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Period: 20th Century
Shoe Shop or Cobblers Trade Sign, Leather Hob Nail Boot
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Shoe Shop or Cobblers Trade Sign, Leather Hob Nail Boot
This is a wonderful piece, made by a cobbler, it is a giant size Leather Hob Nail boot, it has been painted up as an adver...
Category
Folk Art Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Four rams Ntomo Mask, Bamana Population, Mali
Located in Paris, FR
The Ntomo mask is used during initiation rituals for youths in Bamana societies of West Africa. It is recognizable by its upper part shaped like a comb, with three to eight horns sym...
Category
Malian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Wood
Vintage Toy, Wind Up Toy Musical Carousel, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage wind up toy musical carousel is a mechanical toy representing a beautiful carousel with moving horses.
Made up in hand painted wood.
...
Category
European 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Deco Toy Horse on Wheels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pull toy horse in original condition, functional.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Chrome
Tribal Early 20th Century Ceremonial Pipe, Bamoun People, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tribal Early 20th Century Ceremonial Pipe, Bamoun People, Cameroon
A ceremonial tobacco pipe fashioned of hardened clay depicting three bearded men, the center figure with arms on c...
Category
Cameroonian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Studio Pottery Green Leaf Platter, Unsigned, Canada, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Large vintage studio pottery serving platter - realistically modelled/molded as a leaf - over-all dark green glaze with subtle iridescence - kiln/firing stilt marks to the base - uns...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Toy, Small Motorcyclist, Made in Japan, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Boy on Tricycle is an original vintage toy.
Vintage friction toy representing a motorcyclist on his bike.
Small toy made in tin in Japa...
Category
Japanese 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Amish Bars Doll Quilt
By Amish Quilts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920-1930 s bars doll quilt with corner blocks in very good condition.Machine quilted pieced & quilted.Published on page 30 in "Amish Doll Quilts " by...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Moroccan Moorish Orientalist Oil Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Orientalist oil on canvas painting of a 19th century Moroccan market scene with an old men seating on a carpet selling old coins and a Moorish...
Category
Moroccan Moorish 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
1960's Transfer Picture Book - New Old Stock - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Transfer Picture Book - New Old Stock - Large Quantity Available.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untou...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Shell Encrusted Lucky Elephant Statue in Brown Black and White, 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large tall lucky sea shell encrusted elephant statue or figurine. Covered in shells, this elephant stands with its trunk up pointed toward the sky. In Southeast Asia, elephants wit...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Wood
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 20th Century Vallauris Floral Ceramic Catchall Bowl - 2Y320
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This exquisite vintage catchall bowl, signed by Vallauris, features a charming floral design that adds a touch of elegance to any space.
Key Features:
Material: Ceramic
Period: 20t...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$249 Sale Price
70% Off
Bembe Bearded Male Figure Bust with Beard Hands on Stomach Staff Top DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Bembe bearded male bust figure with hands on sides of projecting stomach and finely carved beard. Stacking square hair style on top of head and projecting element hair on b...
Category
Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
French brutalist wooden chessboard in the style of Jean Touret, Atelier Marolles
Located in BELFORT, FR
Rare one of a kind chessboard game, entirely made of handcarved wood, circa 1950. The singular brutalist design of this piece reminds us of the work of Jean Touret for Atelier Maroll...
Category
French Brutalist Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed ICS Numeral Pennant 2
Located in Norwell, MA
International code of signals pennant, number 2. Triangular blue stitched linen panel with white circle in centre. Matted and framed. Measures: Approximately 20" x 33.5".
Category
Unknown 20th Century Folk Art
Early 20th Century Leather Shield, Taposa/Turkana, South Sudan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Leather Shield, South Sudan
A small leather shield typical of the region known as an upwal, concave hide is attached to a reed spine with plaiting to form a strong grip. Mounted on ...
Category
Sudanese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
Kuba Dye-Resist Tcaka Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
Visually dynamic and highly textured, this raffia textile expresses the irregular, geometric patterns typical of Kuba textile art. Created by an artisan of the Kuba people of the Dem...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
A Hand Painted Stone by Ilya Schor
Located in New York, NY
This charming and rare hand-painted stone by the renowned artist Ilya Schor beautifully captures a serene harbor scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The miniature artwork, painted ...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Rashwan Kayseri Kilim Rug Wool Old Vintage Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Antique Rashwan Design Kilim, from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful spec...
Category
Turkish Kilim 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful Union Jack parade flag, dating from the early 1950s, during the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The flag is printed on cotton, with machine-sewn hemmed...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Dreaming Bark Painting with Rainbow Serpent
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original antique/vintage indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting featuring a rainbow serpent- a prominent figure in Aboriginal mytho...
Category
Australian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Raul Coronel Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
By Raul Coronel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and colored heavy bowl by Mexican born ceramic master Raul Coronel who played an important role in the American (he became a naturalized citizen) / California design movement of the 1950s-1970s alongside Peter Voulkos, Beatrice Wood, Gertrud & Otto Natzler, Otto & Vivika Heino, to name but a few.
This bowl features a deep oceanic green crackle glass...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage 20th Century Longwy Enamel Plate – Hand-Painted Mountain Scene - 2Y504
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage 20th-century enamel plate from Longwy is a stunning decorative piece, beautifully hand-painted with a serene mountain scene. Measuring 1.2 inches (3 cm) in height, 10.6 ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Giuseppe Barile Albisola Italian Midcentury Modern Pottery Vase, 1950s
By Giuseppe Barile Albisola
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and rare polychrome pottery vase in bizzarre shape.
Made in the pottery manufactury from Giuseppe Barile in Albisola, Italy.
The vase is hand-crafted and hand-painted in bea...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Set of 5 Swedish Folk Wooden Dala Horse Toys, circa 1960
By Nils Olsson
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 5 handpainted Swedish wooden traditional Dala horse toy.
Designed by Nils Olsson in Sweden, circa 1960.
Materials:
Wood
In original condition, with...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Neighborhood Watch Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage neighborhood watch sign. Great coloring and graphics with ominous burglar going through the window. Great vintage condition.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Organic Natural Wood Turned Weed Vase Vessel
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made and sculpted wood-turned weed vase by famed American (Mendocino, California) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. The natural, organic wood grain is quite spectacular...
Category
American Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Walnut
70's Serigraph by Sister Corita Kent
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Sister Mary Corita Kent (1918-1986) was known for her text-based pop influenced printmaking that conveyed her activism and spiritually-informed social...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Large Modern Abstract Oil on Canvas "Sound Wave" by Carlo of Hollywood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large modern abstract oil on canvas 'Sound Wave' by Carlo of Hollywood.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
1980s, Recreational Machine Model Pinball Trailer Playmatic
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Recreational machine model pinball trailer playmatic.
Category
Spanish 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Tin Litho Windup Toy by Louis Marx "Jumpin Jeep" C 1950
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous colorful and full of unpredictable moves when fully wound. Louis Marx toy company was prolific during the mid century era producing a full array of tin windups. In excellent...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Set of Three Vintage Zulu Long Wood Pipes on Custom Stands Beads South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Set of three vintage Zulu long carved wood pipes on custom metal stands, South Africa. Each on separate stand so can be arranged in multiple ways for great ...
Category
South African Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Miniature Furniture Set Painted in Yellow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely Art Deco miniature yellow painted wood lounge chair and side table furniture set. The chairs are 5.75 x 6.25 x 6.5, table is 4.375 x 3.75 x 3.5. In lovely original condition w...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th C. American Carved Natural Wood Articulated Swan Decoy Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th-Century American Carved Natural Wood Articulated Swan Decoy Sculpture
This stunning 20th-century American carved natural wood swan decoy sculptur...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1950s Racing Car Model or Toy ''No. 7'' Oldtimer Ferrari 500 by Geobra, Germany
By Old Timer Ferrari
Located in Andernach, DE
Mid-20th century classic kids toy or model by German toy makers Geobra.
The well played model is shaped after the classic racing car Ferrari 500 from 1952, created by Aurelio Lampred...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
Wrought Iron Pheasant Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
A true piece of American folk art, this hand-wrought iron weathervane captures a pheasant mid-stride, standing proudly atop a patch of grass. Made by an unknown artisan in the 20th c...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Wooden Mortar and Pestle with Nail Studs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wooden mortar and pestal with nail studs - an attractive piece, used as a prop in the television show MAD MEN. A lovely decorative piece or use it to crus...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
MIKE MATAS - Vintage Folk Art Whale Carving on Stand - Signed - Canada - C. 1980
Located in Chatham, ON
MIKE MATAS - Vintage folk art hand-carved pine model of a whale - mounted by two brass pins to the base - finished with a semi-gloss varnish - signed and dated - possibly from the ea...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$490 Sale Price
30% Off
Baule Antelope Human Wood Old Heddle Loom Pulley Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule antelope-human wood old weaving heddle loom pulley. From Ivory Coast, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its ag...
Category
Ivorian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Giant Bayer Pill Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental vintage Bayer pill in cream plaster/ceramic. 7" diameter. Likely used as a store display. Whimsical desktop object or paperweight. Black felted bottom. Great piece of art ...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Paint
$750 / set
Ko Verzuu for Ado, Mid-Century Modern, Wood Car Construction Netherlands Toy
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Toy designed by Ko Verzuu, circa 1950.
Manufactured by ADO in Netherlands.
Blue trailer with wooden wheel and set of blocks.
Signed with an ADO metal plate.
In good origina...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$618 Sale Price
35% Off
1900s, Gilt Framed Madonna of the Chair Painting Print on Wood
Located in Germantown, MD
The Madonna Della Sedia commonly known as the Madonna of the chair is a painting by an Italian artist Raphael dating back to 1513 -1514. It is currently hou...
Category
Italian Classical Roman 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Giltwood
$1,102 Sale Price
30% Off
Maria H. Rahmer Figural Ceramic Sculpture
By Maria Rahmer
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous and large Maria H. Rahmer (1911-1998) figural sculpture of a boy holding fruit circa 1930s from Hungary. Great ceramic condition with signature H. Rahmer on the side of the ...
Category
Hungarian Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$800 Sale Price
57% Off
Folk Art Bag, Made by Coca Cola Crown Caps, Burkina Faso, Late 80’s
Located in Milan, IT
A small funny and unusual folk Art bag, made by Coca Cola crown caps wired together. Burkina Faso, late 80s.
Category
Burkinabe 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Equine Decoupage Decorated Dairy Farm Milk Jug
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical decoupage decorated New England dairy farm lidded milk jug or bottle. Features an equine motif with images and labels of horses over a lacquered g...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$675 Sale Price
25% Off
Shoji Hamada Japanese Mingei Pottery Plate with Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, unique plate by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, a fine early example of his iron pigment brushed and glazed bamboo hakeme motif. The original Hamada stamped or sealed and signed box is included. Rare to find such a beautiful piece in such impeccable condition with its original signed box.
This work is sure to shine in any collection or setting.
Shoji Hamada was designated a Living National Treasure in Japan in 1955. In 1968 he received Japan's highest artistic award the Order of Culture. His work can be found in collections and museums worldwide including Tokyo’s Japan Folk Art Museum and The Tate Museum...
Category
Japanese Showa 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Monumental Brutalist Ashtray by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor, 1950s
Located in View Park, CA
A green glow: monumental vintage Italian brutalist hand-worked metal ashtray by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor, made in Italy circa 1950. Patinated copper in tones of chartreuse, teal, and pewter. Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni wed ancient Italian pottery technique with decidedly Modernist elements, garnering tremendous acclaim both at home and abroad - his work has been collected by important museums worldwide. When Fantoni died in Florence in 2011 at the age of 95, his obituary in the Italian newspaper La Nazione hailed him “the master of beauty.” This stunning piece certainly justifies the moniker. With the signature etched on verso, it is without doubt an heirloom rarity for the savvy collector...
Category
Italian Brutalist 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$240 Sale Price
63% Off
Central African Buffalo Slit Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
This large animal sculpture is actually a traditional African slit drum, a percussive instrument commonly carved from a single block of wood. Comprised of a hollow resonance chamber ...
Category
African Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Eduardo Chillida, Composition 1990, Signed, Spain
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002),
Composition 1990, Black felt pen on paper,
Dedicated: "Pour Jean-Claude Duret, Cordialement",
Signed in the bottom right corner, Spain.
Measures: 37 x...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The fired bowl features a vast array of shifting, vibrant, and colo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Vintage 20th Century Wooden Crucifix with Christ Figure in Spelter - 2Y189
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage 20th-century crucifix is a beautiful and reverent piece, featuring a wooden cross and a Christ figure made of spelter. It would make a meaningful addition to any religio...
Category
French Empire 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Spelter
$339 Sale Price
75% Off
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
Two-toned Palace Size Vintage Northwest Tribal Heriz Rug, c.1950's
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Two-Toned Palace size Vintage Northwest Tribal Heriz Sun-Kissed with Reds, Softer Rusty Clays, with Fantastic Blues & Salmon
About: Unbelievable size - this piece has been sun-kissed with nearly half a rustier and softer clay that meets some slightly darker truer reds that are still subtle in their own right. Fantastic blues with denim, sky, navy, indigo, french, and even oxford blues that meet lots of nice camels, mocha, caramel, espresso, honey, and buffered by salmon and lots of antique...
Category
Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Midcentury Organic Wood Turned Vase Sculpure
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made, organic natural wood-turned weed vase by famed American / California (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. This work has such a great heft and textur...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bamun Copper Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Composed of fifteen miniature heads welded onto a circular form, this intricate necklace is styled after the prestige collars worn by royalty of the Kingdom of Bamum, a pre-colonial ...
Category
Cameroonian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$1,680
20th Century Vintage Hungarian Flag by Bulldog, Cotton Bunting, American Made
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 100% cotton bunting Hungarian flag with metal grommets, made by Bulldog in Verona, New Jersey. Heavy woven fabric with bold color.
Measures exactly 32.25" high x 58" wid...
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Japanese Antique Wooden Board, "Abstract Sculptures", Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This wooden antique board is from the Meiji period.
It is made of lauan wood.
Years of use and age have given it a beautiful appearance.
Hang it o...
Category
Meiji 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
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
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$420 Sale Price
65% Off
JFK MLK RFK- NO MORE DREAMS, Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
JFK MLK RFK- NO MORE DREAMS
Purvis Young (1989-1999)
A moving mourning work, depicting a funeral procession of John F. Kennedy, Martin L. King and Robert F. Kennedy.
Painted ...
Category
North American Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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