Painted Furniture
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Plywood, Pine
1960s American Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
1850s Swedish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Bronze
Early 20th Century Swiss Industrial Painted Furniture
Tin
1930s Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
1960s American Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Metal
1930s American Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
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
20th Century Painted Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1830s Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
20th Century Unknown Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
19th Century Danish Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Softwood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Painted Furniture
Tin
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Paint
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Porcelain
1980s Japanese Vintage Painted Furniture
Steel
1790s Italian Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
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
Early 20th Century Industrial Painted Furniture
Glass
1920s European Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Industrial 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
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.