Painted Furniture
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Furniture
Metal
19th Century Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Hardwood
Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Painted Furniture
Elm
19th Century American Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Walnut, Elm, Oak
Late 18th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1850s English Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Austrian Painted Furniture
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.