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Period: 1940s
Antique American Amusement Park Motorcycle Painted Carousel Carnival Ride 1940s
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American carnival amusement park, carousel motorcycle ride, from the late 1940s.
A fabulous late 1940s motorcycle carousel ride, the motorcycle body is made of wood and is ha...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
Pair of Antiques Money / Bank, Elephants
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Pair of Antiques money box / bank, elephants.
One of them circa 1920, made in iron, the other circa 1960 made in aluminium.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
C1945 Cast Aluminum Trade Sign Form of a Key Keil Charlestown N.H. Keys Made
By Keil Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast aluminum trade sign circa 1945 depicting a actual key in red and silver. Perfect casting which retains its true color and material. Keil from Charlestown N.H. cast into...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Thomas Dewey & Harry Truman 1948 Presidential Election Campaign Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a unique commemorative collage, celebrating the 1948 U.S. presidential election between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey. This one-of-a-kind collage features a Harry Truman signed...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare and Unusual Mid-Century Modern Beni Ouarain Wool Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in t...
Category
Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Uncle Sam Still Bank 'Composition, ' circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Composition
Antique Toy Steamroller C1940 Style of Buddy L
By Buddy L. 1
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Large Steamroller toy from the forties. In the style of Buddy L. Repainted and some hardware replaced. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Can be...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Sailor's Folk Art Knot Board, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage American Sailor's Folk Art Knot Board, circa 1940, a classic piece of sailor's folk art showcasing over 50 knots, bends, hitches and splices, ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Plywood
Dairy Products Trade Sign Geo Fitchett 1940s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful 1940s Geo Fitchett Dairy Products Trade sign, this wooden trade sign is in wonderful original condition. It has hooks on the top for hanging, it is double sided as you can ...
Category
American Primitive Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These black and white with a grey ground are so unusual for Navajo weaving's. These pillows have a black cotton linen backing. The condition are pristine. Sold as a pair.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Wool
1940s Folk Art Painted Head of A Woman On Turned Wooden Finial
Located in Tarrytown, NY
This charming 1940s Folk Art / Depression Era Painted Wooden Finial of a Woman's Head would add a cheerfulness and dash of whimsey to any traditional decor
The yellow, grey, blues, ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid Century Tin Litho Mechanical Clockwork Windup Toy Skier Girl by Chein C1945
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous working tin Litho toy skier by the Chein toy co. C1945. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Excepcional Unique Table Lamp Porcelain Interior Light Manises Valencia
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
A unique and very special piece from the Manises Valencia area, but it could come from another place. It is a piece of a higher category than average. I have never seen anything of such quality. I have seen the design of its shape in some artist who was German, but I cannot identify it
Its condition is excellent, like new.
It is large in size, much larger than average
When it is illuminated internally and lets the light out through the round holes in the design, it creates an exceptional image and atmosphere
It is surely an author's piece or artistic piece, surely designed by some artist who worked in the Manises workshops
Interior lighting, and the lower part of the lamp. The uz comes out through the holes and it is spectacul
Buy in Manises Valencia Spain, place of production of ceramics and porcelain throughout the centuries
This lamp is a masterpiece, with a higher quality than any typical peanut lamp...
Category
Spanish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Folk Art Hand-Carved "Ball in Cage" Obelisk Whimsy Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art whimsy 'ball in cage' obelisk sculpture whittled from one continuous piece of wood and adhered to a wooden plinth base, circa 1940s. The carved supports holding the two ball...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Nantucket Island Ornamental Fishing Line "Fish" Spool Souvenir
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand carved and painted mint green fish souvenir spool from Nantucket Island (ca. 1940s, MA, USA). The fishing twine is connected to a small metal hook affixed to the fish's mouth. Warm patina / good age commensurate with history (small spots of wood / paint loss along with crazing). Small but impressive vintage fishing collectible...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Oli Painting Made On Canvas With Gilded Frame By Poul Fureby Blokhus From 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil Painting with the motif of the coast, the sand dunes and the sea in the background in windy weather with a dark blue sky. In a gilded frame and signed by Poul Fureby.
Measuremen...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Handcut & Painted Sheet Metal Folk Art Cat Door Stop, circa 1940
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and rare painted sheet metal black cat with arched back and prominent whiskers door stop. Measures : Tall 23 x 10.75 so it makes it's presence felt. Very cool cat...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal, Iron
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas c.1940's- 50's , "musical" MICHAEL
By Thomas Michael
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas,,, Not dated but my guess c.1940's-early 1950's , "musical themed ,, signed MICHAEL... Amazing use of colors,, space,, extremely well exec...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
Diminutive late 1940s "penny toy like" wind-up tin toy platform train modern and sleek looking for that era; it is hand painted and lithographed in bright co...
Category
Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Large-Scale American Folk Art Carnival Game Board, Very Graphic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale Folk Art Carnival game board, American, circa 1940s. This painted carnival game board came from Texas and combines wonderfully patinate...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Cork
Ivory Coast Hand Spun Cotton Natural Indigo Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ivory Coast hand spun cotton natural indigo cloth, circa 1930-1950.
Category
Ivorian Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Grouping of Five Hand-Painted and Carved American Folk Art Fish Decoys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Group of five Folk Art fish decoys composed of painted tinned iron sheet metal or aluminum fins and tails and carved wooden weighted lead bodies, some with ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Vintage 1947 Watercolor Drawing by Jacques Courtade, Signed "Holoum 47" - 2Y163
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage watercolor drawing from 1947 by Jacques Courtade, titled "Holoum 47," is a striking example of his work, signed and numbered 315. It captures a moment in time with Court...
Category
French Empire Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Yacht Vent Cowl of Solid Brass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass Perko air vent. Highly polished ventilator cowl from a boat. Nine inch diameter vent opening. Base is six inch diameter. Twelve inches tall with base flange pierced for f...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Old Antique Lobi Wooden Female Figure Sculpture Produced in Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century Lobi folk tribal art female figure wooden sculpture produced in Burkina Faso, Africa by anonymous designer in the 1940s. In good original condition.
Dimensions: H:...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Articulate Artist's Mannequin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this Antique Articulate Artist's Mannequin made in wood and brass tripod.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Red Velvet Efe Zeybek Jacket Turkish Vest with Gold Embroidery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Early 20th child Middle Eastern Efe Zeybek Jacket.
Kid Efe Zeybek Costume Turkish authentic ethnic vest.
Dark brown red velvet with gold foliates and gold trim. Open sleeves, red cotton lining.
Antique collector red velvet jacket with gold Middle Eastern Moorish style embroidery.
Small tiny Turkish antique vest...
Category
Turkish Moorish Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Velvet
Framed Painting Representing Bohemian Gypsy Cartomancer, Signed Callewaert, 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards.
Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller.
Oil on canvas.
Very well represented.
fine and pleasant features.
Delicate work.
Signed lower right by M. Callewaert
circa 1940
Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...
Category
Belgian Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Wonderful Folk Art Hand Made Antique Grasshopper Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fantastic folk art antique hand made sculpture of a huge grasshopper having aged patina. One of a kind.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Vintage Minimalist Anatolian Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a squarish format typical of yatak (bedding) rugs, this Tulu has a soft creamy yellow background randomly punctuated by small dots and by a larger one indicating the...
Category
Turkish Tulu Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Set of Six Vintage French Three Dimensional Masks
Located in Stamford, CT
Very animated face masks from the 1940s. Three dimensional.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Composition
Early 20th Century English Folk-Art Farmer and His Wife Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk-art farmer and his wife model
We are proud to offer an unusual hand carved folk-art model of a farmer and his wife sat on a cart pulled by two oxen. This ite...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Rare Large Vintage Laurel & Hardy Poster, "The Dancing Masters"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare version of the original theatrical release poster for the black and white 1943 movie by 20th century fox. The frame obscures a name lower right.
This one is the same image as...
Category
Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
"Health Chiropractic, " Rare Art Deco Metal Trade Sign for Chiropractor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of trade signage featuring a nude male angel figure with outspread wings was cast in aluminium and painted a shade of off-white. It has...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
O'Henry Fred Johnson Salem Witch Trials Sideshow Spider Girl Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
O'Henry Tent and Awning sideshow banner with original shipping tag. Unusual subject matter and fantastic story from the Salem witch trails to Spider Girl. ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Circular Antique Butcher Block
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Crafted by hand with great surface. markings showing age and heavy use, recently clened an restored and ready to use.
Category
Mexican Primitive Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hand Carved Black Cat Trinket Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wooden ebonized cat with dish sculpture mounted to a mahogany plinth. Dish can accommodate keys or smaller objects.
Patina / light wear present (paint loss to the tips of ears / edges of green dish...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Framed Airbrush on Paper Hibiscus Tropical Floral by Jane Boyd, 1948
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Transform your space with the timeless elegance of 1948 Airbrush Hibiscus Tropical Floral on paper by Jane Boyd.
This exquisite piece captures the lush beauty of tropical hibiscus f...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Art Deco Mint Green and Gold Leaf Ceramic Bowl by Waylande Gregory
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1940s ceramic decorative bowl by Waylande Gregory featuring a highly stylized leaf pattern in mint green with white, black and gold leaf detail. Relatively large compared to more com...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
'Strike ‘Em Out’ Carnival Toss Sign, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage, mid-20th century “Strike ‘Em Out” game sign. 6.5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Hand painted on 0.75 inch thick plywood. Strike Out originated as a baseball-like street game but also became a popular carnival attraction, where a pitcher hurtled a rubber baseball at a batter in front of the sign with the aim to get the ball in the hole. The game originated in the Chicago area...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Vintage Enamel Rossi Advertising Sign
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage Enamel Rossi Advertising Sign
Wear consistent with age and use
Martini Rossi - Decoration - Indistrual
Produced in the 1930s for the French market of Italian spirit company...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Berber Moroccan Ourika Valley Eye Design Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with natural, undyed wool, flat-weaves such as the one illustrated here are characteristic of the Berber people located in the Ourika Valley, in the Moroccan High Atlas region....
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Tulu with Chequerboard Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
The Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as they were meant as bedding rugs for the tent. Woven in the Kar...
Category
Turkish Tulu Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Baoulé portrait mask, carved wood, lacquer and pigments, circa 1940, Africa.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Baoulé portrait mask,
carved wood, lacquer and pigments,
circa 1940, Africa.
Height 29 cm, width 17 cm, depth 14 cm.
Category
African Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Tom's Peanuts Wooden Display Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage wooden stand used to display Tom's peanuts. Six shelves with an ebonized base. Nice wear and patina.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1940's Ninon Standard Twelve Colour Card Thread - New Old Stock - Set Of Ten
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Ninon Standard Twelve Colour Card Thread - New Old Stock - Set Of Ten.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Thread
Vintage Huckley Barrel Carnival Game
By St. Louis Carnival Co.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage carnival game made by the Saint Louis Carnival company. We also have the original paper game rules signs with these. Please note that not all crates are painted St. Louis Car...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Wood
Old Carnival "Giant", circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old carnival "giant" circa 1950.
Light wood and foam structure, papier maché head.
Made to be worn by 1 person.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Wood, Paper
Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940, a very shallow flat bodied decoy in original condition, original black and white paint on head and body, and painted...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ikat Textile from Timor Island with Stunning Naturally Coloured Dye, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Timor, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. The dark background brings to life the array of coloured detailing and distinct tribal patterns. This textile is know as a "Tais" – meaning woman’s skirt...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Antique Oversized Chinese Cork Diorama
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Antique Chinese large cork diorama depicting temple and garden scene.
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood, Cork
Pair of 1938 Andre Bourgault Miniatur Carved Wood Statues Couple Rocking Chairs
By Andre Bourgault
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of very small original Andre Bourgault statues hand carved and stamped
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it ...
Category
Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Signed C. Macourlard San Francisco Watercolor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This watercolor painting is newly framed and is one of two by the same artist in our gallery. The second one is also signed by the artist and marked Southern California. The conditio...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Watercolor
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a bold artistic touch to your space with this Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull. This one-of-a-kind drawing captures intricate details with fine pencil strokes, blendi...
Category
American Bohemian Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Large French Stone Bust of Emperor Caracalla, 1940s
Located in Chicago, IL
Imposing and evocative, this large stone bust captures the stoic intensity of Emperor Caracalla, one of ancient Rome's most infamous figures. Created in 1940s France, the sculpture e...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art Dog Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Folky hand-carved dog head found in the midwest.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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