sized Mallard Decoys, circa 1920, with oval brands
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Pair of Special Order Over-Sized Mallard Decoys, by J. Elmer Crowell (East Harwich: 1862 - 1952), circa 1920, a working pair of rigmate Crowell d...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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