Painted Furniture
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Plywood, Pine
1850s Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Bronze
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1750s Italian Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
1770s Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 18th Century Austrian Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1780s Austrian Louis XV Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Lacquer
Early 1800s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1830s Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 20th Century American Country Painted Furniture
Wood
1830s Austrian Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
19th Century Danish Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Softwood
Early 18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
18th Century British Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Chestnut
20th Century American Rococo Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1920s European Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1790s European Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Chestnut
1820s Austrian Empire Antique Painted Furniture
Beech, Pine
18th Century Swiss Rococo Antique 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.