Painted Furniture
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 1800s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Painted Furniture
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine, Plywood
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1920s American Primitive Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century French Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
19th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1790s Italian Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1790s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century American Georgian Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Czech Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1780s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1870s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1920s Indian Anglo Raj Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Hardwood
1840s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1970s Danish Space Age Vintage Painted Furniture
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Brass
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Mid-18th Century Danish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Leather, Wood
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Cherry
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1810s American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Silk, Upholstery, Pine, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century German Victorian Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
Vintage, New and Antique Painted Furniture
Vintage, new and antique painted furniture enhances a room through patterns, blocks of color and ornamental flourishes. Decorating furniture with paint was especially prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States when folk artists used chairs, chests, tables and cupboards as their canvases. Although a later trend involved stripping antique pieces of their paint, early American homes were vivid with furniture painted in an array of colors.
The practice of painting furniture has a rich heritage, with remnants of pigment identified on a 12th-century painted chair from Sweden. It has come in and out of fashion over time — in the design of 17th-century Mannerist furniture, paint was lightly used to enhance carved ornamentation, and painted furniture gained popularity with designers working in the chinoiserie style, as 18th-century European artisans mimicked Chinese lacquer in furniture motifs. In France in the 18th century, furniture was lavishly painted or gilded in gold.
Now painted furniture is popular for pieces that are both utilitarian and works of art. A color from a pattern can inform the whole design of a room, or, as bold and saturated tones are in vogue, a vibrantly adorned piece can be a bold focal point. Muted palettes can contribute to an air of calm for a study or bedroom while bright reds, yellows or blues can enliven a dining room or living room.
On 1stDibs, find a variety of vintage, new and antique painted furniture to match any space or taste.