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Period: 1950s
1950s American Garage Craftmans Bits Plywood Cabinet Tabletop Chest WW2 Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
As-found. Petite painted plywood bits and bobs cabinet, factory or garage custom in house job. No makers markings. Chips, dents to wood, splat and paint patina from normal uses.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Vintage Glass and Wood Carnival Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super unique set of carnival mirrors from a retired New York City carnival. 6 wood mirrors all with original glass. Different shape, patina and aging to each mirror. Some mirrors are...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Set of 8 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of eight table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, wit...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 7 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of seven table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or dra...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or dra...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 6 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of six table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or drawi...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Ships Foghorn with Shrouded Trumpet
Located in Norwell, MA
Unique crank operated foghorn with red painted timber box and pipe mounted trumpet, protected by a substantial metal shroud. Sturdy center carry handle. Very loud. Fabulous relic. Th...
Category
North American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Glass Pedestrian Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic glass pedestrian street crossing sign. Great coloring. Excellent condition. Illuminates beautifully in sunlight.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olson
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olson.
Possibly of the famous Golfer Sam Snead and company, Unframed.
Victor Olson (1924-2007) of Fanton Meadows, West Red...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Edward Wormley Dunbar End Side Table with Gertrud and Otto Natzler Ceramic Tiles
Located in Studio City, CA
This very rare and absolutely stunning Edward Wormley designed end/ occasional table for Dunbar Furniture for their "Janus" collection, circa 1956-1957 comes with inlaid, glazed tile...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Ceramic Lamp Base with Nautical Anchor Design - 2Y312
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This stunning vintage lamp base from the mid-20th century showcases an elegant nautical theme with an enamel-painted anchor design. Crafted in glazed ceramic, this piece brings a mar...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Statue of a Woman
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern abstract statue of a woman. Finely sculpted figure of a woman with her arms wrapped around herself in a sitting position. The scul...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cement
1950s Authentic Moroccan African Tuareg Wedding Runner Rug 15.5 ft long
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s authentic Vintage Moroccan nomadic African Tuareg rug, black camel hair with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs and adorned with sequins,This rug was used in the Berber...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Folk Art Metal & Wire Rooster Chair
Located in Hanover, MA
It is impossible not to smile when sitting on the back of this vintage metal craft rooster. Constructed of scrolled metal wire loops it is strong ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Carnival Midway Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand-painted canvas sideshow banner for carnival midway sideshow entrance. Not signed but most likely out of Chicago Tent and Awning's banner ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Swedish Folk Art Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
The Swedish shipbuilders' longtime tradition of hanging scale-sized models of finished ships in churches for protection of ship and crew has inspired suc...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid Century 3' Foot Hand-Hooked Bird Tapestry Rug Wall Hanging
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand-hooked late Mid-century wool tapestry rug featuring a Modernist abstract portrait of a Parrot done in yellow, orange, and brown against a beige background It is an excellent pie...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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. This textile is know as a "Tais" – meaning woman’s skirt...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Totem by Raymond Williams
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1933-1988) This finely crafted wood totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of William's carvers. The carved totem pole features and eagle, frog, and an orca. Signed on back. Also marked "hand carved Indian made from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Seattle, WA 1899." 19"H x 5"
Raymond Williams was the son of Sam Williams...
Category
Canadian Native American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
1950s Light UP "ROOMS FOR LET" & "Chambres a Louer" SIGN, fRENCH & eNGLISH
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming 1940s / 1950s Light UP "ROOMS FOR LET" & "Chambres a Louer" SIGN, Unusual written in fRENCH & eNGLISH,,
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Restored Mid Century native Hawaiian Lake Painting in Original Frame by Seay
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Native Tribal Hawaiian artwork Lake Painting in Original Frame by Seay.
A great example of the post-WWII Hawaiian and tropical art/decorating...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Modernist Urban Motif from 1956 of Copenhagen by Svend Aage Tauscher
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Svend Aage Tauscher (1911-1984), Danish artist. Oil on board. Modernist urban motif of Copenhagen. Dated 1956.
The canvas measures: 100 x 85 cm.
Signed SAAT 56
In very good condit...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
German Policeman Handcarved Folkart Midcentury Fairground Figure
Located in London, GB
Midcentury fairground figure
An extraordinary handcrafted mid-20th century fairground dodgems/go cart figure in the form of a policeman. Directing traffic flo...
Category
German Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Rare Mexican Belt Buckle
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this Rare Mexican Belt Buckle.
Category
Mexican Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Amulet from Papua New Guinea
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional amulet - necklace from Papua New Guinea,
made out of different sorts off shells and fabric,
good, old patina and shine of the object,
powerful and decorative object
Category
Asian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric
A French Red Glazed Clay Mirror
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a very unique French Clay mirror in a striking red glaze. It features one center mirror measuring 7" diameter surrounded by eight 2.75" diameter mirrors around the perimeter....
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror
Scandinavian Maritime Painting Oil on Panel in Warm Colors by Noren Nils Martin
Located in Salzburg, AT
Maritime painting in oil on plate by Noren Nils Martin (1907 Västervik - 1998 Uppsala)
The scene on the water is calm and is characterized by warm colors.
The boat is already ashor...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia Earhart the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster thought of as one of the ...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Kpélié Mask, Sénoufo population, Ivory Coast, 1950
Located in Paris, FR
The Senoufo people inhabit areas spanning southern Mali, southern Burkina Faso, and northern Côte d'Ivoire. They are organized around the poro, a male initiation system where young boys learn their social and religious roles in sacred woods, away from the village. Initiation ceremonies can last up to twenty-one years, and ritual objects are carved by specialized artisans.
The Kpélié mask...
Category
Ivorian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wood Working Chisels, 1950s France
By Blanchard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing set of 3 wood working gouges and chisels. Numbered 2 (long), 3 (medium) and 4 (short). Maple pommel on each with a steel tang running through the handle. Each tool also has a...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
A wooden lantern mold France 1950
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This wooden lantern mold, originating from a former paper lantern manufacturing facility, is a superb decorative piece, boasting a highly graphic design. It consists of seven detacha...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Christmas Candle Holder Erzgebirge, Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Vintage Christmas candleholder handmade and hand-painted in wood. Decorated with three different figures all in wood and handpainted. The handma...
Category
German Country Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint surface. These appear to be one of a kind carny made pieces for...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1950s Copper Lanterns - Unique Patina & Retro Charm
Located in Manzano, IT
Vintage 1950s Copper Lanterns - Unique Patina & Retro Charm
Elevate your interior or exterior decor with this striking pair of vintage copper lanterns from the 1950s. These exquisit...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Oceanic Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture of a Mother and Child
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic Faces on this hand carved tribal wood sculpture of a mother carrying her child most likely Oceanic but possibly African as well.
This tribal a...
Category
Oceanic Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Water Cooler
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Water Cooler
This is a vintage circa 1950s mid-century water cooler in good condition.
SIZE
Height 20 inches
Diameter 8.5 inches
***
CONDITION:
We do not...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Large Folk art /surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. Circus scene. " Burning Tent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Folk art / surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. depicting circus scene. "Burning Tent".. Very well executed.. amazing detail..
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Central Anatolian Kilim Rug with Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual flat-weave from the Karapinar region in central Anatolia decorated by vertical stripes in the tones of ivory, grey, camel, yellow and black.
Category
Turkish Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navy Framed Mud Cloth or Kuba Cloth in Floating Acrylic Frame Gold Standoffs
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Navy blue Kuba cloth or Mud cloth framed in acrylic with gold standoffs. Beautiful dark navy blue mud-cloth sandwiched between two pieces of custom acrylic. Four holes on the four co...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Lucite
Rare American Mid Century Criss Cross Pinball Game - Bagatelle
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Rare American Mid Century Criss Cross Pinball Game - Bagatelle.
Pinball game still in full working order. Made in America. Sold as a decorative item but in reasonable working order...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Vintage 1958 Jos. Schiltz Large 73" Lighted Brewing Beer Advertisement Bar Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1958 Jos. Schiltz Large 73" Lighted Brewing Beer Advertisement Bar Sign. Item features a large impressive size, fluorescent lighted bulb interior, wonderful color, original l...
Category
Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Western "Tailor Alterations" Hanging Wood Store Sign w/ Thread Needle
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s Western-style "Tailor Alterations" hanging store sign is a charming piece hand-crafted from wood. The sign features a classic, hand-painted design with the words "Tail...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Gaston Chaissac, Ink on Paper, France, circa 1956
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964),
Ink on Paper,
Signed and dated "24.12.56" on the bottom left corner,
France.
Measures: 20 x 26.5 cm.
Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) was the son of a shoemaker, who discovered painting with Otto Freundlich...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Folk Art Tree Branch Tabletop Easel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tabletop easel composed of tree branches nailed together (ca. Mid-20th century, USA).
Wonderful American Folk Art craft in the Adirondack / Rustic styl...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1950s Hand-Painted Olympia Beer Advertising Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Oversized 1950s hand-painted advertising sign for Olympia Beer.
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Travel Agent’s P&O Poster, Orient Cruse Lines Advertising This isa very attract
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Travel Agent’s P&O Poster, Orient Cruse Lines Advertising
This isa very attractive framed piece all in very good condition, with advertisements from the early 20th century
The pictu...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Physics Educational Diagram
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Physics instructional educational diagram, chart or poster.
Highly collectible ephemera from 1950's Sweden.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Adnet Style Plaid Waste Basket, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A unique and fun waste bin in a vibrant red and black buffalo check plaid. Made in the style of Jacques Adnet. Presents well and adds great personality to a room. Made of a hardy pla...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
1950s Modern Impressionist Oil On Canvas "circus" by Arnold Benjamin Hodgkins
By Harold Hodgkin
Located in Buffalo, NY
1950s Modern Impressionist Oil On Canvas "circus" by Arnold Benjamin Hodgkins.. Retains original frame .Great use of color.. signed in lower left
Arnold Hodgkins was born 1st Marc...
Category
Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
NYC Artist MARGARET LAYTON, PAINTING AND Iron SCULPTURE "WINDOW WASHER"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Margaret Layton (American, 20th century)"Parker Street" New York City Gouache on board, Iron Sculpture "window washer " circa 1950s
Amazing Greenwich Village Building by artist Ma...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
1950s Vintage Moroccan Black Zemmour Kilim Runner Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan nomadic Tuareg rug, black camel hair with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs.Those rugs are light for easy fding and travel for the Nomadic peop...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Blue Handmade Ceramic Jug Or Vase Slovakian Folk Art, circa 1950
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful blue ceramic jug in national folk ornaments in white color. Handmade in Czechoslovakia in 1950s. The jug shows off a typical folk pattern and colors. Original condition. Th...
Category
Czech Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Djebel Amour Saharan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare weaving attributed to the Djebel Amour tribe, located in Algeria close to the border with eastern Morocco along the Saharan Atlas. Although the tri...
Category
Algerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Colorful Striped Tunisian Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A colorful Tunisian Kilim decorated by a repeat pattern of horizontal stripes arranged in clusters of different width and palette. A very happy piece ce...
Category
Tunisian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Rare American Mid Century Merry Little Pigs Pinball Game - Bagatelle
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Rare American Mid Century Merry Little Pigs Pinball Game - Bagatelle.
Pinball game still in full working order. Made in America. Sold as a decorative item but in reasonable working ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Board by WNY Artist Kathrin Langley
By Langley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Board by WNY Artist Kathrin Langley titled "Ancient Tomb" Albright Knox Art Gallery award winning painting.. Well ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Red and White Graphic New York Bus Subway Destination Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very large New York bus destination sign. Unusual in red. Very graphic. Bottom of roll was date stamped 1951. 7 1/2 feet tall.
Category
American Steampunk Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
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