Painted Furniture
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
2010s Belgian Space Age Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas, Paper
19th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Painted Furniture
Marble
19th Century French Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1880s Dutch Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
1880s American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
20th Century Unknown Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1850s French Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1980s Vintage Painted Furniture
Paper
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Painted Furniture
20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Hardwood
Late 18th Century Danish International Style Antique Painted Furniture
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Antique Painted Furniture
19th Century German Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century Mexican 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.