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Period: Early 20th Century
Early 20th century Virgin and Child Painting, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful medallion painting in pastel on canvas representing the Virgin and Child. Dating from the beginning of the 20th century, 1900.
On w...
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Signed Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Country Morning by J Gouard
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Signed Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Country Morning by J Gouard
The painting is of cattle drinking in a stream in an elaborate Gilt Frame, the painting is in good condition wit...
Category
Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Wrought Iron and Gold Votive Candelabra Electrified or Table Lamp
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Large size 57x28x22 cm
This very beautiful wrought iron and gold candelabra with two side candles and another electrified central candle
This is an ...
Category
Spanish Medieval Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Door of Hope Missionary Doll Folk Art Antique Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming early 20th century Chinese door of hope missionary doll of an elderly gentleman.
A notably early example, in original untouched condition. The painted face has a particul...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Pine, Paper
Yoruba Osanyin Healing Staff, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To cure mental and physical ailments, Yoruba priests and diviners invoke the aid of Osanyin, the god of herbal medicines. Used in divination rituals to cure the afflicted, this iron ...
Category
Nigerian Minimalist Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved festival feasting platter. One end featuring a long billed water bird head. The exterior carved with a traditional complex interlocking motif. The interior plain and di...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's Beautiful
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Tibetan Saddle Carpet with Floral Medallions, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusually-shaped carpet is known as a "makden" and was originally used by a nomadic traveler as an artful covering for his horse. Placed between the saddle and the horse, the makden cushioned the rigid saddle and kept the horse warm in cold climates. Most under-saddle carpets...
Category
Tibetan Tibetan Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wool
4 x Early 1900s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
signed bottom
watercolor on paper, unframed
set of 4
Left to right:
1: 3.75 x 2.5 inches
2 3.75 x 2.5...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Superb 19th century Kuba pipe DR Congo African Art Kasaï
Located in Leuven, BE
Superb 19th century Kuba pipe DR Congo
People : Kuba
Country : DR Congo, Sankuru River
Early 20th century
Wood
Length : 51 cm
This elaborately carved and ornamented tobacco pipe wa...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Palmwood
Statue Of The Tshokwe / Chokwe Tribe - DR Congo African Art Angola - Early 20th
Located in Leuven, BE
Old and exceptional statue Of The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe - Dr Congo African Art - early 20th century (circa 1910-1930)
Fetish / Tshibinda Sta...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Antique spoon Lower Sepik Papua New Guinea Murik Lakes Ramu Maprik Oceanic Art
Located in Leuven, BE
Antique and exceptional spoon of the Murik Lakes or Schouten Island , Mouth Of The Lower Sepik / Ramu Papua New Guinea
Available @ art Gallery Decoster Belgium
A lovely patina and t...
Category
Papua New Guinean Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes. Packed with lotus root, red bean, or other regional fillings, mooncakes ar...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
WWI Trench Art Miniature Hand-Carved Ball in Cage Whimsy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1910 trench art whimsy figure composed of a ball in cage, all whittled form one piece of wood. Figurines, like this example, were sculpted by soldiers during the war. Good age ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wooden Carved Ornaments
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a wooden figurine from the Taisho period.
"Hotei-son" is a god who is widely worshiped in Japan as one of the Seven Lucky Gods.
It is modeled after the Zen monk Hotei, who ...
Category
Taisho Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of German Town Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These are two different patterns weaving pillows both will black linen pillows. Sold as a group of two pillows. One pillow is 16 x 16 , the larger fringe pillow is 16 x 17.
Category
American Native American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of Handwoven Alpaca Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These soft woolen weaving pillows are in fine condition and have a matching grey cotton linen backing.
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Rare Set of Nine Original French Watercolour Designs & Illustrations
Located in Cirencester, GB
Beautiful group of nine (9) original French watercolour paintings - mainly of a floral and landscape nature. The works date between 1904 and 1941 - with the majority being around the 1910's and 1920's period.
The paintings are all inscribed extensively, as well as being dated and some signed by their artist. What their original purpose or intention was, we are not sure - possibly music programme covers or designs.
Either way, today, they offer the interior designer a wonderful and very unique opportunity to acquire such a rare grouping of original antique artwork...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Persian Heriz Runner, Handmade Wool Rug, Rust, Light Blue Green
Located in Port Washington, NY
Heriz carpets are the staple of the furnishing market and remain the most popular of all NW Persian Carpets. They were produced for the rapidly growing US market in the late 19th-ear...
Category
Persian Heriz Serapi Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Christian Valdemar Clausen, Nude Woman at a Wooden Pier
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Christian Valdemar Clausen (1862-1911). Nude woman at a wooden pier. Oil on canvas. Signed in monogram 1906. Measures: 68 x 54 cm. (90 x 75 cm.) In good condition.
Category
Danish Early 20th Century Folk Art
Antique Indo-Mahal, Handmade Oriental Rug, Blue, Taupe, Creams All-Over Design
Located in Port Washington, NY
Antique Indo-Mahal carpet. This piece was woven in India using a Persian Mahal Design in the 1920's. Beige background color with beautiful allover floral design. Size: 12' x 21'.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Toussian Storage Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Ovoid pots were an elegant storage solution in African tribal life. This beautifully balanced example is attributed to the Toussian people of Western Burkina Faso. Masterfully made to protect its contents from the elements, pots such as this one were coiled by female ceramists to hold food or personal...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Mexican Indian Tex Coco Weaving Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic colors and condition Tex coco Indian weaving bolster pillows. Sold as a pair.
Category
American Early 20th Century Folk Art
2 x Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
Two very fine original antique English botanical watercolor paintings depicting these beautiful depictions of flower/ plant. The works came to us from a private collection in Surrey,...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
An exquisite warrior's headdress or 'Kaibauk'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Amarasi district, Kupang regency, West Timor island, early 20th century
Category
Timorese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare US Navy Ships Lanterns
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare pair of World War One battleship port and starboard ship lanterns with wide bezels, fresnel glass lenses, carry handles, hinged doors. Both have been meticulously polished and l...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Unique Diorama Depicting a North-American River Scene with Natives and Settlers
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Unique diorama depicting a North American river-scene
United States of America, early 20th century
Measures: H 36 x W 68.5 x D 34 cm
The dioram...
Category
American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Wood Pulley Block from a Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished and varnished single sheave yacht pulley with mounting pad with curved shape. Block is pinned with brass and has brass sheave. Weight is 1 pound. X-132
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Renaissance Styled Hand-Embroidered Sampler Panel or Tapestry Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique framed hand-embroidered textile is unsigned, and presumed to have originated from Italy and dating to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance Revival style. This pi...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Pair of Mason Blue Wing Teal Decoys
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Mason Detroit glass eyed blue wing teal. Great collectors set. Neat signs of use and chip shots.
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Wisconsi...
Category
American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century English 4-Brass Leather Horse Strap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century English 4-brass leather horse strap. Shaped leather featuring brasses of a high-stepping horse, dray horse, running horse, & rampant horse. 28.75" x 3.5" x 7/8".
Category
English Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Art Nouveau Copper & Oak Shop Sign "Townrow" Hatter Hosier
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful English Art Nouveau period polished copper & oak mounted shop sign, "Townrow". Circa 1905.
There is some damage to the left hand side oak mount, please refer to the late...
Category
British Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Terracotta Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Buried with their flared mouths facing down, these cylindrical storage vessels protected the deceased's possessions as they transitioned to the afterl...
Category
Nigerien Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Luba Royal antique caryatid enthronement emblem early 20th DR Congo Africa
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare Royal caryatid seat Luba Rd Congo in Cubist style and cascade shaped coiffure (see pictures).
Patina of use
Height: 35cm
Early 20th century (around 1920).
Superb and rare except...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Antique Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Circular Wall Plaques
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique folk art carved wall plaques are unsigned, but believed to have originated from Greece in approximately 1920. These circular wall plaques are done with a softwoo...
Category
Greek Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Art Deco Period, African Ritual Tribal Oxidized Bronze ‘Brow Mask’, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
This superb example of the ritual African ‘Brow Mask’ is a unique creation of a truly skillful artist from the Jimini tribe of the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) during the Art Deco per...
Category
African Primitive Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Algerian Company Poster - Henri Villain - 1920
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Algerian Company Poster - Henri Villain
Lithography
Print Devambez
1920
Signed Henri Villain
117x79cm
Note: a slightly bent corner
Category
French Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Signed French Impressionist Oil, Panoramic Rolling Landscape Fields
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953), signed lower corner
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
Size: painting: 13 x 19....
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Arts & Crafts Canvas Toy Model of a Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts & Crafts Canvas Toy Model of a Horse
This hansom beast is free standing and would very likely have been originally bought for a children’s room
The condition is entirely ori...
Category
Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century East African Carved Headrest, Ethiopia (Kambatta People)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Showing a crescent shaped headrest braced by flattened 'V' shaped supports rising from a cupped base, decorated overall with hand carved linear motifs and exhibiting an old rubbed su...
Category
Ethiopian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fernand Audet French Impressionist Oil, The Circus Horse
Located in Cirencester, GB
"The Circus Horse"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 13 x 8.5 inches
Condition re...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Hand Carved Oak Wood Bust or Sculpture of a Religious Monk or Friar
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed hand carved bust is unsigned, but believed to have been done in England in circa 1900 in the period Edwardian style. The sculpture is composed of solid oak and dep...
Category
English Edwardian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Early 20trh Century English Antique Nestle's Condensed Milk Container
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare Nestle's sampler condensed milk cylinder cardboard container in very good condition for its age. This is a great addition for any collector of advertising memorabilia...
Category
English Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Fine Antique British Botannical Plant Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's, Yellows
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Oushak Carpet, Oriental Rug, Handmade Rug Saffron, Royal Blue and Coral
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine oriental rugs.
Oushak rugs suc...
Category
Turkish Oushak Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Storm At The Beach
Located in Cirencester, GB
Storm at Sea
English School, early 1900's
original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
overall paper size: 7.75 x 11.25 inches
From a large private collection of...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Female Figure. Lwena/Chokwe, Angola-Zambia
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century figurative sculpture, from the Lwena/Chokwe culture in the Angola-Zambia Border Region, depicts a female standing in an upright stance.
A defining char...
Category
Angolan Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unique African Armrest Hand Carved Hardwood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unidentified hardwood species/ Hand carved from a single, hardwood armrest.
This armrest was constructed by the Dinka People of the Republic of South
Sudan.
Typically, these headres...
Category
South Sudanese Brutalist Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Figures Middle Eastern Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
The Old Town
English School, early 1900's
original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
overall paper size: 11.25 x 7.75 inches
From a large private collection of Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Phillips Stick a Soles and Heels Cobblers Shop Advertising Display Model
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Phillips Stick a Soles and Heels cobblers shop advertising display model
This piece dates back to the 1920s and would have been on display in a shoe shop window
The model is of a...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Folk Art
Antique Square Tribal Caucasian Shahsavan Jajim. Size: 6 ft x 6 ft 5 in
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful flat-woven ivory antique square tribal Caucasian Shahsavan Jajim, country of origin / rug type: Antique Caucasian rugs, circa 1920's. Size: 6 ft x 6 ft ...
Category
Persian Kilim Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Multi-Figure 7 Foot Nuu-chah-nulth TOTEM
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This large pole was “donated to a church on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for a fundraiser” sometime around 1905. The pole is carved in a folk-art style that is correct for the period. The imagery on this pole is quite fascinating and includes a large bird whose wings form the face of a composite creature holding what appears to be a whale or fish. Below that is what appears to be a Sisiutl, or three-headed sea serpent. Under the Sisiutl is a pair of animal heads flanking the pole, perhaps wolves, over a colonial bald eagle. This pole is a large and early Nuu-chah-nulth totem carving...
Category
American Native American Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
'Grapes'
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
signed bottom right
watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 8 x 10.75 inches
Delightful early 20th century French watercolour depicting this beautiful still life bowl of grapes...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Signed bottom right
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Painting: 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Delightful early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century American Hand-Hooked Folk Art Rug of Two Lovebirds in a Tree
Located in Barrington, IL
A charming and whimsical example of early American textile folk art, this hand-hooked rug from the early 20th century beautifully depicts a pair of lovebirds perched on a tree branch...
Category
American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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