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Period: 1920s
Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
We share what we love, and we love this charming and naively formed early 20th century hand craved fairground ride figure. With a de...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1920's English "Private Bar" Etched Glass Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1920's English "Private Bar" etched glass sign framed in oak frame.
Category
British Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Oak
Antique French Copper Doll Mould
Located in London, GB
Rare antique doll mould.
Naturally patinated copper.
Used to create doll heads.
Now an unusual shelf or desk curio.
circa 1920s, French.
Category
French Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Pastel Signed and Dated 1929 Horse Head Profile
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed and dated by Datroll 1929 pastel water color on paper and in vintage original frame. The condition is very good.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1920s Folk Art
1920's Light Up Directional Service Glass Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1920's light up Directional Service glass sign. It does work.
Category
North American Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ngabandi Yakoma Shield
By Coutheillas
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine early 20th century Fighting Shield from the Ngabandi Yakoma people of Congo. Slightly smaller but exquisitely created by a master craftsman. The Ngabandi people w...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wicker
Very Big Tribal Mask Bambara from Mali Africa
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Very big African mask from Mali. It is a ceremonial mask, from the Kono society and the Bambara ethnic group. It measures 140cm high or 55.11inch and can be placed on the floor or fi...
Category
Malian Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Decoy Duck Form
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art decoy duck form
A working example of an early 20th century English Folk Art decoy. Hand carved from wood, with lead weight still in place at the ...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Original French Art Deco Period Poster by Paul Colin, 1928
By Paul Colin
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an original French Art Deco Period advertising poster ‘Marguerite Valmond’ by Paul Colin printed by H. Chachoin. Made famous in 1928, spectacular and exquisitely made. This l...
Category
French Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Merriman Brothers Yacht Pulley with Brass
Located in Norwell, MA
Old Merriman Brothers wood pulley block from a yacht. With brass caps with the Merriman Trident logo. Other polished brass hardware is attached. Weight is 2 pounds. X-135
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
1920s Magnetic Brass Pocket Compass U.S Engineer Corps Antique Suveryor Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic brass pocket compass, signed Plan Neuchatel Switzerland n. 94823 from the 1920s and built for the U.S Engineer Corps. It is a compass typically used in recreational sailing,...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1930s Persian Qashqai Leopard Rug, Red, Cream, and Grey, 4x6
Located in New York, NY
Hand-knotted in red, cream, grey, brown, green, blue, and gold handspun wool, this Persian Qashqai carpet measures 3’8” x 5’11” and features a distinctive prowling leopard design. Pl...
Category
Persian Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage French Toy "Les Acrobates", circa 1920
By G. Doloy
Located in Incline Village, NV
Rare 100 year old French toy in it's original box depicting two acrobats attached to a wire frame with brown barrel weights, cascading down a green metal ladder. Once assembled (loop...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Collection of Tibetan Money
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional collection of Tibetan Money, exchange currency in shell
all of them with little holes to adjust them to a belt or object to hold them together,
all of them are parts of...
Category
Tibetan Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Set of Three, Vintage, French, Pierrot Boudoir Doll Faces from the 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
What a wonderful discovery, rare Pierrot doll faces from the 1920s . All three pieces are in very good condition with minor age related flaws. These fabric masks were used on boudoir...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Northern Pacific Railroad Poster, "Yellowstone Park" after Thomas Moran, 1924
By Thomas Moran
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a Northern Pacific Railroad poster, advertising their Yellowstone Park Line. The central scene is a colorful reproduction print after Thomas Moran’s The Grand Canyon of ...
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
1920s Exeter Academy Banner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic piece of American history. 1920s Exeter Academy school banner. Great vintage condition. Newly framed and mounted on linen. Very cool piece of art.
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century English Tobacco Store Advertising Folk Art Handmade Display
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a rare example of an early 20th century English tobacco store advertising display. The display is made from aged hardwood and hand carved with folk-art detail i...
Category
British Victorian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Carnival Midway 7.5 Foot Tall Game Wheel Monterey with Gooseneck Light
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic giant carnival game wheel with applied scenic Monterey theme. All original surface paint. Chunky turned stand. Measures: 7 foot . Really unique gooseneck lamp for illuminat...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Highboard with a Fantastic Veneer and Mirrored Compartment
Located in Greven, DE
Art Deco highboard with a fantastic veneer and mirrored compartment, the original handles have been newly chrome-plated
We were able to acquire this wonderful piece of furniture fro...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Reverse Painted Glass Sign 1920s Illuminated Star Masonic Temple Eastern Star
Located in Camden, ME
Illuminated tin sign with a reverse painting on glass star for the Eastern Star of the Masonic Temple from the 1920s..
The sign is shown mounted on its original metal pipe tripod tha...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Folk Art Charcoal Drawing Dated 1922
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Quaint Folk Art charcoal drawing dated 1922. Farm scene with grazing horse and buildings and trees in background. Excellent vintage condition. Newly framed.
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
The Wind, Original Marble Sculpture, 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
The Wind is an original marble sculpture made by Anonymous artist and realized in the 1920s.
A beautiful white marble sculpture representing a female portrait as the personificati...
Category
Italian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Tramp Art Bank Dated 1926 Beautiful Alligatored Surface "Lewiston" and "Maine"
Located in Fort Payne, AL
This is a tramp art bank with a beautiful alligatored surface. It is dated 1926 on the top, with the words "Lewiston" and "Maine" painted on the long sides, and the initials "E" and ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sturdy Yacht Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Small boat or yacht wheel of maple and brass. Wheel is fitted with a shaft and rudder pulley. Very decorative and authentic maritime relic. Circa 1920. Measure: 15 inch.
Category
North American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th-Century Avant-Garde Painted Table with Mexican Muralism Painting
By Diego Rivera
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A spectacular example of early Mexican Muralism,
condensed onto a plywood kitchen tabletop and joined with
iron legs set in rhythm with the painted artwork itself.
An exceptional p...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Chokwe Mask
An early 20th Century example of a Chokwe African mask in the form a young woman, with facial scared markings which represent her age and tribe ident...
Category
Botswanan Late Victorian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Oscar Peterson Minnow Decoy Repainted by Jess Ramey, circa 1930
By Oscar Peterson
Located in Nantucket, MA
Oscar Peterson Minnow Decoy repainted by Jess Ramey, Cadillac, Michigan, circa 1930, an early Period II Peterson working ice fishing decoy that received an in-use working repaint by ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rose Passion Vase by Daum, 1990s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rose passion vase by Daum, 1990s.
Category
French Provincial Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Rare Antique Zemmour Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare mixed technique Berber rug ascribed to the Zemmour people, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas, originally used as a saddle cover - an item of great prestige among Berber tri...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early American Scooter
Located in New York, NY
An adorable early American child's wooden scooter with original rubber tires and traces of paint, USA, circa 1920s.
M176.
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Amazing English Architects Model, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Architects Model circa 1920
We are proud to offer a unique circa 1920s architects model of a timber-clad colonial style house in original paint. An amazing example in untouched form...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental and Unusual Folk Art Stage Coach Figure and Horses, 1927
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental and unusual Folk Art stage coach figure and horses, 1927. All hand executed, amazing detail, working lamps, velvet interior on coach.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Plaster
Mini Riverstone Trough From Central Mexico, Circa 1920´s
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Hand-carved riverstone trough from Central Mexico, circa 1920´s. Slightly larger than an ashtray, the stone used is almost as heavy and dense as granite. Nice rudimentary form.
Category
Mexican Rustic Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Vintage Nautical Theme American Hook Rug
Located in New York, NY
This spectacular vintage American, most likely Maine, hooked rug is extremely visual with a stunning myriad of colors contained within a striped border with spinning wheel and nautic...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Wonderful, Massive Bronze Sculpture from Charles Valton
Located in Greven, DE
A detailed lion is shown as it is roaring. The lion represents strength, bravery, loyalty and power. He is the king of the beasts! This Art Deco bronze figure is signed with the name...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Puppet Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English folk art puppet figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century articulated folk art puppet figure. Made from hand carved pin, The base...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Funky Distressed Red Wooden Vintage Washing Machine
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fabulous vintage weathered red wooden washing machine that someone with imagination can use as a side table or found object that adds warmth and curiosity to a space.
Handle on le...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early-20th Century English Scratch Built Roulette Wheel
Located in London, GB
Early-20th century English scratch built roulette wheel
We are proud to offer a delightful hand crafted early to mid-20th century scratch-built fairground amusement roulette gamin...
Category
British Victorian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japan Rare Pair “Moon Gazing" Rabbits Gallery and Garden
Located in South Burlington, VT
For your special garden spot - rare pair Moon Gazing Rabbits from Japan!
This is a hard to find pair (2) of solid and finely cast effigies of tall "moon gazing" garden rabbits, u...
Category
Japanese Taisho Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Wood Carved Red and White American Folk Art Barber Pole Trade Sign Sconce, C1920
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great Americana! c. 1920s American Folk Art wood and iron carved barber pole. Layers of thick original red and white hand painted surface. Substantial iron mounts and iron strapping ...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Auntie Sally English Parlour Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Auntie Sally English parlour game
A rare early 20th Century example of an English hand-crafted Aunt Sally parlour game. Made from pine wood this item has 22 woode...
Category
British Late Victorian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage Underwood Standard Typewriter No. 5, 1924
By Franz Wagner
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage Underwood Standard Typewriter No. 5 model. Made in the United States in 1924, this glorious black and gold typewriter is the most successful of the early Under...
Category
American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Algerian Company Poster - Henri Villain - 1920
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Algerian Company Poster - Henri Villain
Lithography
Print Devambez
1920
Signed Henri Villain
117x79cm
Note: a slightly bent corner
Category
French Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Large Rare Collectible Cast Metal Woolworth 5 & 10 Cent Store Sign Numbers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very large cast metal “10” from one of the iconic F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent store front signs. Made in the 1920s, these numbers letters have become very hard to find. They became av...
Category
North American Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria,
from around the 1920 ties,
extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work,
looks like a real skull,
beautiful old patin...
Category
Austrian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century English Engineers Window Display Bronze Pump Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century engineers window display pump model
We are proud to offer a unique early 20th century engineers window display model engine. Soured from Penzance in Cornwall, pos...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Early 20th Century Hand-Crafted Puppets
Located in London, GB
Collection of early 20th Century hand-crafted puppets
We share what we love, and we love this collection of early to mid-20th Century hand carved/crafted puppets. Made from pine ...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Pine, Paper
Exceptional Antique Tibetan Parure made of a Head Ornament and Collier
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Tibetan Parure made a Ceremonial Crown and a Ceremonial Necklace,from around 1920,
beautiful Royal Yellow color,
the Parure is in a good condition and has a great old pat...
Category
Tibetan Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Antique Ethiopian Chair
Located in New York, NY
This hand carved wooden chair is from the Jima people of Southern Ethiopia. A slightly concave seat sits on a tripod base connected by slender rods. The high rectangular back rest ha...
Category
Ethiopian Tribal Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Polychrome Tramp Art Wall Box with Kissing Lovebirds and Butterfly Decoration
Located in Fort Payne, AL
This is a polychrome tramp art wall box with kissing lovebirds at the top. There is also a butterfly decoration on the open pocket above the drawer. It is built from crate wood with ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tin Biscuit Box with Hand Painted Whaling Scene, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Tin Biscuit Box, circa 1920s, with a wonderful folk art hand-painted whaling scene on the lid, depicting two whale boats darting on a whale, the mates at bows ready with lanc...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Blanket Chest on Legs with Applied Carved Arrowheads, This Is a Striking Piece
Located in Fort Payne, AL
This is a blanket chest on legs with applied carved arrowheads. It is a striking piece. The chest is of single board construction with a varnish finish and good patina. The inside is...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C Welsh Slate Dog Grave Marker Tomb Stone Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A elongated slate grave marker from a Welsh estate, showing the names of six dogs likely to of been pets and working dogs.
Beautifully carved and still wonderfully crisp reads "To...
Category
Welsh Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Slate
French Early 20th Century Bull Dog Collar with Brass Name Tag
Located in London, GB
French early 20th century Bull Dog collar with brass name tag
We are proud to offer a wonderfully formed decorative and very sculptural French early 20th century Bull Dogs oversized...
Category
French Victorian Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
By Asian Style
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Antique Folk Art Carved Wood Tramp Gilt Mirror in Brown and Gold, 1920s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique hand-carved in a dark brown wood, this tramp art style mirror is sure to make a statement in any space. At the joints, each side overlaps in a cross or Adirondack style. Carv...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
By Asian Style
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1920s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
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