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Period: 20th Century
Hand Carved Large Vintage Antique Wood Duck Decoy Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early to Mid-20th Century hand-carved and painted wood duck or mallard decoy with glass eyes. This piece has an wonderful color and texture. From an impressive Los Angeles vintage duck and antique swan decoy...
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Bellamy Style Hand-Carved New England Pine Eagle, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original American eagle, hand-carved from pine during the early to mid 20th century. The eagle features a touch of original gilt over yellow sizing with hand-painted highlights, emphasizing the eyes and beak. The eagle is displayed with both wings fully outstretched. The feathers are expertly detailed, especially considering that this eagle is a single-piece carving. The eagle is both the national bird and the national animal of the United States. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows in its sinister (left) talon and an olive branch with its dexter (right) talons. Those arrows are tightly aligned, a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois. In this case, the bundle of arrows were a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. The olive branches emphasize the power of peace. The eagle motif has since appeared in allegorical engravings...
Category

American 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Mid-20th Century Tribal Tapa Cloth, Fiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa cloth made from mulberry fiber with natural pigments, Fiji, mid-20th century.
Category

Fijian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with eighteenth-century architecture, characters and animals. Lacquered and gilded woo...
Category

Italian Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Dayak Mango Wood Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An Indonesian low stool or seat, hand-carved from a single piece of dense and heavy mango wood, circa 1930. Dayak Benuaq tribe, Southeast Sulawesi. Presents age patina throughout. ...
Category

Indonesian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with hand carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces Vintage mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess board in ...
Category

Mexican Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Onyx, Marble

Antique American Flag w/ Hand-Written Inscriptions Mourning the Death of FDR
Located in York County, PA
48 STARS ON ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-WRITTEN INSCRIPTIONS AND AN EMBROIDERED DATE OF APRIL 12TH, 1945, MOURNING THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: American national parade flag with 48 stars, printed on cotton, embellished with hand-written inscriptions and an embroidered date to commemorate the death of FDR on April 12th, 1945. “On this day in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his Warm Springs, Georgia, retreat at the age of 63. Roosevelt’s death in the final months of World War II was met with shock and grief throughout the Western world. Many Americans had no inkling of his decline in health. [He] had been president for more than 12 years, longer than any other person. He led the country through some of its greatest domestic and foreign crises to the impending defeat of Nazi Germany and within sight of Japan’s surrender...
Category

American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Mid century painted ceramic lighter by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s
Located in View Park, CA
A vintage Italian mid century modern ceramic table lighter by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, imported by Rosenthal-Netter, 1960s. This unique lighter boasts tones of marigold, tangerine, an...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Statue from the Baoule/Baule tribe, Ivory Coast, first half 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A statue from the Baoule/Baule tribe, Ivory Coast carved in hardwood in the early colonial style Early 1900 Tribal aged patina Heigth 36 cm
Category

Ivorian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Elmer Crowell Quarter Sized Canada Goose Decoy, circa 1930s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Quarter Sized Canada Goose Decoy, by J.Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, MA (1862 - 1952), circa 1928 - 1943, a hand carved and painted diminutive Can...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Cedar

Fine rare Antique Indian Hindu Mughal style Jade bracelet Asian Jewellery
Located in London, GB
Fine rare Antique Indian Hindu Mughal style Jade bracelet Period early 20th century Fine quality Indian jade decorated with silver and semi precious stones Condition: natural lin...
Category

Indian 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Jade, Silver

Vintage Eskimo / Inuit Fur Table Mat - Original Label - Canada - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare vintage Eskimo / Inuit fur table mat - featuring a hand sewn radiating patchwork design with subtle color shifts - original quilted satin lining - origi...
Category

Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Fur, Fabric

Vintage Mid-Century Industrial Ceramic Glove Mould Statue. c.1960
Located in London, GB
Vintage industrial ceramic glove factory moulds. c.1960 Wonderfully formed, very tactile and a great decorative item. Price is per item.
Category

English Industrial 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-20th Century, Showa, Japanese Gourd Sake Bottle
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese gourd sake bottle. Age: Japan, Showa Period, Mid-20th Century Size: Height 23.3 C.M. / Width 12.2 C.M. (size excluding stand) Condition: Nice ...
Category

Japanese 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Fruitwood

Vintage Cape Dorset Ptarmigan Inuit Stone Carving, Signed, Canada, C.1960's
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Cape Dorset Inuit stone carving of a screeching Ptarmigan - fine carving with articulated feathers and feet - signed TR (in Roman - unknown...
Category

Canadian Native American 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Stone

Carved Twin figure Ibeji Yoruba People, Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
A finely carved significant Yoruba Male Ibeji figure with a tall headdress, expressive eyes, original bead belt and heavy wear and polish from native use. Areas of encrusted camwood ...
Category

Nigerian 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Original Vintage Set of 20 Mexican Wrestling Masks
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Original Vintage Set of 20 Mexican Wrestling Masks. Found from an old factory that manufactured masks for wrestling shows for the Arena Mex...
Category

Mexican Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Fabric

1950s Native American Navajo Pawn Silver & Petit Point Turquoise Bolo Tie
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1950s Navajo-made Bolo Tie from New Mexico. Handcrafted from pawn .900 silver and set with turquoise, the rope is hand-woven leather, and the tips are silver.
Category

American Native American 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Large Tutsi Prestige Basket
Located in London, GB
The distinctive sculptural form of this large Tutsi fibre basket from Rwanda - woven with the same double-layer 'igihisi' structure used to create Tutsi wall screens - is an expressi...
Category

Rwandan Tribal 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Large Mid-Century Modern Murano Style Brown and Tan Tortoise Shell Glass Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Exquisite Murano style tan tortoiseshell pattern sculptural glass vase. A wonderful large vessel screaming to be displayed. Round in form, the small round base widens up through the ...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

African Benin Bronze Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
African Benin Bronze Sculpture, Africa, circa mid 20th Century. Beautiful casting with wonderful attention to detail. Solid, heavyweight...
Category

Beninese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Elegant Syrian Jewelry Box - Rectangular, Inlay Marquetry with Red Velvet - 2Y29
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Discover the beauty of this elegant Syrian jewelry box, featuring intricate marquetry and a luxurious red velvet interior. This rectangular, flat box is ideal for storing jewelry, ke...
Category

French Empire 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Vintage 1970s Hand-Painted Stone and Resin Backgammon/Chess Set
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage 1970s backgammon and chess set depicting the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, 1519-21. Carved chessman portray the great Montezuma II and Aztec warriors...
Category

Mexican Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Stone

Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior. This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Plaster

1970's ice cream sign
Located in Brecht, BE
Vibrant colors for this 1970's ice cream sign, found in the South of Spain
Category

Spanish 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Polyester

Mid-Century Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Round nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960. Size: 15 inches diameter.
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Rope, Mirror

Zabihi Collection Blue Antique Persian Malayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th Century Persian Blue Malayer Rug Details rug no. j3047 size 5' 8" x 8' 9" (173 x 267 cm)
Category

Persian Malayer 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Folk Art Carved and Painted Owl Decoy, USA, 1900's
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Folk Art carved and painted owl decoy, USA 1900's A decorative barn owl carving decoy Original paint with even wear. Mounted over a new iron stand. We have...
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Middle Eastern Micro Mosaic Octagonal Chess Game with Horn Pieces
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Intricately inlaid handcrafted Persian styled chess game board and handcrafted horn and pone chess pieces. Handcrafted beautiful Middle Eastern Moorish style Khatam chess board cover...
Category

Lebanese Moorish 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Bone, Horn, Wood

Antique Papago Native American Indian Coiled Pine Needle Basket
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful antique hand made Papago Native American Indian pine needle coil basket. Great form and design. In excellent original condition. Tightly woven and color is great. Measures:...
Category

North American 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Vintage Middle Eastern Dallah Arabic Brass Coffee Pot circa 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern traditional Arabian brass Dallah coffee pot. Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased brass with riveted brass finish and a very large spout. ...
Category

Omani Islamic 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Old Worn Kuba Tribal Platter Incised Design, Early 20th Century, Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sweet worn, polished and smoothed Kuba ceremonial serving platter with handle and incised Classic royal Kuba knot pattern on one side. Cra...
Category

Congolese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

1960's New Old Stock Vintage Pocket Pinball
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's New Old Stock Vintage Pocket Pinball. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched since the 1940's and 50's...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Plastic

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 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Leather, Velvet, Plaster

Scottish Early 20th C. Pond Yacht
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This charming antique “pond yacht” from Scotland will appeal to the sailor, the toy collector, the kid-at-heart types alike for the sporty and real...
Category

Scottish Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Antique Handforged Cattle Bell Made in Switzerland ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Handforged Cattle Bell Made in Switzerland ca. 1900s Item e7309 An antique handforged cattle bell, made in Switzerland around 1900. The bell comes with its original brown lea...
Category

Swiss Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Large Red and White Hand Painted Ceramic Italian Soup Cup, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful large hand painted soup cup with handle made in Italy. Italian folk pottery has become highly coveted in recent years. This piece features a hand ...
Category

Italian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Eat or Tea Large Scale 1950s American Porcelain Enameled Steel Letters Sign
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Superb large scale American 1950s porcelain enameled metal letters, over 24" high, originally used as exterior signage from Chicago. EAT or TEA or ETA or ATE, 3 individual heavy gauges pressed and folded cold-rolled steel letters...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Metal

20th Century Diorama Folk Art Three Mast Model Ship in a Bottle English, C 1930
Located in Central England, GB
A fine Diorama Folk Art Model ship in a bottle This skilfully made diorama of a three-mast early 19th century sailing ship at harbour with a raised landscape behind and cottages set...
Category

English Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Glass

Indigenous American West Coast Haida Styled Carved & Polychrome Painted Totem
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art carved and polychrome painted totem pole is signed by an unknown artist and originated from the United States and dates to 1985 and d...
Category

American Native American 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Cedar

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 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Mini Postage Stamp Philadelphia Pavement Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mini postage stamp quilt in pristine condition. Thousands of pieces and very colorful.
Category

American Country Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Robert David Gauley Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Robert David Gauley’s framed landscape painting beautifully captures a serene countryside with a flowing stream and vibrant greenery. The oil on canvas showcases Gauley’s skillful br...
Category

Unknown French Provincial 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Amazing Brutalist Wall Sculpture Lamp from the 1960s
Located in Søborg, DK
An amazing large and impressive brutalist wall sculpture lamp from the 1960s. Made from torch cut steel with 4 lamp outlets in size E14. Rewired and grounded. Can be used with ...
Category

Danish Brutalist Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Early 20thc Pictorial Pima Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine American Indian Pima pictorial basket is in fine condition except some roughness around the top edge of the basket. The base has some minor...
Category

American Adirondack Antique 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Hemp

African Hand Carved Wood Head Bust Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
Nicely carved. A good eye-catching accent piece. Dimensions: 8.25" high, 5" wide, 7" deep.
Category

African 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Vintage Watermelon Hand Carved Sculpture Set, Decoy Decor, Trompe L’Oeil
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage watermelon hand carved sculpture set, decoy decor, Trompe L’Oeil, hand painted melon sculptural set. Gorgeous. Signed by artist. Largest pie...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Composition

Antique Swiss Black Forest hand carved walnut study of William Tell and his son
Located in Central England, GB
This superb quality walnut Swiss black forest sculpture depicts the Swiss legend William Tell jubilantly walking home arm in arm with his son with a large...
Category

Swiss Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Walnut

Large Statuette of an Asian Woman with Peacock Decor - Resin - 2Y91
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Presenting a stunning large statuette of an Asian woman, exquisitely crafted in resin. This piece showcases intricate details, including a peacock, child, and other ornate decoration...
Category

French Empire 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Resin

Japanese Lucky Cat Manekineko Couple Porcelain 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a vintage manekineko lucky cat. It is made with porcelain and it was made around 1970s in Showa era. It is a couple so it will come as a pair (red cat and bleu cat). Dimensi...
Category

Japanese Showa Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Set of Mexican Papier-Mâché Masks 2
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this antique set of 5 Mexican papier-mâché masks 100% handmade and paited with anilina (natural pigments).
Category

Mexican Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Large Vintage Decorative Wooden Ceiling Fan
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French black-painted wooden ceiling fan.
Category

French Industrial 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Talavera Pitcher Ceramic Glazed Vase Handcrafted in Spain
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Glazed polychrome ceramic Talavera pitcher or flower vase with blue, green and white design. Hand painted Talavera ceramic pitcher, handcrafted by skilled artisans in Spain in the P...
Category

Spanish Moorish 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Applique Quilt with Swag Border
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing autumn leaf applique quilt is in pristine condition and has a very unusual swag border. It comes to us from Southern Ohio from the family -mother that made the quilt. Th...
Category

American Adirondack 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Mexican Red Serape Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vibrant red ground Mexican or American Indian weaving has bold colors and in great condition. The backing is in a black cotton linen and down and feather fill.
Category

American Adirondack 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Joseph (Joe) Campbell Thunder Bird Carving, Pacific Northwest, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Joseph (Joe) Campbell Thunder Bird Carving, Pacific Northwest, 20th Century. Signed to the back.
Category

Canadian Native American 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Antique Art Deco Brass Illuminated Advertising Cinema Showerbath Flambosign Sign
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous Art Deco illuminated Showerbath sign from renowned manufacturers 'Flambosign', England circa 1930. - The worn brass casing marked 'Flambosign' houses an etched lucite perspex...
Category

British 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Early Geometric Pima Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine and very early Pima American Indian hand woven basket is in fine as found condition. This wonderful basket has a nice aged patina and has come from a private American Indian collection.
Category

American Adirondack 20th Century Folk Art

Materials

Hemp

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