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George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Smoking Pipe
Located in Pomona, CA
This Chinese Cloisonne smoking pipe features a long, slender stem decorated with colorful cloisonné enamel, a technique involving colored-glass paste placed within metal enclosures. ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Green Swirl Ceramic Touring Pottery Folk Art Pot in Green and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful green, brown, and cream touring pot or planter. This piece is glazed on the interior in rich emerald verdigris blue-green glaze and will be perfect for use as a planter.
Bottom reads in black:
Made in Cripple Creek...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
US Post Office Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive US Post Office Highway sign from the south. Steel sign with reflective lettering. Great coloring and graphics. Good vintage condition. Measure: 7 ...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Modernist Abstract Ecuadorian Tapestry / Wall Hanging Designed by Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Modernist Abstract Ecuadorian Tapestry / wall hanging designed by Olga Fisch....
Of Hungarian origin, Olga Fisch (1901-1991) emigrated in...
Category
Ecuadorean Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ngombe Throwing Knife, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
With its many blades and dramatic form, this impressive throwing knife would have been a status symbol and a form of currency among the Ngombe peoples o...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Primitive Antique South American Pre-Columbian Folk Art Ocarina Bird Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
An interesting and rather unusual primitive Pre-Columbian style Native South or Central American (Mesoamerican) primitive bird sculpture/ instrument. We believe this piece is a hand...
Category
South American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Pottery, Paint
Artisan abstract nail art, Netherlands 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Abstract artisan folk art wall hanging. It is made of wood with nails hammered into it in a rectangular grid. The nails are hammered in at differ...
Category
Dutch Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$902 Sale Price
57% Off
Antique 20th Century Egyptian Stone Sculpture, Bas-Relief - 2Y530
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This antique Egyptian stone sculpture from the 20th century is an original work of art crafted with remarkable skill. Featuring a bas-relief design, it captures the timeless elegance...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Set of 2 1960s Geometric Carved Low Slung Tribal Palaver Chief Chairs
Located in Izegem, VWV
Authentic hand carved African low chairs with geometric patterns. Constructed by hand and assembled with dowels.
These were made in the Mid-1960s ...
Category
Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Handwoven Moroccan Berber Pillow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan ethnic handwoven tribal throw pillow made from a vintage rug.
The front of this Berber pillow and the back are made from a different rug, fron...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Elva Nampeyo Signed Native American Indian Hopi Tewa Pueblo Pottery Bowl Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, large, hand-crafted Hopi-Tewa Pueblo/Hopi First Mesa pottery bowl by famed Native American potter/artist Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985) (also known as Elva Tewaguna...
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large Opaline Glass Pub Signs “Draught Beers” Saved During Refurbishment
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Opaline Glass Pub Signs “Draught Beers”
Saved During Refurbishment, these very good quality signs are framed in solid Walnut, the signs “DRAUGHT” & “BEERS” are on very attra...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass
Pair Black Forest Carved Hanging Game Plaques
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matched pair of Black Forest linden wood hanging game plaques. One with chamois and grouse, the other red stag and fox. Both complete with rifle and game ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$28,000 / set
Phil Rogers, Tall Stoneware Tenmoku Bottle Vase
Located in London, GB
Folded handles, incised rippling design
H50 cm
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Large Primitive Shrine or Roof Guardian
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Large Primitive Carved Wood Shrine or Roof Guardian, well weathered surface & beautifully sculptural. Western Nepal Circa 1900
Category
Nepalese 20th Century 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 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
A Swiss Black Forest gnome matchstick holder/striker made in 1916
Located in Central England, GB
This superb small Black Forest hand-carved lime wood novelty match holder features a standing gnome wearing a tall peaked hat, tunic, and long beard.
This little fellow is standing ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Black Forest Mirror with Rustic Bear Carvings, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique black forest mirror with rustic bear carvings ca. 1900
A large crescent vanity mirror in a handcarved wooden frame featuring two ...
Category
German Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pig Carved Wooden Carousel Figure: Antique
Located in Mortsel, BE
Add a touch of whimsy to your space with this charming antique carousel figure featuring a carved wooden pig. Crafted with precision and mounted on a sturdy metal base, this carousel piece showcases the craftsmanship of yesteryears. Perfect for collectors and those who appreciate the timeless appeal of vintage carousel art...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old mask from the Javanese masks theatre ‘wayang topeng’: carved from hard wood, and painted on the front side. The mask shows clear traces of ...
Category
Indonesian Other 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
1958 Brass "Not Under Command" Ship's Anchor Lantern by Nippon Sento Co. LTD
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's anchor lantern with glass Fresnel lens. Wired with electricity. Japanese maker's badge from by Nippon Sento Co. LTD, Tokyo, Japan, dated 1958. Meticulously polishe...
Category
Japanese Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique 1920's French Female Art Bust Mannequin
Located in Las Vegas, NV
INCREDIBLE. I use that word to describe only the befitting, and this piece truly is. Currently a piece in our personal collection, this female mannequin style bust on stand was pur...
Category
Minimalist 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Dan Gagon, Dance Mask, Ivory Coast, Africa
Located in Stockholm, SE
An african Dan Gabon dance mask. Ivory Coast.
Wood, fur and metal.
Good condition. Signs of wear. Visible marks.
Category
Ivorian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Wood
Ceramic Mask by N Dala, Congo, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful ceramic mask by N. Dala. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Perfect original conditions, 1975.
Category
Congolese Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
$2,375 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses (Box 3)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. The set consists of four brown toned , one white toned and one grey toned Appaloosa . Sizes vary by inches. Not all are exactly the same...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
$476 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Eskimo Model Kayak, Wood Covered with Seal Skin, Lined with Bone
Located in Leuven , BE
What makes this model so special is that all the hunting devices are still present: spears, harpoons, spear thrower, wood float board, and bladder, paddles and other equipment used for seal hunting. Please note how well these are made in a stunning combination of wood and bone and lashed on deck under bone and sinew spear securers. Despite the kayak frame...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Mbuti Ituri traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth
By OTHR
Located in Zemst, BE
Mbuti Ituri (Congo) traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth.
+/- 1920
These cloths we're made from the inside of the bark of the Ficus latex tree.
After been prepared and dryed, ...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art, Handcarved wooden wall decoration
Located in Herentals, BE
Beautiful hand-carved wooden work in high relief by Belgian woodcarver Lucien Janssens (1933-2024). This unique piece from 1989 shows an atmospheric rural scene, with a shepherd, his...
Category
Belgian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
"La Crianza" by Aurelio Arteta, Enamel on Porcelain Hand Painted with Silver
By Aurelio Arteta
Located in Braintree, GB
Aurelio Arteta Errasti (2 December 1879, Bilbao - 10 November 1940,
Mexico City) was a Basque painter who worked in several styles;
including Symbolism, Cubism and Social Realism. ...
Category
Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Antique Isparta Kilim Rug Wool Old Vintage Central Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian Antique Kilim, from the Isparta region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colors and ...
Category
Turkish Kilim 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Historical B/W Photograph of Native American Navajo Pottery Makers
Located in Miami, FL
A Window into History: 1922 Portrait by Odile Bouligny
This captivating black and white photograph, captured in 1922 by renowned French photographer Odile Bouligny, offers a glimpse into a bygone era. The image portrays a mother and daughter, both Navajo pottery...
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$2,900 Sale Price
41% Off
20th Century Pedigree Airedale Terrier Relief Carved Best in Show Panel
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Wonderful 20th century relief carved Airedale terrier best in show award plaque, winning rosette to the left and the winners trophy to the right. The Winn...
Category
British 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Hand Crafted Mechanical Mallard Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare Early 20th Century Hand Crafted Mechanical Mallard Duck Decoy, circa 1920s, by an unknown "factory" decoy maker. The decoy bears a close resemblance to the Evans Standard Grade ...
Category
American Sporting Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Long 'Dead End' Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage highway sign. Dead End Rd. Over 3 feet long. Cool vintage sign with good subject matter. Reflective material.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Early Concrete Lamb Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc concrete sculpture of a lamb probably from a garden area.Found in New England.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cement
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Painting Piero De Pace 1994 Painting With Signature And Certificate
Located in Taranto, IT
Surrealist Painting - Paolo de Pace
Celestial Figure in Cosmic Landscape - 1980s
Visionary work by artist Paolo de Pace, mixing dreamlike and science fiction elements in an imager...
Category
Italian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Presentation WW2 Propeller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This antique world war 2 wooden propeller is inscribed with names of fallen veterans. This presentation piece is a great collectable as remembrance of the service given in war.
Pleas...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Blue Monster Carnival Parade Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This "Blue Monster" head resembles a grumpy blue demon monster with red h...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Green Monster with Pipe Carnival Parade Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This "Green Monster" head resembles a sea creature or swamp monster who enjoys smoking from his tobac...
Category
Dutch Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Turquoise Frog Fetish, 1990
By Sarah Pino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frog Fetish
Turquoise and coral
Sarah Pino
1990
Measures: 1.75 inches H. x 2.50 inches L. x 2.25 inches W.
This wonderful frog fetish was carved from a single piece of turquoise by Navajo...
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Richard Batterham, Vase
Located in London, GB
Stoneware with Tenmoku glaze
H36 x D18 cm
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
$8,001
Iron Bull Butcher Trade Sign with Hanging Bracket from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An iron butcher trade sign in the shape of a bull or a cow from the early 1900s. This iron trade sign was born in the early 20th century and was probably adorning the storefront of a...
Category
Unknown 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Fine Carved Black Forest Statue of a Disabled Dog, Brienz circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Fine Carved Black Forest Statue of a Disabled Dog, Brienz circa 1900
A very nice and fine Swiss wood carving. The disabled long hair terrier is re...
Category
Swiss Rustic 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Willi Huggler Brutalist Style Carved Wood Mask
By Willi Huggler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved grotesque wood mask with pierced eyes, very hooked nose, cigar between very crooked bone teeth. Label on verso reads, “Willi Huggler (Swiss, 1925...
Category
Swiss Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Wood
Wood Carved Folk Art Girl and Dog Carousel Chariot Original Paint Surface
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic girl and her dog Folk Art carved carousel chariot panel. Superb original paint surface. Great three dimensional surface. Excellent wall hang...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Argentinian Pierced Iron Bathroom Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Argentinian Pierced Iron Bathroom Sign with interior light. Circa 1940.
Dimensions: 9" H x 24 1/4" W x 3 3/4" D
Category
Argentine 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$1,010 / item
Hand Made Wooden Mallet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique in shape with a square head, a hand carved and crafted mallet works wonderfully well for those house hold chores, from tapping in a dowel, to working chicken for the perfect chicken Paillard. Also a great decorative piece or paperweight at the kitchen work station.
Category
English Primitive 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish amber painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass.
The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay.
This has a long metal top spout that unscrews.
This is a recycled vintage French perfume...
Category
Moroccan Moorish 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Checkerboard
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker
(American, b.1949)
Checkerboard
oil on board
signed “Art by Paul Walker”, “Nov. 97, Savannah, GA”
26 by 20 inches; ¾ inches deep
Paul Walker is a Savannah, G...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Aluminium Bull Head
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Bull Head made in solid aluminium with abstract shapes and ready for hang in your wall.
Category
Mexican Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$1,000
Vintage Brazilian Hand-Carved Ironwood Sculpture of Whale and a Shark
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Brazilian hand carved Ironwood sculpture of a whale and a shark.
Hand carved Brazilian sculpture hand crafted in amazing detail from one of...
Category
Brazilian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Male Baule Figure, Ivory Coast, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century male baule figure, ivory coast, Africa
A stylistically pleasing sculpture of a spiritual spouse (blolo bian) from the Baule culture....
Category
Ivorian Other 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1960s California Prison Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique California state prison sign that reads "KEEP OUT CALIFORNIA STATE PROPERTY". Yellow background with bold black print. Scuffs, scratches and rust gi...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Modernist Abstract Stacked Wood and Painted Sculpture "Bug" by Robert Brock
By Robert Brock
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract stacked wood and painted sculpture "Bug" by Robert Brock. Wonder color,,texture and proportion...Intricately designed, , signed BROCK 67
Brock was born in Tacoma, Ohio and was a graduate of the University of Dayton, Dayton Art Institute and Ohio University...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wonderful Folk Art Hand Made Antique Grasshopper Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fantastic folk art antique hand made sculpture of a huge grasshopper having aged patina. One of a kind.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Karl Springer Style, Mid-Century Modern, Cabinets or Nightstands, Black Lacquer
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern cabinets, chests, nightstands, karl springer Style
Pair of Nightstands or Chests in the Manner of Karl Springer, having a black lacquer and rattan finish. The base giving a floating chest...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Hand Thrown Glazed, Signed and Dated Artisanal Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wheel thrown pottery glazed with a white glaze decorated with a hand painted blue flower pattern.
This is a one of a kind object made in the ancient way by hand in a small artisanal ...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Rope Bottle Carrier Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope bottle carrier for two bottles Audoux Minet, circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope
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