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Zabihi Collection Pale Vintage Turkish Oushak Wide Runner
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish oushak neutral color gallery rug
Measures: 4'8'' x 12'4''.
Category
Turkish Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Post War Persian Style Runner Hand Loom 1950s Rug Runner
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Nice Persian runner rug 1930s excellent shape for age a great addition to any fine home.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Original Oil Painting of Nude Woman Sitting
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage Original Oil Painting of Nude Woman Sitting, showcasing expressive brushstrokes and warm tones, perfect for art enthusiasts.
We ...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Toy, Karl Bub 7-Window Passenger Coach, Made in Germany
Located in Roma, IT
This Karl bub 7-window passenger coach is an original vintage toy.
Vintage toy representing a seven window passenger coach.
Number two of a group, made in tin in Germany.
Very g...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Wood Working Chisels, 1950s France
By Blanchard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing set of 3 wood working gouges and chisels. Numbered 2 (long), 3 (medium) and 4 (short). Maple pommel on each with a steel tang running through the handle. Each tool also has a...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$725 / set
"Five Bouquet" Tulu Rug
Located in New York, NY
"Five Bouquet" Tulu rug. A lovely old village rug from Central Turkey, woven in the "Tulu" tradition, with a rare and interesting design featuring five bouquets of flowers, with the ...
Category
Turkish Tulu Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Copper Sculpture Man In Row Boat By S.J. Rossbach Circa 1966
Located in Toledo, OH
Unique Folk Art copper sculpture of a man in a rowboat by S. J. Rossbach circa 1966.
Category
Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Kinetic Dimensional Works, Abstract Expressionism Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
Perfectly and auspiciously whimsical. Iron and gold leaf kinetic sculpture, in abstract form -a tabletop sculpture. The sculpture is in excellent original condition.
In the style ...
Category
American Expressionist Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf, Iron
Tribal American Hooked Rug
Located in New York, NY
A handmade decorative American hooked square size rug from the middle of the 20th century
Measures: 2'10" x 3'2''.
Category
American Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
STUNNING CIRCA 1950 ANTIQUE FRENCH ARTISTS LAY FIGURE MEDIUM SIZED LOVELY PATINa
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely mid century French oak Artists lay figure
A lovely example and a great size, it was sold to me as circa 1900 but he looks mid century...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Fisherman and Hunter Candlestick Holders
Located in Toledo, OH
These metal candlestick holders have many gold details, including the faces, hands and bases. The fisherman features a net that is caught in his shoe and the hunter carries a rifle. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Midcentury West German Fat Lava Orange Bauhaus Vase, 1960
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1960s ceramic West German Studio pottery vase, Germany Bauhaus.
Midcentury ceramic fat lava glaze volcanic pottery vase in the style...
Category
German Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Albert Chubac, Airbrush on Canvas, France, circa 1960
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Airbrush on canvas,
Stamped,
France, circa 1960.
Measures: Height 104 cm, width 69 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studying decora...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
1960s Vintage Red Ethnic Moroccan Fluffy Rug Bed of Roses
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Vintage Red Ethnic Moroccan Fluffy Rug.Vintage authentic tribal Moroccan Berber rug from the Middle Atlas mountains. Monochromatic red ethnic African rug with variations in cor...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid Century Gabbeh Inspired Wool Area Rug
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Enhance your space with this wool abstract Mid-century area rug. Featuring a captivating blend of geometric shapes and vibrant hues, this rug fashions after the rugs made famous by t...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Abstract Rehamna Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The plains of Marrakesh are the home of the so-called Rehamna carpets. Some of these are characterized by abstract patterns, executed as if mimicking the effect of colored brush stro...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Harvey Milligan Amish Farmhouse Pastoral Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Americana Amish "farmhouse" oil painting by Harvey Milligan, circa 1950s. Charming character scale and composition (figures are very small). Although n...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
5' Foot X 2' Foot Deep Pile Aubusson Rug with French Roses design
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Medium-sized 5' 10" x 2' 3" Deep Pile Aubusson wool on cotton Rug with French Roses design featuring a blue and tan design with pink and red rose fl...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Large Toulouse Lautrec by Peter Max in Peach Pink, Signed and Framed
By Peter Max
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the largest of the Toulouse Lautrec portraits by famed artist Peter Max in peach pink. Professionally framed, signed and numbered.
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$10,500 Sale Price
25% Off
Original 1948 Disaster Movie Poster Paramount Studio
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A vintage movie artwork poster 22" x 28" From the 1948 film Disaster directed by William H. Pine and written by Thomas Ahearn. The film stars Richard Denning, Trudy Marshall, Damian O'Flynn, Will Wright, James Millican, and Jack Lambert. The film was released on December 3, 1948, by Paramount Pictures...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Solid Primitive Mesquite Stool
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this stool made in Mesquite hardwood, circa 1930. Made in Mexico hand carved using machete and chisel. Fully restored. Clear markings showing age and heavy use, ready to use...
Category
Mexican Primitive Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Original Floral Oil Painting Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning vintage floral original oil painting. A midcentury gem in deep rich colors. Signed by the artist. acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category
American Bohemian Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Fine Headrest. Karamojong, Uganda
Located in London, GB
A beautifully formed headrest from the Karamojong in Northern Uganda.
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century (Or Before)
Ex Private Collection, UK
Category
Ugandan Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Oversized Bonze Advertising Store Display Scissors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, oversized, advertising, store display, bronze scissors open and close as real scissors. Makes a great, rustic, folk art piece or wall art.
Category
American Industrial Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
1960s Vintage Orange Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Moroccan authentic Berber Rug Orange Blue and Pink.For centuries the tribal people of Morocco's Atlas Mountains have passed down the delicate art of rug-weaving. In Northern Af...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
1960s Moroccan Vintage Ethnic Orange Organic Wool Rug Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s authentic Moroccan vintage tribal organic wo rug, earth orange tone cors, Handwoven by the Berber women of the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Geometrical abstract designs, great clector pile ethnic carpet...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Cover with Graffiti Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head scarf in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the re...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Jug
Located in London, England
Glazed black pottery jug with blue interior glazing. Circa 1950
H 29cm x W 20cm x D 16cm
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$257
Wiedemann's Fine Beer Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wiedemann's Fine beer - The Leader Trade sign with three Canada geese on oval walnut plaque.
German immigrant George Wiedemann began brewing at the original Wiedemann brewery in Ne...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Handcrafted Italian Art Studio Large Stoneware Bowl Aqua Color
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large 1960s Mid-Century Modern handcrafted large pottery platter.
Hand-made stoneware decorative plate with classic sandy fat lava glaze.
This ceramics were known to collectors as 'f...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Albert Chubac, Double-Sided Painting, Mixed-Media, circa 1965, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac,
Double-sided painting, mixed-media on paper,
Signed,
circa 1965, France.
Measures: Height 99 cm, width 43 cm, depth 3 cm.
Bibliography:
- Albert Chubac, MAMAC Nic...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
1960s Moroccan Berber Rug Pink Vintage Rehmana Marrakech Carpet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Moroccan Berber rug with pink and black and white cors.From the plains of Marrakech, one of a kind vintage hand woven Rehmana Berber rug.Clector piece vibrant cors and asymmetr...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage High Atlas Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven Berber rug from the Zenaga region, located in the Moroccan High Atlas, distinguished by a light indigo blue background decorated by paralle...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Kurdish Polychrome Wool Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed and subsequently hand-stitched to the other panels. ...
Category
Turkish Minimalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Beaded Neck Adornment and Apron. Pokot, Kenya
Located in London, GB
Among the Pokot, body adornments are visual signifiers of power, wealth and status within the community. Given as a gift to a new bride by her husband, this finely beaded neck adornm...
Category
Kenyan Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Mid-Century German Rustic Iron Pendant Hand-Crafted with Oaks and Oak Leaves
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Large German mid-century pendant in handmade iron in black with four bulbs . Beautiful hand-crafted natural details with hearts, oaks and oak leaves. New electrification. Beautiful...
Category
German Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Vintage Middle Eastern Fibulas
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful pair of vintage Middle Eastern tribal fibulas.
A fibula was used to close a woman's veil in the Middle East and Africa.
Handcrafted by Berber a...
Category
African Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$1,250 / set
Vintage Toy, The Flyer 1956 Locomotive and Coach, 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The Flyer 1956 locomotive and coach is a rare vintage toy.
Vintage wind up tin toy train made of two pieces, locomotive and coach.
The original se...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
This is a very pretty piece, this is quite a tall girl on an oval plinth and when it has rained a little water gets trapped in her skirt and t...
Category
Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
Oli Painting Made On Canvas With A Wooden Frame From 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil painting with a motif of a snow-covered spruce forest and a sunset in the background, which creates an atmospheric light over the landscape. The painting is framed in a solid woo...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Mother and Child Figure. Kwere, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This finely carved figure with a prominent sweeping hairstyle sits upright with her knees bent and holding out her child in a forward position. The surface of the figure is smooth an...
Category
Tanzanian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Located in Chicago, IL
This graceful sculpture of a long-necked bird is a headdress known as "a-Bamp," worn during ritual masquerades of Baga adolescents in Guinea. With strong themes of defiance, these ma...
Category
Guinean Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1935-1940 Mounted American Hand-Hooked Rug with Indian Pattern Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American hand-hooked rug with Indian design pattern on a stretch frame sewn on black linen. Wonderful geometric pattern, great condition. Found in the mid-west.
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Large Navajo Storm Four Panel Rug Weaving
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Navajo Storm four panel area weaving with black border. Featuring two designs mirrored in opposite corner. Intricate and detailed with warm colors ...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A Pair of Mid Century Quirky Bookends on a Cricket theme
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Mid Century Quirky Bookends on a Cricket theme
A very attractive set, the ends are very well detailed each depicting the wicket, bat and ball they are well balanced to ho...
Category
Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Moroccan Ethnic Berber Handwoven Pillow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Ethnic Berber handwoven tribal throw pillow made from a vintage rug.
The front and the back are made from a different rug, front is more...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Large oil on canvas by René Allio (1924-1995). France April-May 1961
Located in VILLERS-SUR-MER, FR
Great oil on canvas by René Allio (1924-1995). René Allio was a director, screenwriter, theatre designer. He will also paint some immense nonfigurative canv...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art "Standing Man" Carved Tree Branch Sculpture After Giocometti
By Giocometti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming little tree branch Folk Art sculpture hand-carved in the manner of Giocometti.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1970s White Fluffy Sheep Skin Bed Throw or Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Shaggy white wild sheep skin bed throw or rug.
Quilted from pieces of fluffy soft sheep skin and sewn together.
New Zealand.
Natural ivory white sheep co...
Category
New Zealand Bohemian Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Sheepskin
Kumba Karna Masks, Indonesian, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
These Kumba Karna Masks are tribal decorative objects realized in the Indonesian island of Bali, during the second half of the 20th century.
Dimensions: cm 19 x 20.
Traditional...
Category
Indonesian Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Graphic Eastern Moroccan Vintage Abstract Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Berber carpets from eastern Morocco, near the border with Algeria, are distinguished by wild patterns and audacious color combinations. This example displays all of these charact...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Incredible, Very Large 7 Foot Midcentury Wall Art Tapestry, 1960s-1970s
Located in Madison, WI
Very incredible handmade wall tapestry, mounted on Oak side bars. Stunning piece!
Measures Approx: 7 feet x 7 feet x 3 inches
This is a sh...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
String
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Kirghiz Embroidered Tent Band
Located in Milan, IT
A rare complete tent band, embroidered in wool on a felt background, embellished at its bottom by polychrome tassels. The Kirghiz people of Central Asia empl...
Category
Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Polished Steel Ship or Yacht Cabin Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished steel cabin lantern from a ship or yacht. Sturdily built with carry handle, three glass panes, and original burner. The lantern has been wired for home display. Weight is 10...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Fine Traditional Doll. Nyamwezi, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
The body consisting of a gourd in a beautiful form and decorated with a simple contrasting band of old glass beads of white, red and blue.
A piece with a wonderful form that was tra...
Category
Tanzanian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Pair of Mustard and Brown Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows. The backing is in cotton linen and down and feather filled.
Category
American Navajo Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,195 / set
Vintage Geometric Kirghiz Wool Felt Square Rug, 1940's
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woollen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know were found in the kurgans of Central Asia. This tradition continued until recently, althoug...
Category
Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of Navajo saddle blanket pillows are in good condition and have black cotton linen backings.
Category
American Navajo Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,895 / set
Ceramic Ashtray French Jean Derval Bird 50's Vintage F285
By Jean Derval
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Square ashtray from the 50's by the French ceramist Jean Derval from Vallauris. Very nice glazing on the whole ashtray with a stylized drawing of a bird in the centre. Signature of t...
Category
French Organic Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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