Painted Furniture
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Paint, Wood
Late 18th Century Austrian Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1880s American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1890s Canadian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1970s American Vintage Painted Furniture
Paper
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Painted Furniture
Mid-19th Century Antique Painted Furniture
Late 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.