Painted Furniture
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century American Country Painted Furniture
Wood
1920s Swedish Country Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
1890s Canadian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1930s American Primitive Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century German Victorian Painted Furniture
Leather, Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Painted Furniture
Chrome
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1830s American Sheraton Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1880s American High Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1820s English Regency Antique Painted Furniture
20th Century European Painted Furniture
Iron
1810s American American Empire Antique Painted Furniture
Cane, Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Native American Painted Furniture
Wood
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Paint, Wood
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Gold
1830s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Danish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Painted Furniture
Softwood
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Paint
Early 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1810s American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Silk, Upholstery, Pine, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Mahogany, Maple
1970s Danish Space Age Vintage Painted Furniture
Fabric, Wood
Early 1800s American Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Late 19th Century North American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Early 20th Century American Primitive Painted Furniture
Textile, Wood
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Metal
1810s English Regency Antique Painted Furniture
Beech, Paint, Upholstery
1790s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1830s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Pine, Paint
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
2010s Belgian Space Age Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
Early 20th Century American Georgian Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1820s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Metal
1920s Anglo-Indian Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique Painted Furniture
Softwood
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Poplar, Paint, Nutwood
1970s Danish Space Age Vintage Painted Furniture
Fabric, Wood
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
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.