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A Good Slightly Weathered Large Bust of Apollo This is a good looking bust
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Good Slightly Weathered Large Bust of Apollo
This is a good looking bust, it has been on display outdoors so has a slightly weathered appearance, a piece with good presence
The S...
Category
Classical Greek Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cement
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter O, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “O” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old facade inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique White Linen Tablecloth with Hand-Embroidered Figural Insets
Located in Palermo, PA
Gorgeous antique italian linen tablecloth measuring approximately 129x66 inches hand embroidered with figural motifs and finished with a delicate scalloped border.
Made in italy ar...
Category
Romantic Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Linen
Colorful American Hooked Rug
Located in New York, NY
A 20th-century American hooked colorful rug. Dated 1949
Measures: 2'7'' x 5'6''.
Category
Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20thc Hand Carved Pig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc hand carved pig or hog with amazing patina. This is most unusual and found in the mid west.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Table button soccer game player. Traditional figure used to play this classic button Spanish game. The figure is usually made by attaching a football player photograph, or sometimes ...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Mirror, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Mirror,Wood,plaster
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Wood
Zabihi Collection Floral American Hooked Runner
Located in New York, NY
a floral motif mid-20th century American Hooked Runner
Details
rug no. j4055
size 3' 3" x 10' 7" (99 x 323 cm)
Category
American Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Jute
1950s Norwegian Teak Sitting Bear Figure Sculpture Midcentury in Tjomsland Style
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1950s solid hand carved teak sitting bear cub figure. Burnished markings; Genuine teak, made in Norway. Designer is unknown, but in the manner of Arne Tjomsland, and from t...
Category
Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Teak
$1,396 Sale Price
30% Off
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Light Wood Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient light wood candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wabi sabi solid wood "Oromo" stool, Ethiopia 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Wabi sabi hand crafted stool. Made by the Oromo people of Ethiopia around the 1950s. Carved from a single piece of hardwood. Skillfully made and highly decorative. The top is made co...
Category
Ethiopian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Mid 20thc Mexican Wool Serape Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
mid 20thc Wool Mexican Serape Rug with wonderful striped patterns. Within the striped pattern there are several colors that show how a neutral gray color ma...
Category
American Adirondack Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Pastel Water Color of a Indian Chief
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Name is Illegible and this water color pastel of a Indian chief is
Signed underneath name is the year of '67. The frame is handmade from cactus and dated 94.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Floral Ceramic Wall Plaque by Swedish Tilgmans
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Mid-Century Modern ceramic wall platter by Margit Lagerqvist for Swedish Tilgmans in 1957. Hand painted floral decor in white, yellow, orange, rose, light blue and green col...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
$475 Sale Price
42% Off
Early Corona Beer Porcelain Advertising Sign
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early Corona beer man cave or restaurant porcelain advertising sign. As found.
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century David Gil "Split Head" Stoneware Sculpture Mounted on Lucite
By David Gil
Located in Chicago, IL
A stoneware sculpture created by artist David Gill for Bennington Potters. It features a head with imprinted numbers, made of two halves attached to a leucite stand.
In the 1950s, Gi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Zabihi Collection Lion Turkish 20th Century VIntage Rug
Located in New York, NY
MId 20th Century Turkish Rug with a lion motif
Details
rug no. 31818
size 1' 10" x 3' 4" (56 x 102 cm)
Category
Turkish Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brutalist Gilt Metal Horse & Chariot Wall Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Gilt Metal Brutalist Horse & Chariot Wall Art by Hillside Original. Item features a wood frame, formica /laminate backing,...
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Small early Kuba Cup With Sweet Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small early Kuba Cup With Sweet Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Finely carved hair in tight geometric form, small projecting ears. Some damage and wear t...
Category
Congolese Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mut Kilim Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Handwoven Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Old Vintage Kilim from the Mut, Adana region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colo...
Category
Turkish Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Yuntdag Rug with Cloudband Border
Located in New York, NY
Yuntdag rug with Cloudband border. A great example of Western Anatolian weaving by tribal groups settled in the Manisa - Bergama region, attributed to the highland pastures of Yuntda...
Category
Turkish Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Malatya Kilim Cuval Rug Wool Square Chuval Mat Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Vintage Chuval Kilim from the Malatya region with wool & metallic threads and a rare, beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim ha...
Category
Turkish Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Swedish Burl Wood Sculpture
Located in Antwerpen, BE
A large Swedish sculptural object made from burl wood. Hand carved form an ornamented inside, with Natural knotholes to add to the sculptural appeal of the work. This object is unsig...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Burl
African Baule statue Mother with Childs, Ivory Coast mid XXem
Located in Paris, FR
African Baule statue Mother with child, Ivory Coast mid XXem
Provenance: Swedish private collection, from the 1980s. Then inherited within the family.
B...
Category
Ivorian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Mixed Metal Abstract Assemblage
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Mixed Metal Abstract Assemblage on wood frame. Beautiful hand placed detail using pieces of copper on wood. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid Century 1950s Howard Pierce Ceramic Quail Bird Sculpture Figurine
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic pair of Howard Pierce ceramic quail bird figurines/sculptures dating from the 1950s. These are an iconic design. Great color and form. The larger ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century French Rope Corkscrew Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French rope corkscrew Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Dazzling Geometric American Hooked Scatter Rug
Located in New York, NY
A handmade decorative American hooked rug from the middle of the 20th century with a dizzy-like geometric design
Measures: 2'4" x 4'3'.
Category
American Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Tribal Mid-20th Century Zulu Women's Red Cotton Hat, Isicholo, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Tribal Zulu women's woven red cotton hat, Isicholo, from South Africa
This woman's cotton Isicholo hat is a beautiful example of the hats worn during special ceremo...
Category
South African Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter A, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “A” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight of th...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Northwest Orient Airlines / Hong Kong, 1960s. Vintage Airline Tourism Poster
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful original poster of Northwest Orient Airlines / Hong Kong. 1960s. Vintage airline tourism poster depicting a junk boat. 40 x 25 ¼”. Linen bac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-Century Large Rope Sconce Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Large rope sconce Audoux Minetc circa 1960.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Lot of 51 Extensive Collection of Lecture pour Tous Magazines - 3Y02
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This remarkable lot of Lecture pour Tous magazines spans multiple years in the 1960s, offering a fascinating look into mid-century French culture, literature, and societal issues. Le...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage Brown Round Ceramic California Studio Cigar Ashtray Catchall
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Vintage Brown Round Ceramic California Studio Cigar Ashtray Catchall
Large vintage 1960s brown round ceramic cigar ashtray.
Vintage Pottery Craft Ashtray Tobacciana Collectible Drip Pottery dish.
Vintage Pottery Craft Ashtray Catchall Decorative Bowl.
Handcrafted ceramic ashtray, this beautiful pottery ashtray catchall has a star design center with sides of stoneware, great design and colors in dark brown, beige and caramel drip.
Stamped underneath: Pottery craft 401.
Vintage stoneware Mid...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$312 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Fethiye Kilim Western Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an old Western Anatolian Kilim from the Fethiye region with a red background and beautiful color composition.
The borders, medallions, and fields are densely woven with pa...
Category
Caucasian Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Blue and White 'Hairdressing' Sign
Located in Cirencester, GB
This French 'Coiffure' sign is mid 20th century. The silvery/blue Zinc letters are on a painted white ply board.
There are lots of bumps and scrapes and plenty of character to thi...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
English Folk Art Shop Counter Milk Man Figure
Located in London, GB
English folk art shop counter milk man figure.
A charming mid-20th century folk art shop countertop display figure. In the form of a man pushing a milk cart...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Pende Giwoyo Mask with Strong Face and Woven Black Raffia Hair Cap
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Pende giwoyo mask with traces of yellow, black and red pigments and woven black raffia hair cap. Strong face with tight expression, weathered surface, goo...
Category
Congolese Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Turkish Deco Runner
Located in New York, NY
Rare long and narrow size mid-20th century Turkish deco long and narrow runner with a repetitive all-over checkerboard cintomani design in black green and yellow accents.
Measures...
Category
Turkish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Art folk painting " le rendez vous des chasseurs "
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Folk art painting " le rendez vous des chasseurs " oil on wood probably From Swiss alp circa 1930
Category
Swiss Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Holmes County Ohio Postage Stamp Chain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc Amish Holmes County ,Ohio postage Irish chain quilt in pristine condition. This amazing blue back round quilt has a purple Irish chain trail.The...
Category
American Adirondack Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Haitian Jungle Scene Painting by Jean Rameau – Naïve Art
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
visually arresting, monumental jungle scene by Haitian artist Jean Rameau (signed “J Rame”), known for his vibrant use of color, rhythmic brushwork, and dreamlike depictions of trop...
Category
Caribbean Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Middle Eastern Dallah Islamic Arabic Brass Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern traditional Arabian brass Dallah coffee pot.
Islamic Arabian Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased Moorish brass with riveted brass finish an...
Category
Omani Islamic Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Winchcombe Studio Pottery Slip Ware Baking Dish
By Michael Cardew
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage Winchcombe press-molded baking dish decorated with trailed slip designs attributable to Michael Cardew (British, 1901-1983) and probably ...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Papago Basketry Dolls
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Papago basketry dolls of coiled pine needles. Male and female set, polychrome. Female doll has braids and a hat, male has short hair and a tie. Very well made and highly disp...
Category
American Native American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Vintage Kurt Naef Bauhaus Style Building Blocks Toy Wood Mid-Century
By Naef Spiele
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Huge lot of 67 Bauhaus style wooden blocks. Architectural pattern making toys. Sold as found, unrestored condition. 1 1/16 inch cubes.
Category
Swiss Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Cast Bronze Relief Plaque from Benin, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Intriguing cast bronze relief plaque from Benin, showing three guardians.
The plaque was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes but was made in the 20th century. The plaque is cast in b...
Category
Beninese Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Folk Art Glass Shard Cat Picture
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming Folk Art glass shard cat picture set within a grey washed handmade wood frame. Made with glass shard mosaics by hand depicting in an image of a ca...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Hobart Kitchen Machines Mid Century Neon Sign
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very nice vintage neon sign advertising the Hobart Food Machine company . Founded in 1897 making motors in Troy Ohio and turning the use of their motors into running food machines ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Japanese Naruko Kokeshi Folk Art Wood Doll by Kumagai Otsu
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kokeshi folk art wood doll by Kumagai Otsu. There are ten types of Kokeshi doll, this is the Naruko variety. Measuring height 23.5 cm / 9.25 inches by diameter at the base 5...
Category
Japanese Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Small Rope Barometer Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Small rope shaped pocket watch Barometer Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large French Stone Bust of Emperor Caracalla, 1940s
Located in Chicago, IL
Imposing and evocative, this large stone bust captures the stoic intensity of Emperor Caracalla, one of ancient Rome's most infamous figures. Created in 1940s France, the sculpture e...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
African Big Bongo Peoples Stone Female Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
Africa, Bongo Peoples, stone female commemorative figure from Southern Sudan. A fine specimen in naturally weathered condition; hand carved from a porous orange-black stone, 20th century. Similar funerary stone sculptures in various sizes were likely crafted over many centuries.
Original patina from appropriate age.
A nice custom base included.
Dimensions: 30 inches high and 9.5 inches wide and 8 inches deep mounted on a custom iron base.
Provenance: Old Brussels, Belgium collection acquired in 1998.
History:
The Bongo are an ethnic group living in South Sudan, mostly in the Tonj District. They speak the Bongo language, one of the Bongo-Baka languages. Unlike the Dinka and other Nilotic groups, the Bongo are not a cattle herding people and do not use cows for bride price. Subsistence farming is the primary source of food, though money is obtained by working in forestry, building, selling honey, and other various means.
For similar examples see Barakat Gallery...
Category
Sudanese Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Small French Male Stone Bust, 1940s
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940s French male bust, hand-crafted from solid stone. This quietly impactful piece is rendered with meticulous detail, from the textured curls of his hair to his defined facial fe...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Table button soccer game player. Traditional figure used to play this classic button Spanish game. The figure is usually made by attaching a football playe...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Genuine brass figure from thje Songye tribe, DR Congo, first half 20th Century
By Songye Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine figure from the Songye tribe DR Congo cast in brass dating from the beginning to the middle of the 20th century.
The casting is done in sand and the figure has never been c...
Category
Congolese Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Zabihi Collection Vintage Persian Pictorial Rug
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th Century Persian Pictorial small square rug
Measures: 3'' x 4'1'' circa 1940.
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Inuit Indigenous Native American Eskimo Signed Stone Carved Walrus Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone carving of a walrus by the indigenous Inuit People who inhabit parts of the arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.
Signed ("E.Y.") and numbered/dat...
Category
Canadian Native American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Unusual Unique Abstract Crucifix Sculpture Formed from 15th Century Nails
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and unique hand crafted English abstract sculptural crucifix made from 15th century hand wrought iron nails recovered during the restoration of an ancient East...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
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