Painted Furniture
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
2010s American Painted Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Art Deco Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
19th Century American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1820s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Paint, Wood
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Hardwood, Paint
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Early 19th Century Swedish Baltic Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Adirondack Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
Late 19th Century Czech Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1920s Indian Anglo Raj Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Paint
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1840s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Painted Furniture
Ash, Birch
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Swiss Industrial Painted Furniture
Tin
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1870s American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1880s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century Country Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Paint
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
Mid-19th Century German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Painted Furniture
Wood
1890s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1900s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1890s Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1810s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Native American Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1950s Moroccan Moorish Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
2010s Belgian Space Age Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Native American Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
1930s Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
Mid-19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Mahogany, Maple
Mid-19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Leather, Wood
2010s Belgian Space Age Painted Furniture
Plastic
1960s Japanese Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Painted Furniture
Steel
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Metal, Chrome
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.