Folk Art Chairs
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
Period: 19th Century
Early 19Thc Original Stenciled Hitchcock Child's Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original stencil painted children's chair with original hand woven rush seat and in very sturdy condition.Fine undisturbed painted surface.
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art chairs with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A pair of similar 19th century Swedish country chairs. Very slight difference with great patina ,see pictures
Scraped by hand to its beautiful blue original color.
Such nice ext...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Unusual Primitive 19th Century Swedish Chair
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Unusual primitive and sculptural early 19th century Swedish / Scandinavian folk art chair. Ca 1800 Sweden.
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Early 19th Century Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Set of 4 Small Swedish Folk Art Chairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four Swedish 18th Century Folk Art chairs
Set of 4 smaller chairs with its old vintage patina in pine. "Allmoge", the Swedish word for Folk Art, is exactly what these four ea...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Green Painted Folk Art Swedish Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Green-painted Swedish chair, or stool with back, dating to 19th century. Constructed in pine circa 1860-1879. Green painted finish on upper part of chair is largely early, or origina...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Unusual Northern Swedish Antique Unique Country Folk Art Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual primitive country chair in folk art from Northern Sweden. The chair is a one of a kind piece made by hand in solid pine around 1820 to 1840. Old historic paint which has beco...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Set of Four 19th Century Primitive Swedish Folk Art Pine Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic set of four 19th century primitive country Swedish hand-carved folk art farmhouse chairs crafted from pine. The set features a well-worn and weathered patina with a gracefully...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
18th Century Rustic country Primitive Folk Art Stool
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Primitive Folk Art Chair from Northern Sweden.
This charming chair is a true piece of history. It was made by hand in No...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Set of Four Black Forest Carved Tavern Bavarian Inn Chairs, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of four interesting brutalist wood carved from the Bavarian Alps or Black Forest Area , with a motif adorning all chair Backrests. Each Stool is in very good, used condition, t...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Folk Art Rustic Pine Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish folk art chair made during the late 1800s. The chair is hand-made from pine with a heart cut out from the backrest. The chair has never been painted so the pine has aged natu...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Original Folk Art Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique folk art chair from Sweden made around 1860 in painted pine. The chair has the original paint with a time-worn distressed patina. The chair had a very particular function in ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
English Ladder Back Armchair, Early 19th Century
Located in London, GB
English Ladder back armchair, Early 19th Century
A country-made early 19th century ladder back armchair. Made in Ash with great patina and origi...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Ash
Early 19th century Swedish Log Chair
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Vernacular early 19th century Swedish Folk Art log chair or “kubbestol” a provincial Scandinavian chair made from a log. Ca 1800 - 1820 Sweden.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
Swedish 19th Century Wooden Child's High Chair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish early 19th century wooden child's high chair.
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Early 19th Century Scandinavian Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
19th C Childs Ladder Back Chair with Original Rush Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C childs ladder back chair with original rush seat. The seat is so beautiful. Pristine condition.
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19th Century American Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Wood
19th Century Swedish Antique rustic Stamp chair folk Art " Kubb "chair
Located in Boden, SE
Swedish "Kubb "chair from the 18th-19th century. The "Kubb"chair is an old type of furniture, and is probably the first chair. It is found on depictions from the Viking Age...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
English Elm Corner Chair, Early 19th Century
Located in London, GB
English Elm Corner chair, Early 19th Century
An early 19th Century corner chair made in elm with a rush seat and an unusual simulated bamboo details in the seat back.
A lovely ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Elm
Antique Swedish Folk Art Stump Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish stump chair in folk art. The chair has a round shape and is made from a hollowed pine tree stump. The chair is in untouched conditi...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Swedish Rustic Folk Art Primitive Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rustic folk art chair from Northern Sweden. The chair is unique and hand-made into a primitive example of an antique chair. The pine has never been pa...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Chair in Higly Decorative Shapes
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Folk art made in Sweden at its best. This chair with highly appealing shapes and patina. Made in the late 19th century this chair is a given piece to any modern home that wants to ha...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Birch
19th C Original Painted Decorated Child's / Doll Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Th C original painted child’s / dolls chair from Pennsylvania. The Chair is in Amazing Condition & Found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Circa 1860. Fantastic Patina!
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19th Century American Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Four 19th C Original Painted Pennsylvania Plank Bottom Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These chairs were found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and are in very good and sturdy condition. Beautiful set of four mauve colored hand painted plank bottom chairs...
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19th Century American Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Tulipwood
Late 19th Century Swedish Stump Chair in Solid Pine
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish stump chair manufactured from a hollowed tree trunk. The chair is primitive and has never been painted. The two bands going around the seat...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
Armchair Captain's Chair Black Swedish 19th Century Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Captain's chair black Swedish 19th century Sweden. An armchair made during the end of 19th century. Painted in our signature Laserow Black.
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
Scottish Horseshoe Back Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Scottish horseshoe-back chair, circa 1850-1870. This vernacular Windsor style stick-back chair from Argyll, Scotland, features pegged construction and remnants of original earthy red milk paint. Its seat is pine, legs and spindles are elm and the horseshoe back rail is yew wood. Originally created to function as a work or milking chair...
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Mid-19th Century Scottish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Paint, Yew, Pine, Elm
Rare Norwegian Kubbestol, circa 1850, Origin Telemark, Norway
Located in New York, NY
Rare Norweigen Kubbestol, circa 1850, origin: Telemark, Norway
Rosemaling and acanthus carvings in this extraordinary Kubbestol indicate it is most likely from Telemark, Norway, a region known for this exact carving and painting. A Kubbestol is a traditional Scandinavian chair carved from a single log...
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19th Century Norwegian Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Fir, Paint
Antique Swedish Folk Art Countrry Carver Chairs in Kurbits Faux Wood Grain
Located in LONDON, GB
Lovely antique Swedish turbots Folk Art pair of carver chairs in hand-painted faux wood grain with excellent detail and a turbots hand-printed Fo...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Scandinavian Wooden Barrel Chair Made in the 19th Century
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian wooden barrel chair made in the 19th century. A circular, beautifully wooden chair with patina and soft edges hollowed out from a natu...
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1890s Swedish Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Pine
19th Century Handmade English Chess Carved Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing handmade English chess chair is hand carved. The chair seat is hand webbing made from hemp. The hand carved figurines and hand carved signatu...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood, Hemp
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French 19th Century Folk Art Leather Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered Folk Art box made out of wood and covered with leather. Working lock and key.
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19thc Pair Swiss Elm Hall Chairs
Located in Staffordshire, GB
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Antique Set 4 Spanish Polychrome Dining Chairs Giltwood Green Painted Folk Art
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
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H 43.31 in W 18.12 in D 16.54 in
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Root Wood Bowl
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Fine organic Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art root wood bowl, circa 1820.
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19th Century English fruit wooden child's chair
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Primitive 19th century chair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
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Swedish 19th Century Wooden Child's High Chair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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Folk Art 19th Century French Tramp Box
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely French tramp box with a mirror inside, circa 1890.
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French Brutalist massive pine Tree chair, unique, 1950s Handmade, folk art
Located in Forest, BE
Very unique handmade with massive pine. Unusual chair. The overall is patinated and shows various shades of brown/brownish colors. Elegant and brutalist describe that chair properly....
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Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Chairs
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H 33.08 in W 14.57 in D 17.72 in
19th Century Antique Victorian Child’s Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
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Pair of 19th Century British Colonial Child's Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Pair of Antique Italian Wooden Folk Art Chairs
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Pair of antique Folk Art chairs from the Dolomitis region of Northern Italy, in dark European pine wood.
h 86 x w 35 x d 35 cm
seat height 40 cm
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Pair of Northern Swedish Charming Folk Art Chairs
Located in Kramfors, SE
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Antique Pink Painted Kubbestol Carved Log Chair, Sweden, Dated 1807
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Pair of 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Log Chairs
Located in Mjöhult, SE
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Antique Blue Painted Kubbestol Carved Log Chair, Sweden, circa 1820
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique carved and painted kubbestol, a traditional Scandinavian log chair.
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Norwegian Stump Chair
Located in Farsta, SE
Norwegian stump chair.
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Antique Swedish Folk Art Chair in Gustavian Style
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish folk art chair in gustavian style in pine made during the early 1800s, around 1820. The chair has been standing in the same farm house in northern Hälsingland, a province in ...
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Pine
Welsh 19th Century Folk Art ‘Stick Chair’
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Welsh 19th century Folk Art ‘Stick chair’, Wales ca. 1880. Constructed out of dark finished Elm. In good original condition with an incredible patina.
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Mid 19th Century Swedish Blue Folk Art Gustavian Style Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Blue Folk Art chair in Gustavian style from the mid 1800s. The chair is from Northern Sweden and has the original blue paint. The paint has some distress and patina so the wood under...
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Mid 19th Century Swedish Painted Pine Folk Art Stump Chair
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Folk Art chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art chairs 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 chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, softwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Bobby Falwell, and Luteca Furniture. 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 chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $390 and tops out at $12,400 while the average work can sell for $2,400.
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