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Painted Furniture For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Mid-18th Century Carved Wardrobe
Located in Albignasego, IT
Antique Tyrolean (Northern Italy) carved wardrobe, mid-18th century
Measures: H. 187cm, L. 156cm, P. 60cm
Wardrobe with two doors and two drawers, notched, in fir wood. The front is slightly convex, a typical process in the area of?? Origin of this wardrobe. The whole surface is embellished with carvings with baroque cartouche...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Fir
18th Century Northern Sweden Rustic Decorative Wooden Handled Barrels
Located in London, GB
18th century Swedish rustic barrels from the North of Sweden.
Extremely rare and their color is absolutely gorgeous.
Medium barrel 60 cm wide x 72 cm height
Small barrel...
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1780s Swedish Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Metal
Small Swedish 18th Century Primitive Rococo Folk Art Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Rococo Folk Art armchair from the typical main Swedish folk art category furniture
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Scandinavian Painted Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th century Scandinavian painted baroque chest of drawers
Fine quality solid oak chest of drawers, circa 1840.
The chest has 4-drawer and the ...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Oak
Danish 18th Century Painted Chest of Drawers With Chinoiserie Decor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish 18th century painted Baroque 3-drawer chest with later chinoiserie decorations, brass hardware and locks.
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Mid-18th Century French Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Tabernacle Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely mid-18th century French tabernacle display cabinet wonderfully constructed from painted walnut. A wonderful conversation piece to displ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century, Nantucket Origin, Coffin Family Stand-Up Blanket Chest
Located in York County, PA
18th CENTURY, NANTUCKET-ORIGIN, STAND-UP BLANKET CHEST, EXUBERANTLY PAINT-DECORATED, OWNED BY THE COFFIN FAMILY AND NICKNAMED "THE TIGER CHEST" BY FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO HANDED IT DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, CIRCA 1780-90
Stand-up blanket chest over two drawers, exuberantly painted, in a Folk Art manner, with fancifully scalloped, boot jack ends and skirt, attractively proportioned. The decoration consists of widely-spaced, curving lines, in a loose interpretation of elaborate wood grain. The result is all-together bold and whimsical, with a degree of visual impact seldom achieved among its counterparts, placing it among the best of its kind.
The story that accompanies the chest solidifies its importance in both American history and decorative arts. It was handed down through generations of the Coffin family on Nantucket, where it was very likely made. Anyone who knows the island well, knows that the Coffin name is practically synonymous with Nantucket itself. The Coffins were a whaling family who both settled the island (purchasing it with a group of investors for 30 pounds and 2 beaver hats...
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18th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Swedish Gustavian Dowry Chest with Exceptional Interior Painting, Dated 1782
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Swedish Gustavian dowry chest with original paint on the interior and exterior. The interior painting depicts a marriage scene and...
Category
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Iron
18th Century Folk Art Shelf With Heart And Pineapple Carvings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful folk art "Love" Shelf. An old tradition where the man had to make a gift for the fiancee, mostly the items were made in wood with birds or hearts and painted nicely.
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Late 18th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Grey Painted Rococo Sofa or Settee
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian late 18th century grey painted Rococo sofa
Complimentary delivery to most areas of London, UK.
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Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Painted & Carved Floral Dressing Table, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
French hand painted flip top dressing table with floral paintings , ebonized string inlay, foliage border with swags, connecting cross stretchers , and terminating on tampered splay...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Paint, Wood
Rare and Vibrant Painted Blanket Chest
Located in West Chester, PA
A rare and bright blanket chest in brilliant reds contrasted with blacks. The decoration is nicely painted with urns and flowers flanked by pillars and hearts on the corners. There i...
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1780s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Pine
18th C Catalan Money Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
18th C Catalan wall-hanging money box having original powdery blue paint with original lock plate.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Carved Wood and Silver Gilt Floral Prickets, Circa 1750
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian carved wood, gesso, and silver gilt floral prickets with centered spikes for candles, bulbous ring columns with bead work, and terminating on stylized lions paws feet...
Category
1750s Italian Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Iron
Important & Rare Pennsylvania 18thc Paint Decorated Cradle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic early 18thc Pennsylvania painted and decorated baby cradle with strong German Dutch influence . This early cradle has come out of a fifty year collection and was found in Southern Pennsylvania originally . The hex signs...
Category
18th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Painted Rococo Side Table with Brass Tray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful Danish blue and white decorated Rococo table with a heavy brass tabletop tray.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany Marble Top Console, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany marble-top console with flanking Phoenix heads, original ormolu mounts, ebonized tapered legs, centered gilt urn and terminating on rectangular molded edge b...
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1790s English Regency Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Marble, Gold
French Faux Painted Foliage Console. Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
French faux painted console with two flanking hinged doors, exterior painted floral vases resting on columns with ribbon & butterfly motif, single interior shelf, and terminating on ...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Paint, Wood
French Faux Painted & Gilt Console Cabinet. Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
French faux painted and gilt marbleized console with two hinged flanking doors, fleur-de-lee & figural faces, single fitted interior shelf, and terminating on a molded edge base. Lat...
Category
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Paint, Wood
Italian Gilt Carved Wood Floral Window Bench. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
Italian gilt carved wood window bench with scrolled floral medallion arms, carved floral skirt , and terminating on scrolled fluted legs. Bench has b...
Category
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian Painted and Gilt Urn Vitrines. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian painted and gilt vitrines with hinged glass tops, carved intertwined decorative floral vine motif, corner floral medallions, and terminating on bulbous fluted legs su...
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1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Gold
Late 18th Century Light Blu Floral Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Albignasego, IT
Tyrolean (Northern Italy Alpine Region) light blue painted chest
Measurements: H. 81cm – L. 142cm – D. 59cm
Period: approximately 1780
Origin: Tyrol
Essence: Fir
Tyrolean chest ent...
Category
1780s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
Fir
Queen Anne Period Blanket Chest with Two Whimsical Faces, ca 1740-1760
Located in York County, PA
QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND, THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760
This very early, American, painted blanket chest...
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Late 17th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Materials
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.
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