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Period: 20th Century
Vintage Old Village Rug Wool Hand Knotted Konya Central Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Semi-old Carpet from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible carpet has wonderful special colors and textur...
Category
Turkish Oushak 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Cotton
Native American Yakama Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yakama polychrome gathering basket. Fully imbricated, one flat side, having a geometric chevron design. Exceptional piece that would display nicely in any handmade indigenous basketr...
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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
$2,316 Sale Price
20% Off
Pond Model made in 1930 of a yacht used to navigate ponds
Located in Milan, IT
Model made in the 1930s of a yacht used for sailing in ponds. Original masts, rigging and sails, beautiful wooden hull with original paint, plumbed keel, wood and brass support tai...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pablo Picasso 'Jacqueline' Lythograph Limited Hand Numbered
Located in Southampton, NJ
A beautiful depiction by Pablo Picasso of his final muse Jacqueline Roque with matted frame.
Hand numbered 183/375 as part of the limited series of lith...
Category
Italian Expressionist Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage 20th Century Ceramic Cheese Platter – Perrette et le Pot au Lai - 2Y497
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage 20th-century ceramic cheese platter, titled "Perrette et le Pot au Lait," is a charming and functional piece of French tableware. Measuring 5.7 inches (14.5 cm) in heigh...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1960 Christian Dior Hat
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this rare 1960 Christian Dior hat, circa 1960.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Folk Art Brutalist Flower Vase, 1970s
Located in San Carlos, CA
Cool Brutalist Folk Art vase with an asymmetrical design, nice and unusual patterns and a gorgeous blue and purple drip-glazed finish.
This Mid-Century Modern vase is in very good...
Category
American Brutalist Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$143 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Weather-Bird Shoes SSP Neon
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage porcelain base neon sign advertising Weather-Bird Shoes, a line of outdoor waterproof shoes manufactured by Peters, Division of International Shoe Co., St. Louis, MO.
This p...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
3 Dimensional Cow Form Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
20th Century three dimensional copper cow form weather vane with excellent patina. 27" x21"
Period: 20th Century
Origin: US
Size: 27" x 21"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gal...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Wood & Rope Oval Gueridon Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Oval Mid-Century wood & rope gueridon Audoux Minet, Circa 1960.
Height / 19 inches.
Diameter / 23 inches by 15.5 inches.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Female Kifwebe Mask with old collection label, Luba-Songye People, DR Congo
Located in Leuven , BE
Traditionally, Kifwebe masks were created and worn by members of the secret masking society, Bwadi Bwa Kifwebe, of the Luba and the Songye People living in the central part of the Co...
Category
Congolese 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Folk Art Driftwood Horse Head Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial sculpture of a horse's head is unsigned, but believed to have been made in Canada in circa 1980. The sculpture is made completely of pieces of driftwood...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Driftwood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Hand-Forged Iron Currency, Southern Chad, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century iron currency, kurr, Sara-Madjingaye peoples, Southern Chad.
These rare currencies have a wonderfully minimalist anthropomorphic form, but were inspired...
Category
Chadian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Circa 1900 French Wallpaper Printing Roll
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1900 wallpaper printing roll from France made from pine.
Category
French Industrial Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1981 California Highway Lodging Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive vintage California lodging sign. Large blue sign with white lettering and white trim. Letters and trim have reflective pieces. Great coloring and condition. Fantastic piece o...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Wall Sconces 2-Arm Silvered Repousse Heart Crestings
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A charming pair of silvered, Repousse, wall sconces with heart motif Crestings each with two arms
- Naïve charm with the heart motifs and stylised leaves and berries
- The silver...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
A Kidoumou Mask by Teke Tsayi Tribe Africa 1980's
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A Kidoumou Mask by Teke Tsayi Tribe Africa 1980's
Beautiful colours and patina.
Late work from Congo
Report : Base is not included
Category
Congolese Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Boat Model Collection
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art Boat Model Collection
Every now and again something truly amazing comes along, this is true in this amazing collection of...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique French Toleware Cachepot or Planter Painted with a Don Quixote Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Toleware cachepot or planter.
Decorated to both sides with a scene of Don Quixote and his companion Sancho riding atop a horse and ...
Category
French Empire Revival 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Enameled USSR Soviet Parachute Badges and Knights Templar Cross c.1955-1968
Located in San Francisco, CA
Collection of 5 enameled USSR Soviet parachute badges. Two instructor badges: #500 and #10 with the number of jumper hangers attached and three parachute badges. One is missing the h...
Category
Russian Industrial 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Mid Century Art Deco Skyscraper Rocket Folk Art Wooden Floor Lamp
Located in Bernville, PA
Magnificent mid century Art Deco skyscraper rocket Folk Art wooden floor lamp. Skyscraper light fixture and rocket sit atop of an incredibly detailed ...
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage 20th Century French Table Liqueur Set – Barrel and 6 Small Cups - 2Y481
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage 20th-century French table liqueur set is a charming and decorative piece, perfect for collectors or as a unique display item. The set includes a wooden barrel and six sm...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage Stag Horn Carving Set Solingen, Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Stag Horn Carving Set Solingen, Germany
A rustic carving set consisting of fork and knife. The handles are made of genuine stag horn and feature ...
Category
German Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Navajo Carpet, Oriental Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Red, Black, Ivory, Bold
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade items for over 150 years. Commercial production of handwoven blankets and rugs has been an important element of the Navajo economy. As one expert expresses it, "Classic Navajo serapes...
Category
American Navajo 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$7,999 Sale Price
20% Off
Traditional Hardwood Crocodile Carving, Nigeria, cira 1970s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Decorative Folk Art hand-carved hardwood crocodile, with lots of details in the carving. Nigeria, circa 1970s.
Category
Nigerian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Hand Stitched Quilt Geometric Folk Art Tulips King Queen Blanket Bedspread
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage hand stitched king sized quilt featuring gray-green, mauve and white floral cotton in blocks framing quartets of tulips on the front, a navy bl...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$300 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Felt
20Th c Signed Bronze Bald Eagle Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc hand made bronze sculpture of a bald eagle in fine as found condition.This is so well constructed and very heavy.
Category
American American Classical Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$3,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Compelling American Hooked Scatter Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
A compelling Mid-20th Century American hooked rug.
Measures: 3'2" x 5'11''.
Category
American Country 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
Mid-Century Rope Sconce Sphere Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce sphere with white opaline shade Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Opaline Glass
Vintage Rya Carpet, Swedish Rug, Colorful
Located in Port Washington, NY
1960s Swedish Rya rug with a colorful, plush wool pile. Size: 4'6" X 6'7".
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$2,399 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Hand-Made Iron Rooster
Located in Chicago, IL
A mischievous 20th century American folk art rooster sculpture with a wonderful disposition, and beautiful rusted finish. Perfect indoors or out!
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Stoneware Glazed Ceramic Vase circa 1980 French Handmade
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
French handmade ceramic vase with ceramic glaze colors,
circa 1980.
Perfect condition.
Signed under the base.
Dimensions: 23 x 19 x 19cm.
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Turkish Pictorial Anatolian Runner
Located in New York, NY
A decorative one of a kind colorful mid 20th-century turkish runner featuring animals and humans
Measures: 3' x 10'11''
Category
Turkish Georgian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Hand Painted Duck Decoy Antique German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector. Well used by a previous hunter t...
Category
German Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Burmese Wooden Teak Nat Statue Spirit Guardians Pair, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
These statues are adorned wood-carved Burmese Mandalay 'Nat' Spirits from the early 20th century. Nats were worshipped by the Burmese people, depicted as supernatural guardians they ...
Category
Burmese Other 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Teak
Vintage Pennsylvania Amish “Indian Hatchet” Patchwork Youth Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
An exceptional mid-20th century Amish youth quilt from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, hand-stitched in the traditional “Indian Hatchet” pattern. This vibrant and visually dynamic pa...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,875 Sale Price
51% Off
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Fox and Goose Cut Out on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century American Folk Art tin cutout captures a moment of exhilarating pursuit: a sleek fox in hot pursuit of a large white goose, its wings flailing in startled flig...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Seminole Doll Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Impressive Seminole doll collection of 226 dolls. A three-generation collection. Ex. Bonhams. Ranging in sizes from 2" to 22". Can never be put together again. Would bring 2x if sold...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
$45,000
Two Tribal Bronze Konga Anklet Leg Band
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
An early 20th century antique African tribal leg band (ankle bracelet),
These leg bands were both currency and status symbols for the Mongo tribe of northwest Congo.
They were ma...
Category
Congolese Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$1,850 / set
Powerful Early Classic Cubist Wood Standing Bobo Fing Figure Africa Ex J. Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful early cubist carved wood standing female figure from the Bobo-Fing of Burkina Faso, Africa. Created early 20th century. Ex private collection Texas, originally acquired from James Willis...
Category
Liberian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,150 Sale Price
30% Off
Stunning Original Haitian Folk Art Masterpiece by Philippe Dodard
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Immerse yourself in the captivating beauty of Haitian culture with this breathtaking original acrylic painting on canvas by the celebrated artist Philippe Dodard, signed and dated 19...
Category
Haitian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Church Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch built Church model
We share what we love, and we love this scratch-built pine model of a church. Hand carved detail with gla...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Zabihi Collection Floral Botanical American Hooked Oval Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
A compelling Mid-20th Century American hooked oval size floral botanical rug
Measures: 6'8" x 9'7''.
Category
American Country 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
1920s Navajo Crystal Trading Post Rug, Handwoven Wool, Natural & Aniline Dyes
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite circa 1920s Navajo (Diné) Crystal Trading Post rug is a superb example of early 20th-century Southwestern textile artistry. Handwoven from high-quality native wool, th...
Category
American Native American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 1981 and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Nidervillier "Ecume" Hand-Decorated Plate or Trinket Tray, Made in France, 2Y109
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This magnificent piece from Nidervillier, known for its intricate craftsmanship, serves as both a plate and a trinket tray. The "Ecume" design showcases a hand-decorated bicolore pat...
Category
French Empire 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$247 Sale Price
75% Off
Mid Century Side Nesting Tables Walnut Wood, France, circa 1955
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of 3 brutalist nesting tables in solid wood, France, circa 1950.
Great set of tables that can either be used as a nest or a cluster.
The have a particularly nice wood grain ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Surrealist Inuit Basalt Sculpture of Two Faces
Located in Round Top, TX
A fine mid 20th C. Inuit sculpture from a remote Arctic village. A very lively expressive carving of two faces in basalt stone. Signed in Inuktitut syllabics; we have not determined ...
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Rare Antique Distressed Carousel Horse on Iron Stand Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fantastic antique found unpainted carousel horse form having distressed wood, amazing character, and handsome custom iron stand. Makes a stunning folk art sculpture with monochromat...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,555 Sale Price
30% Off
West Point Pennant with Striking Colors and Graphics, ca 1940-1950
Located in York County, PA
WEST POINT PENNANT WITH STRIKING COLOR & GRAPHICS, WWII ERA - 1950's
Triangular pennant, made for the United States Military Academy at West Point, with exceptional colors and graph...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Felt
Mid-Century Rope Pendant Chandelier Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope sphere pendant or chandelier Audoux Minet, circa 1960 with white opaline glass.
Height / 13" the lamp ,total 25.5" with the rope, diameter / 12 inches.
Nautical style.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Glass
Pair of Carved Wood Nautilus Shells
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century nautilus sculptures or objects of art carved from mahogany in a stylized form with a dark lush finish.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$3,600 / set
Gelede Headdress, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gelede festivals honor the creative and dangerous power of women elders, female ancestors and goddesses known as "our mothers". The Gelede headdress often consists of two parts, a lo...
Category
Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Akha Hill Tribe Silver Cuff Bracelet, Golden Triangle
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A large Akha Tribe woven silver bracelet with spiral design. This Tribal bracelet encompasses tradition Hill tribe silversmithing techniques with each silve...
Category
Thai Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Tonala Mexico Bird Jar with Lid, Signed Hand-painted 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Ceramic cylinder-shaped jar features Folk Art style decor with highly detailed floral motifs and garlands, repeating on both front and back sides of the jar. The lid is decorated wit...
Category
Mexican Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Arts & Crafts Hand Crafted Tiled Plaque with a Oak Frame 1970
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Arts and Crafts hand crafted art tiles framed in oak. Central tile is of an American Indian on horseback in repose. Bronze colored tile framed by 12 square blue glazed tiles. We had ...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Oak
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Wood Erzgebirge, Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Wooden nutcracker Tiroler figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, ...
Category
German Country 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Set of 7 Mexican Children Wrestling Masks
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Original Vintage Set of 7 Mexican Children Wrestling Masks.
Found from an old factory that manufactured masks for wrestling shows for the Arena Mexico. Made from fantas...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
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Peggy Guggenheim Loved Modernism, but She Also Collected Tribal Art
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