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Folk Art Floor Lamps

FOLK ART STYLE

Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.

Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.

Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.

Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story.

During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.

Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Folk Art
Fine Hand-Forged Iron Floor Lamp Pair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly noteworthy pair of iron floor lamps with delicate traditional form standing on tripod bases having a primitive three-toe foot. The upper portions with scrolled iron el...
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19th Century Antique Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Iron

A Novelty Lighthouse Floor Lamp Great fun and the ideal piece for a seaside
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Novelty Lighthouse Floor Lamp Great fun and the ideal piece for a seaside theme, this one off piece is made in wood and has an old reconditioned brass Nautical Post light at the t...
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1960s Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass

Folk Art Industrial Wood Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unique Folk Art floor lamp, constructed of a 19th C factory gear piece, later mounted and wired as a floor lamp. The lamp features a vertical center post which is threaded like a scr...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wood

Quirky Hunting & Shooting Floor Lamp A great piece made by a blacksmith
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Quirky Hunting & Shooting Floor Lamp A great piece made by a blacksmith on a wrought iron stand, it has a Horseshoe shaped base and the upright has a realistic looking imitation Fli...
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1950s Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Iron

French Flok Art, Huge Grape Vine Floor Lamp, France, circa 1960
Located in leucate, FR
French Folk Art. Beautiful grape vine floor lamp. Base made with a large vine with several arms, which makes it very stable, a small table is integrated at 26''. For sale without ...
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1960s French Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wood

Tatupeba Floor Lamp GOLDEN BROWN in Natural Palm Fiber - EU plug typ C
Located in São Paulo, BR
Prized as the best work of its category in the Novos Talentos Brasileiros (New Brazilian Talents) Award in 2020, now comes in a new version as a floor lamp. the Tatubepa lamp is a p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Sheet Metal

Tatupeba Floor Lamp BLACK in Natural Palm Fiber - EU plug typ C
Located in São Paulo, BR
Prized as the best work of its category in the Novos Talentos Brasileiros (New Brazilian Talents) Award in 2020, now comes in a new version as a floor lamp. the Tatubepa lamp is a p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Sheet Metal

Unusual Folk Art, Bespoke Billiard Themed Floor Lamp, 8-Ball, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Folk Art, Bespoke Billiard Themed floor lamp.. 8-ball. Modernist, que sticks, Hand crafted, Shade measuring 16" in diameter.
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1940s American Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass

Vintage Cholla Cactus Skeleton Floor Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A unique and interesting cholla cactus skeleton turned floor lamp, freestanding, hand-crafted, this charming piece of American Southwest folk art is sure...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Organic Material

Architecual Element Lamp w/ Floral Ticking Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Zinc Architecual Element lamp w/ Floral Ticking shade Lamp with Shade H 64 Lamp Base 9 x 11 x 45 H Shade top: 14.5 Dia shade bottom: 22 Dia.
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20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Zinc

Spanish Folk Art Floor Standing Standard Lamp
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Spanish Folk Art floor standing standard lamp A traditionally turned, carved and painted piece from Spain. This wooden lamp stands on a square ba...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Softwood

Hammered Brass Folk Art Modernist Floor Lamp
Located in San Mateo, CA
Amateur craftsman made modernist floor lamp. The lamp is a little arts and crafts, art deco and machine age combined. A great imaginative form, the lamp is made of found brass pieces...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass

Impressive Ceramic Floor or Table Lamp in Mystic and Majestic Mayan Style
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This eye catching floor or table lamp in Mayan style truly is an impressive piece. Its foot is a large ceramic statue of a queen and her child, or a king ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Ceramic, Suede, Velvet

Large French Folk Art Wrought Iron Floor Lamp
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
One-of-a-kind, large floor lamp, entirely handmade out of iron, which has been wrought into hundreds of spirals then assembled together to form the structure of the lamp.
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20th Century French Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron

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Vintage 1960s floor lamp in golden brass Italian design
Located in None, IT
Gilt brass floor lamp with adjustable light, Italian design, 1960s. CONDITION: In good, working condition, may show signs of wear given by time. DIMENSIONS: Height 131 cm; Diameter...
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1960s Italian Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass

Rattan « coconut tree/palm tree » floor lamp
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Very decorative floor lamp with 10 green adjustable palms and 3 lights in the coconuts. Great quality as it is all very meticulously hand made. Excellent condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Rattan

Rattan « coconut tree/palm tree » floor lamp
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Iridescent Murano Glass Palm Tree Floor Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Tall floor lamp shaped like a palm tree, made of a brass circular base and trunk, covered with iridescent Murano glass leaves up to the top where large leaves burst out of the trunk....
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2010s Italian Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Spanish 1950s Forged Iron Marolles Style Floor Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of fine forged iron floor lamps of simple form with slender tripod bases, in the manner of Les Artisans de Marolles. Spanish, c. 1950s. Supplied with off-white dupion silk sha...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Iron

Palm Tree Floor Lamp by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
"Palm tree" floor lamp in brass and old Murano glasses. Creation by Studio Glustin. Pair available.
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2010s Italian Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass

Gold Palm Tree Floor Lamp Sergio Terzani
Located in Hastings, GB
Absolutely breathtaking Palm Tree floor lamp, designed by Sergio Terzani in the 1970's. This huge scale lamp is in one of the rarest and most desirable in the original gold leaf gilt...
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1970s Italian Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Metal

Gold Palm Tree Floor Lamp Sergio Terzani
Gold Palm Tree Floor Lamp Sergio Terzani
H 72.45 in W 33.47 in D 33.47 in
A Large Rattan Palm Tree Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A very large reeded rattan palm/coconut tree. Very French Riviera in style late 20th century period. The wide circular base, supporting the organic shaped trunk which in turn holds 8...
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Late 20th Century French Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Rattan

A Large Rattan Palm Tree Floor Lamp
A Large Rattan Palm Tree Floor Lamp
H 87.41 in W 53.94 in D 53.15 in
Great ANTIQUE GUSTAV STICKLEY rare floor lamp - W5856
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an ANTIQUE GUSTAV STICKLEY floor lamp PERIOD from the early 1900s marked, with nice hardware with Gustav Stickley Branded as pictured. Its made from oak with original finish ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Oak, Wicker

Hand made Forged Iron Floor Lamp soft light w/ Shade Ambiance Antique Dealer LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand made Forged Iron Floor Lamp soft light w/ Shade Ambiance Antique Dealer LA . Hand forged iron torsade floor lamp . The metal work is meticulous . The decorative twisted braid of...
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1990s American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Metal, Iron

Walnut and Birch Standing Floor Lamp by Mel Smilow - wired for the UK
Located in New York, NY
**These two in-stock lamps are wired for the UK.** The standing floor lamp is part of the re-issued Smilow Lighting Collection, originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1956 and official...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Birch, Maple, Walnut

Early 19th Century Folk Art Floor Lamp, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Black wooden Folk Art floor lamp. Tri-pod legs on a original triangular stand. Newly made into a electrified lamp, originally a large candlestick.
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19th Century Danish Antique Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wood

French forged iron folk-art floor lamp c.1950
Located in Holmfirth, GB
French forged iron folk-art floor lamp c.1950 Probably from the Provence region of France, in the manner of Les Artisans de Marolles. Supplied with white linen shade. Rewired for the...
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1950s French Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron

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Art Deco Era Folk Art Floor Lamp
Located in Fulton, CA
An Art Deco era floor lamp comprised of scrap pieces of various woods. A one-of-a kind Folk Art creation. Stands 69.63 inches tall. Original finish and condition. Vintage lamp shade ...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Scrap Wood

Giant 8-Foot Tall Tree Trunk Mushroom Floor Lamp with Burl Knot Wood Shade
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Well Alice, you chased that white rabbit and it brought you here, to this colossal floor lamp where logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead. Nearly beyond description, but these three words come close. Magical, mystical, whimsical. This truly one-of-a-kind masterpiece is going to be excruciatingly hard to let go. Everyone at FMV is already getting depressed and sentimental just thinking about it being sold and taken away. The prehistoric looking lampshade is actually a 3-foot wide, solid burl knot. This naturally formed, bell shaped wood formation...
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1970s American Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Metal

Dachshund English 1960s Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
Lovely folk art sausage dog floor lamp, great detail to the features. Rewired with bronze rope twisted silk flex. Delightful vintage light. Made in England in the 1960s.
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1960s British Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wood

Dachshund English 1960s Floor Lamp
Dachshund English 1960s Floor Lamp
H 60.63 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
1930s Austin 10 Grille with Lucas King of the Road Head Lights
By Herbert Austin
Located in Søborg, DK
1930s Austin 10 Grille with Lucas King of the road head lights. Mounted onto a cast iron base and converted with LED lights. Original paint and with an overa...
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1930s English Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Brass, Chrome, Iron

Tall Unusual French Conservatory Painted Toleware Floor Lamp
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A tall unusual French conservatory painted toleware floor lamp. The theme of this lamp is a bamboo tree, and it will give a pleasant light and l...
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Floor Lamps

Large 19th Century Blue And White Delft Floor Lamp
Located in Copenhagen, K
Large 19th Century Blue And White Delft Floor Lamp Delft floor lamp on wooden base. Probably converted from a candelabra into floor lamp.
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19th Century Dutch Antique Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wood, Delft

Large 19th Century Blue And White Delft Floor Lamp
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H 57.09 in Dm 12.6 in
Colorful French Broken Plate "Pique Assiette" Mosaic Floor Lamp, circa 1940
Located in Houston, TX
Curious and colorful one of a kind, handmade lamp made from pieces of vintage and antique china and figurines. Round centre post on a square base. Has figural and animal statues atta...
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1940s French Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Ceramic, Pottery

Unique 1940's Folk Art Shell Floor Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very unique 1940's Folk Art shell floor lamp. Many different colors of grout, Blue, Green, Mustard, Cream and light Blue. Different styles of shells and sizes applied in rows all over the lamp. Lamp separates into three parts, and all stands on four vintage castors.
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1940s American Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Shell

Elegant carved wood floor lamp with frosted glass shade
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An elegant carved wood floor lamp with a frosted glass shade. It is well done with a nice stained finish.
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1960s Vintage Folk Art Floor Lamps

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Wood

Folk Art floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique folk art floor lamps 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 floor lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art floor lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original floor lamps, popular names associated with this style include and Valter Costa Lima. 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 floor lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $750 and tops out at $29,950 while the average work can sell for $3,500.

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