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Technique: Hand-Crafted
21st Century Ovo Magazine or Shoes Leather Basket Handwoven in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Ovo basket: Compact yet capacious.
Fashioned of resistant recycled leather, with tan or black this basket boasts an unstructured silhouette with fl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Monumental 19th Century Rocking Horse with Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very fine country rocking horse is not only fantastic looking and all original paint it is sturdy and strong. The pony skin is worn as well as the saddle but all in tack.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico
A lively pre-Columbian Colima dog vessel sitting back on its haunches, with one foot slightly lifted off the ground as i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
21st Century Ovo Towel & Magazine Leather Basket Outdoor Use Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Ovo basket: Compact yet capacious.
Fashioned of resistant recycled leather, with tan or black this basket boasts an unstructured silhouette with fl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Wagen Bed in Fiberglass and Palisander Wood Veneer
Located in Paris, FR
Bed Wagen for children room.
Made with fiberglass with outside with chrome-plated finishes.
With palisander wood veneer inside and withseveral storage
compartments for a bed, a tv, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Chrome
$105,131 Sale Price
20% Off
Poto African Iron Sword, Congo Africa on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Poto African sword, Congo Africa on stand.
A forged iron sword with fine incised design, inlaid brass dots, overlaid brass strips, finely carved wood ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Hand Carved & Painted Noah Ark Child's Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early Noah's Ark Child's chair in original painted surface. Circa 1900.
Wonderful child's chair depicting the Noah's Ark Child's Bible Story. Great aged paint and aged patina. Wonder...
Category
Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging wonderfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Vintage Nahua Pottery Chililico Hidalgo Mexican Folk Art Animal Candleholders
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming pair of two rare and whimsical indigenous Nahua peoples pottery animal folk art candleholders.
Handmade in the village of Chililico, Hidalgo, Central Mexico, primiti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
21st Century Italian Leather Chess Board with Brass Pieces Handcrafted in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Two in one. A bicolour game board with an interior storage tray that houses the set’s pearled checkers and black and brass-finished chess pieces.
The class of a noble material such as walnut wood perfectly matches with the timeless beauty of genuine leather. A full chess and checkers set...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game Inlaid Walnut Box handmade, circa 1930's
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid walnut box, which we date to the early 20th century, circa 1930's.
The che...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
21st Century Leather Playing Cards Holder Handcrafted in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
The ideal gift for poker players or card collectors.
A wooden box covered with a luxurious grained leather with hand stitched details. This travel set comes in a wide range of colors...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather
21st Century Leather Tilting Lid Waste Bin Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
A cylindrical and contemporary silhouette with subtle detail.
Our round metal bin with tilting lid is perfectly sized for use in the bathroom.
More than 30 harmonious shades can be paired with our modern bathroom...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Japanese Daruma Doll HIMEDARUMA Yuhime-ningyo Ehime 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a doll which is called Yuhime-Ningyo.
These dolls are made in Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture.
The kimono which the doll is wearing is made with silk.
We say that these dolls ar...
Category
1990s Japanese Showa Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Silk, Plastic
$191 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with hand carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces
Vintage mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess board in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Collection of 3 Italian 19th Century Marionettes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 3 Italian 19th century Marionettes
A fantastic set of 3 19th century hand crafted marionette puppets. All with original cotton, silk and valour clothing intact, han...
Category
19th Century Italian Early Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed on base with incised signature by Voulkos.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramists of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary.
Doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
21st Century Penelope Rectangular Laundry Basket in Leather & Canvas Cotton
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
A simple and linear shape, where the resistant and waterproof leather is combined with the softness of the ecru cotton layer that give the piece a natural beauty.
A rectangular silhouette for our Penelope laundry...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Cotton
Vintage Pal Kepenyes Bronze/Brass Necklace, 20th Century
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Pal Kepenyes bronze/brass necklace, 20th century.
This Hungarian born artist worked in Mexico for decades, known for free-form sculptural jewelry...
Category
20th Century Mexican Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Amish Quilt Holmes Co. Ohio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine Ohio Amish quilt is in pristine condition and is made from polished cotton. The fine piecework of the postage stamp nine patch corners and geometric pattern surround. It is...
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$3,916 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century Painted Folk Art Farmhouse Bridal Cabinet
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
Antique bridal cabinet dating from around 1820-1840, from Franconia, southern Germany. Its weathered character and original paintings give it a stunning appearance. Both the design o...
Category
Early 19th Century German Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Pre Columbian Rare Large Zacatecas Figure Latin American Antiques Art
Located in London, GB
Rare large Zacatecas seated Figure
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico ca. 200 BCE – 300 CE
A striking large terracotta figure from the Zacatecas culture, depicting a standing female with ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Native American Indian Hopi Southwest Wood Kachina Katsina Doll Totem Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully hand-painted and decorated Native American Hopi Kachina Katsina doll. It is hand carved from light wood (likely cottonwood). Kachina figures are believed to act as me...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Western Yellow Wagtail Viechtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird Folk Art Austria 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th century w...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Black Forest Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Qajar Circular Decorative Persian Tile
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Qajar Middle Eastern Islamic tile plaque.
Asian Moorish glazed ceramic tile depicting an outdoor scene with musician and women serving food and da...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Large Majolica Terracotta Sculpture with Lustre by Adolfo Merlone, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian Large Majolica Terracotta Sculpture with Lustre by Adolfo Merlone, 1950s
Majolica terracotta sculpture decorated with lustre glazes in shades of red, blue and yellow depicti...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Maiolica, Terracotta
Pre Columbian Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Inca Kero carved and painted in a mosaic style with Avian floral and animal designs
Height...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th C Applique Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Applique quilt from Pennsylvania in good condition with swag floral border.This is quite unusual and unique.
Category
1860s American Country Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,516 Sale Price
47% Off
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rods (however this puppet lost one of its bamboo rods over the years due to age) It was used in Wayang puppet...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Nupe Cast Bronze Purse Container Bells and Rings Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Nupe of Nigeria thinly cast hollow bronze purse or container, probably created by the lost wax process with attached bronze bells and rings. Hollow with fine overlaid designs...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
21st Century Almeria Medium Decorative Basket Handwoven in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
The Almeria medium basket, a Pinetti timeless icon.
A basket that becomes a magazine, blanket, shoes holder or a simple piece of décor, if necessary. P...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Beautiful Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A refined Austrian early 20th-century hand-carved wooden bird, mounted on its original stand for wall display. Executed in the traditional “Viechtauer” style, these sculptural folk a...
Category
20th Century Austrian Black Forest Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Plate Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, freeform, large, heavy plate/ charger by American master potter Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures. Very unique and scarce work with rare use of color. Very hard to come by. One of our personal favorites along with the Chawan tea bowl.
Signed on base and dated (1961) by Voulkos. This was made during one of his most magical and experimental phases.
From of Private Collection, New York.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramist of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum Prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary
doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Majolica Deruta Raffaellesco Decorative Ceramic Wall Plate 14'75 inches
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A large vintage Deruta Raffaellesco decorative wall plate with scalloped rim.
Majolica hand-painted with magnificent detailing and artwork, extraordinar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Toshiko Takaezu Signed Japanese Shigaraki Ware Pottery Chawan Yunomi Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely beautiful and extremely rare Shigarakai Yaki Ware Chawan tea bowl / Yunomi cup by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The work features a gorgeous dripped glaze over a anagama kiln fired Shigaraki clay body. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work with a very Wabi-Sabi feel to it.
The piece is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark / monogram.
Shigaraki Ware pottery comes from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The kiln there is one of six ancient kilns in Japan (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Bizen ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
In 1993, Toshiko was invited to Japan by Shiro Otani to work with the quartz rich clay and local artists/potters at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. In 1995 she made the journey there to work in master Japanese ceramicist Shiho Kanzaki's studio in Shigaraki,. We believe this work was likely created at this time. It appears few pieces that she made during this particular visit exists today as we have only seen one other work - another Chawan - that she created during this trip (The works were fired in Kanzaki's anagama kiln in February 1996 and subsequently shipped back to Toshiko in New Jersey).
This particular work also encompasses the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic - the appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete in nature and embraces the principles of asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and the appreciation of both natural objects and the forces of nature upon them.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or Japanese/Hawaiian pottery...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Antique French Zinc Weathervane in Original Condition C1900's
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique zinc weathervane that we believe probably came from France and was constructed around the turn of the century and by that we mean circa 1900. Completely original and unrestor...
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Amish Lancaster Co. , Pa. Bars Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing early Amish Lancaster County, Pennsylvania all wool bars quilt is in fine condition.Note the red & blue bars is quite rare and not typical Amish colors.Very fine and int...
Category
1910s American Adirondack Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Wooden Rocking Horse
Located in Sheffield, MA
The 19th century charming and rustic rocking horse now mounted on two straight boards is made of handcrafted wood pieces cleverly assembled, and has a leather saddle, reins and stirrups. A great addition for those who collect Early American country antiques...
Category
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,920 Sale Price
30% Off
Beautiful Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Birds Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two refined Austrian early 20th-century hand-carved wooden birds, mounted on its original stand for wall display. Executed in the traditional “Viechtauer” style, these sculptural fol...
Category
20th Century Austrian Black Forest Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
21th Century Italian Table, Chess Board, Chess Game Gold /Silver plated brass
Located in VALENZA, IT
Chess table and chess game in bronze and brass made with the ancient casting technique.
After the casting, the finishing was chiseled and subsequently silvered and finished with 24-k...
Category
2010s Italian Medieval Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Shoji Hamada Mingei Kakiyu Kaki Glaze Japanese Studio Pottery Yunomi Teacup
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted, and wonderfully designed Yunomi teacup by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada featuring his wax-resistant technique and highly coveted rich Kaki glaze over Mashiko...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Handcrafted Venetian Jester Masks with Opera Sticks, Commedia dell’Arte
Located in Miami, FL
A striking pair of handcrafted Venetian jester masks, created in Italy circa 2000 and inspired by the rich theatrical traditions of Commedia dell’Arte. These original Venetian folk a...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Gold, Brass, Metallic Thread
Decorative Hand-Carved African Statue from Kenya
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Decorative ebony well hand-carved African statue of a young women.
Handmade in Kenya, Africa.
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
19th Century Amish Hole in the Barn Door Quilt, Dated 1890
By Amish Quilts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century very rare Holmes county Ohio Amish hole in the barn door quilt. This early and very rare all cotton quilt has a cheddar backing and ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century American Iron Horse Weathervane on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
All muscle and motion, this early 19th-century American running horse weathervane still seems to gallop across whatever space it occupies. Fashioned from hand-wrought iron sheets—riv...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
18th Century Ngelima Bronze Currency Piece on Custom Steel Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare 18th-century Ngelima bronze currency manilla is a stunning artifact, weighing an impressive 20 pounds of solid bronze. Adorned with intricate incised line drawings at its e...
Category
18th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Maria Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo Blackware Jar, Hand-Coiled Feather Motif
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite blackware jar is a masterwork by renowned San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Martinez (1887–1980), celebrated for pioneering the iconic black-on-black pottery technique...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Signed VALLAURIS Polished Steel & Ceramic Tiles La Grange Coffee Table France 50
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern French rectangular coffee table from the late 1950s.
Solid polished Steel and original handcrafted & hand-painted c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English folk art metal weathervane
Located in London, GB
19th Century English folk art metal weathervane
Removable from its mounted 19th Century hand carved church stand, this highly decorative English folk-art weathervane in the form of ...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
1885 Kentucky Crazy Quilt
Located in Louisville, KY
This 1895 folk art crazy quilt out of Kentucky is an absolute work of art. The selection of bright and unique fabrics of that era are combined in random stained glass fashion. Stunni...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn with Arabic Calligraphy Lettrism Writing
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
William & Mary Rare Pewter Trefid Spoon with Portraits, Circa 1690
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very rare William and Mary pewter trefid spoon the handle molded in relief with portraits and dating from around 1690. The spoon has an elongated rounded ...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Late 19th C Authentic Shaker Wood Bucket. Pennsylvania, Circa 1885. All Original
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is an authentic and late 19th century hand made wooden Shaker bucket from Pennsylvania. in all original and unrestored, very good condition; with it...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Danish 18th Century Brass And Wood Nutcracker
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish 18th Century brass and wood nutcracker.
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Large Stoneware Floor Vase in Ceramic by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2022
By Ole Victor
Located in Odense, DK
Large ceramic floor vase with glaze in variations of beige and pastel colors, made by Danish artist Ole Victor, 2022.
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who a...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage Hand Crafted Scale Model of a Fishing Boat - Canada - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage hand crafted scale model of a fishing boat - featuring a detailed interior with two seats, a removable fishing net with floats and a coiled rope to the front - the wood left ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Naive Folk Art Cat Portrait, Original Oil On Canvas Painting, 19th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
A charming study of a fluffy cat curled up and looking straight at you.
Painted in the naive style.
Signed to the lower right ‘Thomson’.
Probably ...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique French Limonaire Frères Signed Carved Painted Wood Carousel Donkey Ride
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, important and most charming French carousel amusement ride by important Parisian craftsmen Limonaire Frères / Limonaire Brothers (France; 1839-1932)
Hand-crafted in Paris, France in the late 19th century, exceptionally executed near life-size form depicting a standing donkey figure with the rare unique feature of a nodding head. Finished in country fair taste, hand-carved solid wood construction, the menagerie merry-go-round ride presents splendidly, with the original layered polychrome paint finish, enhanced by beautifully aged heavily worn patina acquired over many years of carnival use.
Signed, retaining the original manufacturer's brass plaque that reads: "Sculptures Pour Forains, Chevaux De Bois Etc, Limonaire Freres, Paris, 166 Avenue Daumesnil"
The extremely rare, museum quality example is one of the very few surviving Limonaire Frères wooden carousel fixtures, one of only a handful imported to the United States, and quite possibly the last surviving donkey!
DIMENSIONS: (approx)
44" High, 52" Wide, 10" Deep
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION:
Acquired from the highly reputable auction house, Schultz Auctioneers, Clarence, New York. Important Antiques & Decorative Arts catalog
HISTORY:
Limonaire Frères were an amusement ride and later street organ...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Tonala Folk Art Bird Mexican Hand Painted Colorful Pottery 1960s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Tonala Folk Art Pottery Plate Hand Painted Flying Bird, Mexico, circa 1960's.
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
C.1880 American Folk Art Top Hat Hatmaker’s Trade Sign
Located in Briarcliff Manor, NY
A hard-to-find and charming sheet iron hatmaker’s,trade sign from the mid to late 19th century. The sculptural curves of the brim and the hat itself are engaging and amusing. This...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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