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P. VILLENEUVE - 'Les Patineurs' - Framed Watercolor Painting - Canada - C.1993
Located in Chatham, ON
PIERRETTE VILLENEUVE (b.1944 - Aboriginal Metis Huron Wendat) - 'Les Patineurs - Canal Rideau' (The Ice Skaters - Rideau Canal) - Vintage watercolor painting on paper - original meta...
Category
Canadian Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Songbird and Daisies Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Tiles Enamel Wall Decoration c1960
By Vallauris
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Songbird and Daisies enamel and glazed ceramic tiles wall decoration, Vallauris, France c1960's
Vibrantly coloured enamel and glaze.
Signed Vallauris
...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Zabihi Collection Northwest Persian Apple Green Sky Blue Accent Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
1920s Northwest Persian Rug in vivid blues and greens
Details
rug no. j3049
size 4' 9" x 7' (145 x 213 cm)
Category
Persian Malayer 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Framed Yellow Cabs Sign c.1940-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage Yellow Cabs sign framed with a thick wooden frame.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1950.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Mat Board, Wood.
C...
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle.
Great condition.
Category
American Adirondack 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hemp, Natural Fiber
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Indian weaving bolster pillow. Down and feather insert and zippered case.
Measures: 21 x 35.
Category
American Navajo 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Nahua Pottery Chililico Hidalgo Mexican Folk Art Animal Candleholders
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming pair of two rare and whimsical indigenous Nahua peoples pottery animal folk art candleholders.
Handmade in the village of Chililico, Hidalgo, Central Mexico, primiti...
Category
Mexican Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Mud Cloth 'Bogolanfini', Mali, Bamana People, Mid-20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A mud cloth (Bogolanfini),
Mali, Bamana People
mid-20th century.
Hand woven 'discharge dyed' cotton
Approximately 71 x 52 in. (180cm. x 132cm.)
A dazzling geometric pattern...
Category
Malian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Rajasthani Indian Hand Painted Wood Jewelry Dowry Box
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Rajasthani Indian vaulted dowry jewelry box, hand painted with Indian lovers enjoying each other, while beautiful court musicians accompany them ...
Category
Indian Agra 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Carved Wood Storage Chest Box
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved wooden Indian tribal storage chest box with hand-wrought iron hinges and straps, and handle. Early 20th century, Northern India.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Genuine carved wooden comb from the Baule / Baoule tribe ivory coast, early 1900
By Baule Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine carved wooden comb with a janushead (double head) in a fine carving
Each side have a different face
Warm tribal aged patina
early 1900
Heigth 16 cm
Category
Ivorian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Collection of 8 Antique American Cloth Sad Irons, Rare & Collectibles, Set of 8
Located in Bochum, NRW
A beautiful collection of eight antique clothes irons / sad irons.
They are oval-shaped and feature a cast iron base with a detachable wood handle.
Ma...
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$645 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging sumptuously glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color,...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Horace Elliott London Arts & Crafts Studio Pottery Blue Glazed Flower Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and stunning Arts & Crafts studio pottery vase of twisted floral shape made in London by Horace Elliott (British, 1851-1938) dating from the...
Category
English Arts and Crafts 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Beautiful Viechtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th century w...
Category
Austrian Black Forest Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
1960’s Vintage Beaded Bag
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Funky lady beg beautifully made of colourful cluster of beads, with motifs of flower and leafs, on old velvet background.
This bag was not made to store any items as you see in the ...
Category
Unknown Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Velvet, Beads
Authentic African Zebra Skin Drum
Located in Malibu, CA
Drum, African Tamtam Engoma from Uganda. The 50's
20th century African tribal drum. Made using a zebra skin, the drum has great sound.
A multifunctional piece can also be used as an ...
Category
Ugandan Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Zebra Hide, Hardwood
$1,046 Sale Price
25% Off
Norwegian Folk Costumes 'Norske Folkedragter' 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Norwegian Folk Costumes (Norske Folkedragter) by Einar Lexow and Joh. F.L. Dreiers. Norsk Folkemuseum, 1913. 1st Ed hardcover. Norwegian traditional dress ...
Category
Norwegian Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Small Greek Bronze Brass Theatre Mask Wall Hang Decorative 1970s Vintage Art
Located in London, GB
This is a small Greek theatre mask made of bronze, from the 1970s, designed to be mounted on a wall.
The mask has exaggerated facial expressions typical of Ancient Greek theatrical ...
Category
Greek Archaistic Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Harry V. Shourds Signed Vintage Antique Wood Duck Decoy Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic hand-carved and painted wood duck decoy (possibly a New Jersey Bluebill) by Harry V. Shourds.
The piece is signed/branded on the underside.
Would be a great additio...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Unusual Round Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual French round rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measures: width / 11.5 inches.
height / 21 inches.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Folk Art Corn on the Cob Trade Sign, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Corn on the Cob Trade Sign, circa 1950, a hand cut and painted masonite sign in the form of an ear of corn advertising "Hot Buttered Corn on the Cob 65¢." Classic an...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Masonite
Maud Lewis 1975 Sleigh Ride in Winter Oil on panel
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
Maud LEWIS (1903-1970)
Sleighs passing through a village of red and yellow houses.
Oil on panel.
Signed lower right.
25.5 × 30.5 cm
Provenance:
-Acquired directly from the artist by ...
Category
Canadian Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Masonite
Red-Toned Wooden Vintage Abstract Animal Sculpture, Swedish Mid Century Handmade
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely wooden sculpture designed in Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is repaired. The designer is unknown.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Fine Vintage silver Turquoise Cuff bracelet ethnographic tribal jewellery
Located in London, GB
Fine Indian Vintage silver Turquoise Cuff bracelet ethnographic tribal jewellery
A vintage silver Cuff bracelet with multiple Turquoise cabochons
High grade silver
Category
Indian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Dog Nutcracker
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1163 Cast Aluminum dog nutcracker.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$275
1960's Solid Wood Hand Carved Primitive Totem Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully hand crafted solid wood totemic sculpture with detailed features highlighting its authentic presence. This unique piece meshes style and art into a eye catching and taste...
Category
Primitive 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Statue from the Baoule/Baule tribe, Ivory Coast, first half 20th century
By Baule Tribe
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
Double Sided Vintage Marlboro Light Up Cigarette Pack, 1990s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the perfect Americana statement piece to add interest to any interior. This incredible vintage advertising light up box by Marlboro is eye-catching showpiece. These lights we...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage 20th-Century Japanese Brass Crane Sculpture - 2Y382
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This elegant Japanese crane sculpture from the 20th century is crafted from brass and offers a sophisticated accent to any decor. Perfect for collectors of vintage Asian art or anyon...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$203 Sale Price
65% Off
Large Rustic XXth Century Design Brown and Grey Ceramic Pitcher Lohoff La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Lohoff (Montreau Lohoff)
Realised in La Borne circa 1960.
Large stoneware ceramic pitcher.
Unique handmade piece.
Signed under the base.
Original perfect condition.
...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Owl Sculpture on Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage ceramic owl sculpture on stand with glass eyes.
Category
English Chesterfield 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
$423 Sale Price
34% Off
Art Nouveau walking stick, silver guilt knob with leaves, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Art Nouveau walking stick: curved gilded silver knob, depicting leaves in relief. Snakewood shaft. Brass ferrule. France circa 1900.
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Brass
Original 1952 Chanel Advertisement from Femina Magazine – Framed Vintage Fashion
By Chanel
Located in Hamburg, DE
This original vintage advertisement, taken from the French magazine Femina dated 1952, is a rare and charming piece of fashion history. It is not a reproduction or reprint, but an au...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Japanese Big Antique Blue And White Hand-Painted Good Fortune Money Cat
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan a rare large-scale and lovely hand-painted blue and white ceramic Maneki Neko good fortune money cat.
It is from the Arita/ imari kilns and dates to the early 20th century.
Notice the intricate detailed blue painting on white porcelain of this cat's eyes, body, necklace, and tail.
Dimensions: Big 15.5 inches tall and 7inches wide.
This comes from a very fine Kyoto area collection.
Handsome hand painted blue detail replete with a necklace with bells and bows.
Old original patina from appropriate age.
An earlier work of art that is hard to find in this size and quality.
Handmade and hand-painted.
Only one.
History:
The Maneki-Neko (Japanese literally -beckoning cat) - is a common Japanese figurine (lucky charm, talisman) which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. In Modern Times, they are usually made of ceramic or plastic. Wooden examples are few and far between. The figurine depicts a cat (traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed in—often at the entrance of—shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses. The maneki-neko is sometimes also called the welcoming cat, lucky cat, money cat, happy cat...
Category
Japanese Taisho 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$760 Sale Price
52% Off
Vintage Italian Ceramic Lemon Tree in Basket
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramic Lemon Tree in Basket. Piece features a lush arrangement of hand-painted bright yellow lemons with glossy green leaves, all set in a finely modeled wo...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
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 Memph...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Fine Portrait Mask Tall Hair Design Baule People Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine portrait kpwan mask with tall braided hair design, dark to black patina, from the Baule People Ivory Coast Africa, ex Fearing.
Well carved features, curved slit eyes, open mout...
Category
Ivorian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign, "The Ship"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a British brigantine or two-mast sailing ship featuring flags with St. George's cross, entitled: The Ship.
A very f...
Category
English 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Great Wooden Carved Plaque with Stag Family, Brienz 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Wooden Carved Plaque with Stag Family, Brienz 1900s
A great walnut wall panel with an artistically carved scene showing a family of stags in t...
Category
Swiss Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Pepsi-Cola Enameled Metal Advertising Sign, Europe, 1970s
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic Pepsi-Cola advertising sign made of enameled metal, dating from the 1970s.
The design incorporates the classic logo with red cursive lettering, set against a wavy background ...
Category
Italian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Early 20th C Ohio Amish Plain Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine quilted Ohio Amish plain quilt is in a purple cotton and inner mint green borders.The quilting is very fine and the quilt is in pristine condition. Super rare colors and a ...
Category
American Country Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$3,916 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Bamboo and Wicker Fruit Basket/Folk Art
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-265 handmade bamboo and wicker fruit basked with dark wicker woven bottom.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo
$270 Sale Price
60% Off
Zabihi Collection American Navajo Blanket
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th century American Navajo blanket rug
Details
rug no. r5834
size 1' 4" x 3' 1" (41 x 94 cm)
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Boat Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Boat Model
The Pilote Niviere is a French working vessel which sailed from the early part of the 20th century to th...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Suffragette Plate, "Deeds Not Words" & "Votes for Women", The Only Known Example
Located in York County, PA
ENGLISH PORCELAIN SUFFRAGETTE PLATE WITH "DEEDS, NOT WORDS" AND "VOTES FOR WOMEN" SLOGANS, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, CA 1905-1918
English porcelain plate, made for the Women's Suffrage movement in the U.K. One-of-a-kind among presently known examples, this wonderful Arts & Crafts design features a green, frog-like pattern around the border, surrounding violet and green or daisies, on a polka dot green background. Interspersed between the flowers are the words "Votes for Women" and, in Latin, the phrase "Facta non Verba...
Category
English 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
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
Vintage Gianni Versace Silk Rug: Mandarin's Garden Collection by Atelier Versace
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This vintage Gianni Versace collection rug, titled "Mandarin's Garden Silk", was designed and manufactured by Atelier Versace circa 1980. Measuring 200 x 200, this luxurious silk rug...
Category
Italian Chinese Export Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed on base with incised signature by Voulkos.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramists of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary.
Doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
billard pokerballs aramith belgium 1970s
Located in Wien, AT
billard pokerballs aramith belgium 1970s
Original condition
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Polyester
Antique Folk Art Carnival Attraction Hand Painted Sign circa 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1677 Hand painted carnival sign world's tallest man and Tom tump
In a pediment frame
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Antique Portuguese Pottery Palissy Style Majolica Lobster Wall Dish Plate, 1900
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Palissy Ware style Portuguese majolica wall plate, circa 1900.
The plate decorated with a large lobster to the center resting on a textu...
Category
Portuguese 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Monumental Native American Hand Carved, Painted & Signed Totem Pole
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The monumental hand carved totem pole depicting a winged bird atop a figure and surmounted on a fox or bear holding a fish prey. Hand painted predomi...
Category
North American Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dan Mask Max Granick Provenance
By Dan People
Located in Sharon, CT
Purchased from the estate of Max Granick. Granick had a frame shop on
56st and in addition to being one of the great framers of midcentury NY
was a partner with John Graham offering ...
Category
Liberian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Leather Horse Animal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful all leather horse animal sculpture, in the Ralph Lauren style, circa late-20th century. This hand-crafted piece is clad in a light ...
Category
American American Classical 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Vintage Pal Kepenyes Bronze/Brass Necklace, 20th Century
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Pal Kepenyes bronze/brass necklace, 20th century.
This Hungarian born artist worked in Mexico for decades, known for free-form sculptural jewelry...
Category
Mexican Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Thai Asian Large Carved Wood Gilt Lacquer Kneeling Praying Temple Shrine Figure
Located in Studio City, CA
Truly, a wonderful piece. We gravitated towards it upon first sight. Very well done, beautiful detail and coloring. Quite unusual and rare in this pose. Very well preserved. We have ...
Category
Thai 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Traditional Japanese Batik (Wasarasa)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Traditional Japanese Batik (Wasarasa)
Western inspired Japanese batik (wasarasa) designs became increasingly popular during the latter part of the Meiji (1868~1911) and Tais...
Category
Japanese Taisho 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Van Kilim Eastern Anatolian Old Rug Turkish Natural Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Eastern Anatolian Antique, old Kilim from the Van region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Van lies on the southeast side of Lake Van, which is the largest wat...
Category
Turkish Kilim 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Yellowthrows Viechtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird Black Forest Folk Art Austria 1900
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian early 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th cen...
Category
Austrian Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
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