Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

Period: Mid-19th Century

Early 19th Century Velvet and Cloth Portrait

Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex

Mid 19th Century Velvet and Cloth applique Portrait of a man carrying a large bag. untouched original condition, found in the original straw work ...

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French Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Fabric

Early 19th Century Velvet and Cloth Portrait

British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of a Sailing Ship

Located in Katonah, NY

This large 19th century sailor's Woolie of a British line-of-battle ship, circa 1840is is hand embroidered with woolen yarn. It depicts a British naval ship under full sail with can...

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English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wool

British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of a Sailing Ship

American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1830

Located in Hollywood, SC

American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple frame, Early 19th Century. Alphabet and Numerals. Signed by maker Maria Nuttall Age 7.

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American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Giltwood, Linen, Glass, Birdseye Maple

American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1830

19th Century English Framed Decalomania Découpage & Watercolor Farm Art Picture

Located in Philadelphia, PA

An original British School Decalomania decorative art watercolor and cut paper farm scene mounted in a heavy black wood frame, circa 1860. These were largely created by young girl...

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English Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Hardwood, Paper

19th Century English Framed Decalomania Découpage & Watercolor Farm Art Picture

Antique Danish Folk Art Wedding Greeting Declaration in Original Frame, 1864

Located in Esbjerg, DK

Some 150 years ago this Volk Art Work was presented as a gift to a wedding. It is called a declaration of love or a Honorable Gratulation attesting two people bonded in marriage. A l...

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Danish High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood, Paper

Antique Danish Folk Art Wedding Greeting Declaration in Original Frame, 1864

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Scottish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Paper

Set of 6 Original Antique Prints of Deer, 1830s

No Reserve

H 13.5 in W 9 in D 0.07 in

Folk Art Gate in form of a Face

Located in Darnestown, MD

One of a kind iron gate in the shape of an elongated face. It would be functional as a gate but would also be terrific hung indoors as a piece of outsider art. The movable earrings...

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American Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Iron

Folk Art Gate in form of a Face

H 62 in D 24 in

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

Located in New York, NY

Framed and Pressed 19th century "Herbier" Botanical Specimens 14" x 0.75" x 18" each. Sold as set of 4. Herbier specimens were collected and pressed from plants found around the wo...

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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

H 4 in W 18 in D 14 in

American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827, a needlework sampler on linen panel having alphabet and numerals, above a religi...

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American Federal Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Thread, Linen

American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827

H 16 in W 14 in D 1 in

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

Located in New York, NY

Framed and Pressed 19th century "Herbier" Botanical Specimens 14" x 0.75" x 18" each. Sold as set of 4. Herbier specimens were collected and pressed from plants found around the world. In the late 19th century collecting herbier was a popular pastime for affluent Europeans; collectors spent hours drying, pressing, and mounting specimens...

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Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

H 4 in W 18 in D 14 in

British Sailor's Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885

Located in Downingtown, PA

British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships Circa 1885 The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...

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English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wool

British Sailor's Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885

H 21.25 in W 29.25 in D 1 in

Peter Hunt Cape Cod Folk Art Painted Watermelon Tray, Signed

By Peter Hunt

Located in Ferndale, MI

Large hand-painted watermelon metal tray by Massachusetts folk artist, Peter Hunt. Hand-signed on front anno domini 1960 par pierre le chasseur d'orleans. Hand signed on verso Welc...

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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Metal

Peter Hunt Cape Cod Folk Art Painted Watermelon Tray, Signed

H 1 in Dm 22.88 in

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

Located in New York, NY

Framed and Pressed 19th century "Herbier" Botanical Specimens 13" x 0.75" x 17" each. Sold as set of 4. Herbier specimens were collected and pressed from plants found around the wo...

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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

H 4 in W 17 in D 13 in

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

Located in New York, NY

Framed and Pressed 19th century "Herbier" Botanical Specimens 14" x 0.75" x 18" each. Sold as set of 4. Herbier specimens were collected and pressed from plants found around the wo...

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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

Gilt Framed Herbier Botanical Specimens from the 19th Century

H 4 in W 18 in D 14 in

"in Full Cry" English Equestrian Hunt Scene by Henry Alken Framed under Glass

By Henry Alken

Located in Morristown, NJ

Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1854) artist, a fox hunting lithograph: "In Full Cry Yoi Forward". Engraved by F. C. Lewis. Published by Tregear & Co. 90 C...

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English Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Glass, Wood, Paper

"in Full Cry" English Equestrian Hunt Scene by Henry Alken Framed under Glass

H 28 in W 33.5 in D 1 in

c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box

Located in Downham Market, GB

An antique tramp art box. A beautiful & early piece of tramp art, intricately layered in the traditional manner with notch carved wooden strips & finished with a pressed brass lion r...

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British Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Pine

c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box

H 6.3 in W 10.63 in D 6.7 in

American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...

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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Iron, Sheet Metal

American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig

H 76 in W 24 in D 24 in

Previously Available Items

19th Century Folk Art Nativity Scene

Located in London, GB

19th Century Folk Art Nativity Scene A charming example of a mid-19th century hand carved folk art religious nativity scene. Depicting a stable w...

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German Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

19th Century Folk Art Nativity Scene

H 13 in W 13 in D 8 in

1853 Antique Folk Art Embroidery Cross Stitch Sampler Mourning Love Death

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 1850s cross stitch sampler by Dorothy Manners, memorializing what appears to be the death of her father in November 1853. Measures: 11...

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Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Cotton

1853 Antique Folk Art Embroidery Cross Stitch Sampler Mourning Love Death

H 9.75 in W 11.25 in D 1.25 in

Napoleonic Prisoner of War Straw Work Box

Located in London, GB

Napoleonic prisoner of war straw work box A very fine antique Napoleonic prisoner of war straw work box, made from two sections of a lin...

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French Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Straw

Napoleonic Prisoner of War Straw Work Box

H 3.5 in W 7 in D 4 in

Early 19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War Box

Located in London, GB

Early 19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War Box A purist example of a 19th Century hand carved prisoner of war (POW) token box. Detailed in wo...

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Unknown Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Wood

Early 19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War Box

H 6 in W 13 in D 8 in

Antique 1860s Early Americana Folk Art Fraktur Pennsylvania Dutch Family Record

Located in Dayton, OH

"Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated Folk Art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Most Fraktur were created between 1740 and 1860. Fraktur drawings were executed in ink and/or watercolors and are found in a wide variety of forms: the Vorschriften (writing samples), the Taufscheine (birth and baptismal certificates), marriage and house...

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Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Paint, Paper

Antique 1860s Early Americana Folk Art Fraktur Pennsylvania Dutch Family Record

H 19 in W 21.25 in D 1 in

English Folk Art Carved Hooves, circa 1850

Located in London, GB

Carved Hooves, circa 1850 We are proud to offer a rare set of English mid-19th century carved hooves. Depicting Folk Art style animals which include a cat and dog. These items show ...

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British Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Natural Fiber

English Folk Art Carved Hooves, circa 1850

H 3 in W 6 in D 2.5 in

Antique Scandinavian Rocking Chair

Located in Hanover, MA

Remarkably original artisanal handcrafted rocking chair from Sweden circa 1840-1850. Stained birch wood. Entirely handmade. All joints are pegged and doweled. Splats and rails were steam bent. Seat boards hand planed. Arm supports are so organic and sculptural that they almost seem like root vegetables! What is notable about this chair versus most other antique rockers is the total absence of any machine work; no lathe turned legs or arm supports typical of the Boston rocker...

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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Birch

Antique Scandinavian Rocking Chair

H 43.5 in W 22 in D 51 in

Mid-19th Century English Folk art Dominos Game

Located in London, GB

Mid-19th century Folk Art Dominos Game We are proud to offer a mid-19th century book box with a sliding lid fitted out with bone dominoes. There are 36 do...

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British Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Mahogany

Mid-19th Century English Folk art Dominos Game

H 5 in W 3.5 in D 1.3 in

19th Century Embroidered Silk Work Memento Mori Morning Scene Sampler Folk Art

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A hand embroidered work in muted colors, typical of the scene and subject. The piece would off likely been produced by a young woman and taken many hours to complete. The image de...

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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Silk, Mahogany

19th Century Embroidered Silk Work Memento Mori Morning Scene Sampler Folk Art

H 23.23 in W 24.02 in D 1.97 in

English Black Smiths Coat Hooks, circa 1844

Located in London, GB

We are proud to offer a unique folk-art hand forged black smiths coat hook dated 1844. A truly one-off example wonderfully handcrafted in hand beaten ir...

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