Native American Folk Art
NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE
Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.
Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.
The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.
When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.
Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.
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Style: Native American
19th Century Northern Plains Hide Painting
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains hide painting, buffalo society, pre-reservation. Two buffalo heads, two full body buffalos, two thunderbirds and buffalo sun shield in ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native American Pueblo Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pueblo Indian drum. Featuring blackened stretched hide on top and bottom. Sides with red strip across center framed my complementar...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Wood
Arapaho Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Arapaho beaded men’s moccasins of brain tanned deer skin with parfleche soles. Trunk piece, unused condition. Great display piece.
Period: First quarte...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Original Large Painting, Native American Ledger Drawing Style by Randy Lee White
Located in Denver, CO
Original painting by Randy Lee White Native American Indian ledger style in acrylic on canvas with assemblage including feather and wood. Wrapped canva...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-19th Century Metis Cree Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Metis Cree bandolier with classic beading on red Stroud with white bead edging and black silk ribbon border.
Period: Mid-19th century
Origin: Metis Cree
Si...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Colorful Plateau Cornhusk Native American Sally Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colorful Plateau cornhusk sally bag with geometric designs of green, blue and red linen. Canvas reinforced.
Period: First quarter of the 20th century
Origin: Plateau
Size: 6" D x 10...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Navajo Carpet, Handmade Wool, Ivory, Beige, Gray and Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
Category
Early 19th Century North American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid-19th Century Choctaw Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Choctaw bandolier shot pouch from a Natchez Mississippi collection. Silk ribbon fringe at shoulder. Exceptional graphic condition. White beading on...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Sterling Silver "Home Dancer" Kachina by Navajo Silversmith Jeffery Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HOME DANCER KACHINA, 1974
Sterling Silver hand sculpted "Home Dancer" Kachina statuette by renown Navajo silversmith Jeffery Castillo (1949 - )
The "Home Dancer" measures 4.75 inch...
Category
1970s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Fine Apache Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache large finely coiled basket having a continuous diamond/floral design.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
Origin: Apache
Size: 15" D x 3" H....
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chippewa fully beaded bandolier bag with full size pocket, floral beading on intermediate panel and delicate edge beading and faceted bead drops. ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Native American Penobscot Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century Native American Penobscot Bear Paw Snowshoes. Extra-large; Penobscot, museum quality.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northeast - Penobscot, Native American
SIZE: 3' x 21 1...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Salish TOTEM depicting a human wearing a potlatch hat perched between the ears of an eagle at top, a human face in relief for the birds eyes, a small humanoid/bird figure standing at...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Multi-Figure Tlingit Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Complex Multifigure Tlingit Totem Pole from Sitka, Alaska. This larger red cedar model totem pole was carved by a Tlingit artist from Sitka, Alaska. The ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
1920s Native American Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American bear paw snowshoes with tassels and black bear silhouettes. Early 20th Century excellent sample complete with yellow and fluffs on...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pima Basket, 1890
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pima basket
1890
Willow and Devil's Claw
Measures: 6.25 inches Height. x 17 inches in Diameter
This large example of a coiled Pima basket dates from 1890.
The basket appear...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
Early 20th Century Native American Apache Olla Basket
Located in Bradenton, FL
Wonderful bulbous form antique Native American Apache Olla Basket, circa early 1900s, with vertical geometric columns interspersed with animal figur...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Vintage 1920s Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, Maltese Cross Design, Neutral Tones
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage Navajo double saddle blanket, woven in the early 20th century (likely the 1920s), is a stunning example of traditional Navajo weavin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
1880s Panamint Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very finely woven Panamint lidded basket having four eagles and diamond motif on lid. 4" diameter x 3" height
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Circa 1900 Salish Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This old model Salish pole dates to around 1900 and was sold out of the Hudson Bay Fur Trading Co. in Seattle, WA. The pole depicts an inverted killer whale, although the identities of the other figures are unclear. There is a formline human face in profile carved in relief and painted on the front of the base. A rather unusual feature of this pole is the inlaid glass beads in the eyes of the figures and blowhole of the whale. Early model poles sometimes incorporated new, non-traditional materials into their work. A highly unusual and early pole. Northwest Coast cedar totem with original Hudson Bay sticker. Patinated with cabin smoke. 15"
PERIOD: Circa 1900
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast
SIZE: 15"
Family Owned & Operated
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Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Navajo Burntwater Weaving by Linda Nelson
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo Burntwater weaving by Linda Nelson. Linda is a weaver in her 50s from Arizona. She is one of the finest of all Burntwater weavers. She dyes all her own yarn and is famous for ...
Category
2010s American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Native Nootka Totem by Rick Williams, 2 Foot
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rick Williams (Nootka / Nuu-chah-nulth, b. 1955). 2 Foot Red Cedar Seattle Pole" painted wood sculpture hand carved by Rick Williams and signed with titl...
Category
20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Yokut Figurative Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yokut figurative basket, very fine and tight with much Native use.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Yokut
Size: 15 1/2" x 7".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rar...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Navajo Sterling Spirit Dancer by Tobey Henderson
Located in Litchfield, CT
This spectacular sterling figure of a Navajo spirit dancer by renowned Navajo silversmith Toby Henderson is highly detailed, circa 1980s, by Toby Henderson, Dine-Navajo, American. Heavily worked and excessively concha stamped, it is the perfect way to connect with the spiritual world through Dine art! Excellent condition.
Remarks: "Bring the balance of self and universe into your home."
Size: 5 1/2 inches high by 2 inches wide
Weight: 88.7 grams
Hallmarks: TH below a partial sun, maker's mark for Tobey...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Ditidaht TOTEM
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ditidaht First Nation TOTEM by Rick Williams the brother of John T. Williams partnered with other Native carvers to create at tribute to John in the form...
Category
1950s Canadian Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Southern Plains Pony Bow
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Southern Plains decorated pony bow. Buffalo hide, beads and red ochre. Original string of twisted horse hair.
Period: Mid-19th century
Origin: Southe...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Native Nez Perce Beaded Martingale
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Early designed beaded Nez Perce martingale. Constructed stroud applied to canvas with beaded panels of hourglass and diamond motifs. Split tab and brass bell suspensions. Stunning pi...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Circa 1900 Native American Yokut Polychrome Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Yokut polychrome feast basket woven with sedge root, mud dyed bracken fern and redwood. Diamond bands with three "quivers".
First quarter 20th Century
10 1/2" wide x...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Hand Carved Bark Canoe Bailer
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century hand-carved bark canoe bailer from Minnesota. Fur trade era.
Period: 19th Century
Origin: Minnnesota
size: 9" x 6" x 5"
Family Owned & Oper...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Native Apache Beaded Strike-a-light Pouch
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache beaded strike-a-light. Fully beaded both sides. Red ochre covered with double tin cone drops. Blue padre bead handle and chain drops from flap. 4" x...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Mission pictorial basket with eagles and highly geometric bottom. Finely woven. Shows little if any use.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Large Coushatta Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor on top. This basket is attributed to Elssa (LC). Made from longleaf pine needles native to the state stitched with raffia on the sides. The lid with rounded knob is decorated with multiple pine cones and green raffia pine needles. This beautifully shaped basket is a masterpiece with its tight weave and snugly fitting lid, hallmarks of a skilled maker. 10 1/2"D x 11 1/4"H
The Coushatta Tribe first entered documented history...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Zuni Inlay Large Knife Dancer Bolo, Vintage
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful handcrafted Zuni Bolo tie. Natural stones set in sterling.
No mark is seen, circa 1940s.
Black leather tie is included with sterling tips.
This ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Nez Perce Saddle Throw
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Highly decorated Nez Perce saddle throw on brain tanned elk hide. 50” plus 30” fringe, both ends. Heavy bull hide. Similar, but not matching, 12" beaded panels on each side. Second time around. 24" war...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Vintage Navajo Rug, Handmade Wool Oriental Rug, Shrimp, Beige and Taupe
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Jicarilla Apache Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla Apache lidded waste basket with handle cutout, quadrupeds (we think dogs), and geometric designs. Acquired by Charles Graves, Indian agent i...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Crow Beaded Knife Sheath, Native American Plains Indian, Circa 1870
By Crow
Located in Denver, CO
This antique Crow beaded knife sheath, dating from circa 1870, is a remarkable example of Native American craftsmanship from the Classic Period (Pre-Reser...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide
1880s Navajo Pictorial Germantown Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo pictorial Germantown with arrows, whirling logs and either "S's", "5s" or "2s". A few minor stains but not distracting. 5'4" x 7'2". Great conditio...
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1880s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Blackfeet Split Horn Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet or crow split horn headdress collected by Ron Hall at Browning, Montana from grandson of Edward Axe (Blackfeet) who acquired from Jack B...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads, Feathers
19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Extra-large Chippewa beaded bandolier bag with full pocket. Black bead drops ending in blue yarn. Bright and visual vintage piece of Native Americ...
Category
1890s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Navajo Transitional Serape, circa 1870
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Classical Navajo transition serape tied on fringe both ends, stacked white diamonds with blue dark brown centers and bands. 4' x 6'8"
Period: circ...
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1870s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native American Navajo Yei Weaving
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Navajo Indian single Yei rug weaving. In great original condition. Portrays single yei figure in center with feathered arrow designs going up either side. On top and ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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
Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Assiniboine Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine native Assiniboine fully beaded bandolier bag with full pocket. Floral and leaf design with green bugle bead drops ending in pompoms. Full...
Category
1890s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
19th Century Eastern Ball Headed Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eastern ball headed war club of native walnut with carved face having square nailed spike set in lead. Ex. Norm Johnson Estate.
Period: Mid-19th ce...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pueblo Indian Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Pueblo drum. From a private New York State historical society.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century.
Origin: New York
Size: 6" D x 6" H
...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide
North West Basket, Salish
By Salish Indians
Located in Montreal, QC
The Salish basket, circa 1900, is finely woven with a stylized imbricate design, the cover has a cutout star design with central knob, there are minor lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Straw
Eastern Woodland Crooked Knife
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eastern woodland crooked knife. Solid handle having an exquisite hand chipped carved American Folk Art style geometric design. The blade is hand forged i...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tlingit Rattle Top Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Bright colored Tlingit lidded rattle top basket. Exceptional condition. One small stain not distracting.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
Origin: Alaska
Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven bottle neck Panamint basket. 5" x 8"
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
Origin: Nevada
Size: 5" x 8".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chippewa bandolier bag with a pocket. Unique outer edging around center bag with bugle beads, and white and red bugle beads ending in white tuffs at bottom. Matching shoulder straps having bugle beads and green fringe at divide. Nice and visual vintage piece of Native American...
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1890s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Haida-Style Totem Pole By Tsimshian Artist Moses Alexcee
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moses Alexcee was a prolific Tsimshian maker from Prince Rupert who frequently carved for William Webber, the owner of the iconic Thunderbird Scenery Shop in Vancouver, BC. Alexcee often carved Tsimshian-style models of Haida totem...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Antique Navajo Carpet, Folk Rug, Handmade Wool, Red, Black, White, Green
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of Nuu-chah-nulth Model Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This pair of colorful larger Nuu-chah-nulth model totem poles were likely made for a curio shop in Seattle or Victoria sometime around 1915. The poles...
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1910s Canadian Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
13' Vancouver Island TOTEM by Don Colp 158"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
13'2" totem by Don Colp. Inside or outside. Born in Alberta, Canada in 1932, Don Colp grew up on a farm with his parents and four younger brothers. Growing up...
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Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
10 foot Navajo Crystal Runner/Floor Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Navajo Crystal runner with birds, bow and arrows and eagle feathers. Several different red dye lots, some fading, both sides the same. 4'4" x 10'10...
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1920s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These fantastic and detailed weaving pillows are in great as found condition. We are selling them in pairs at 950 a pair. The backings are in brown and tan cotton linen.
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
"Juan Concho" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book "In Search of the Wild Indian" comes with; rare and exceptional.
S OF CARL MOON
1903 to 1914
MS 285
Collection Guide
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
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1910s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
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Other
Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American folk art made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original folk art, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Navajo, Plateau Indians, and Navajo Indian Art. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $1,798.