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Folk Art Cabinets

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
Rare Antique Handcrafted Swedish Tall Black Painted Pine Folk Art Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare folk art cabinet from Järvsö in Hälsingland, Sweden. The cabinet is made by hand in solid pine around 1790 to 1810 and has the original paint which is in very good condition. No...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

Original Hand Painted Swedish Cabinet dated 1798
Located in Round Top, TX
Painted cabinets were a traditional element of Swedish country homes, this one is particularly lovely as it still maintains the original hand-painted finish with floral bouquet and f...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood, Paint

Nautical Design Hotel Reception Key Cupboard
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Nautical Design Hotel Reception Key Cupboard This is a Solid Teak Key cupboard with a mirrored brass porthole on the front of the door. The cupboard has 5 key hooks inside and the...
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1960s Vintage Folk Art Cabinets

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Teak

19th Century Swedish Dalarna Folk Art Cabinet dated 1805 with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Exceptional 19th century Swedish Dalarna Folk Art Corner Cabinet painted with Kurbits with center door, Dalarna, Sweden, inscribed and dated: Anno 1805 all original painting. This ...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

Antique Carved Chest on Turned Legs. Late 19th Century.
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Chest with Carvings on Turned Legs. Late 19th Century. Box with impressive carvings and velvet interior standing on four twisted column legs. All surfaces with intricate hand...
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Oak

19th Century American Tramp Art Cabinet
Located in London, GB
19th Century American Tramp Art Cabinet An authentic example of a late 19th Century hand crafted American tramp art cabinet. Untouched in form, sti...
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19th Century Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

19th Century English Carved Oak Cabinet
Located in London, GB
19th century English carved oak cabinet English, 19th Century Height 179cm, width 203cm, depth 62cm This solid oak cabinet was made i...
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19th Century English Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Oak

Original Hand Painted Small Cabinet, Austria circa 1800-20
Located in Round Top, TX
The colorful painted finish is all original on this delightful small cabinet from Austria resting on tapered feet. Tones of orange, red, brown, yellow, ocher and green are all blend...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood, Paint

Small Antique Swedish Chest of Drawers/Filing Cabinet Great Green Patina 1880s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Small antique Swedish chest of drawers/ filing cabinet made of solid pine with turquoise/petroleum green paint patinated from wear and...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Brass

Antique Swedish Folk Art Solid Pine Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique folk art cabinet from Sweden made during the first years of the 19th century, around 1810. The cabinet is made by hand in solid pine. ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

19th Century Country Swedish Painted Farmhouse Cabinet Cupboard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical 19th century country Swedish painted farmhouse cabinet dresser topped with a cupboard plate rack. The cabinet features a colorful festive f...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

18th Century Primitive Folk Art Baroque Era Unique Pine Cabinet Chimney Cupboard
Located in Zagreb, HR
Stunning sculptural piece of furniture, a rustic wabi sabi folk art primitive cabinet, "chimney cupboard", from the 18th century. One of a kind antique rustic piece with loads of...
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18th Century European Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wrought Iron

Original Hand Painted Small Cabinet Cupboard from Denmark, Dated 1801
Located in Round Top, TX
This highly original hand-painted cabinet is dated 1801; it sits on heavy turned legs with lower scalloped edging creating an attractive base. Beautiful flowers in red and white de...
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Early 19th Century Danish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood, Paint

Original Hand Painted Drop Leaf Table Cabinet Sideboard, Sweden Dated 1813
Located in Round Top, TX
The elaborate painted finish is all original, making this unique drop leaf table a special find. Not only craftsmanship but ingenuity is revealed as this table also serves as a cabin...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine, Paint

Tramp Art Wall Hanging Cabinet Hand Carved and Painted ca 1880
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique tramp art wall hanging cabinet hand carved and painted ca 1880 The Tramp Art wall cabinet has great details of geometric hand cut scr...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood

17th Century Austrian Folk Painted Cupboard
Located in London, GB
A striking, late 17th century heavily patinated pine cupboard from the alpine region of Styria. Featuring intricately forged iron hardware and remnants of historic folk paintwork, wi...
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17th Century Austrian Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Late 19th Century American Tramp Folk Art Draws
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century American tramp folk art draws We share what we love, and we love this late 19th American set of tramp art draws. Made from old cigar boxes...
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Early 1900s American Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

Folk Art Travail Populaire Cabinet, France, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th-century travail populaire cabinet from Bretagne, France. Reflecting the essence of French Wabi Sabi, this solid wood armoirette embodies the zen-like harmony and refined simplicity of folk art. Adorned with delicate sand dollar carvings, this sculptural storage...
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19th Century French Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

Antique Swedish Untouched Veneered Elm Clock Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique clock cabinet made during the early to mid 1800s, circa 1820 to 1840. The cabinet is veneered and waxed elm. The lower cabinet is...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Elm

19th Century French Country Folk Art Corner Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century French Art Populair, or Folk Art, corner cabinet from Normandy. Made of pitch pine with bold geometric carved panels. In three parts: the bottom has a small dovetailed drawer and one interior shelf, the top cabinet has two interior shelves, and the crown is decorated with carved rosettes. Locks and keys in working condition. An unusual cabinet...
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19th Century French Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

Italian 19th Century Apothecary Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fabulous 19th century Italian apothecary cabinet. This apothecary cabinet offers plenty of storage for the modern-day home. It has its originals keys and labels which are fix...
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19th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood, Paint

Primitive 19th C. “Hewn” Oak Shelving Unit
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully simple hewn oak shelving unit/cupboard. Originating from the mountains of Central Europe the unit is constructed entirely of thick hand cut pieces of oak with a hinged...
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1860s Romanian Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Oak

18th Century German Oak Cupboard
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A 18th century German cupboard from the lower Rhine area. Two-door oak corpus with projecting moulded cornice. Doors and pilasters partially ca...
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18th Century German Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Oak

Petite Folk Art Hand-Painted Commode with Hinged Top
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive Folk Art cabinet / commode with original paint in attractive black and red palette and extraordinary hand-painted decoration (ca 19th Century, USA). Sourced from a century...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Metal

Salvador Corona Hand Painted Cabinet, Mexico / Tucson, 1940s, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Beutiful Salvador Corona hand painted and signed cabinet with drawers, Mexico / Tucson, 1940s. Good original condition with honest attractive wear.
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood

Folk Art "Picassiette" Deux-Corps, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and unusual dresser decorated with colorful bits of broken porcelain -- in typical French Folk Art tradition, but unusual on a piece of this size ...
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19th Century French Antique Folk Art Cabinets

Antique Rare Swedish Blue Folk Art Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare Swedish blue cabinet in folk art from around 1820. This type of cabinet was only made and can only be found the county Jämtland in northern Swedish, close to the Norwegian borde...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

Antique Original Painted Pine Sideboard Dated 1795 from Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
Original painted pine sideboard dated 1795, rich deep patina to the aged wood. Hand painted flourishes in green, red and yellow. Faded monogram and date of 1795 still visible on doo...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Wood, Paint

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Located in Wilson, NC
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English Pine Cupboard
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Lawyers Cupboard, Barristers Cupboard, Antique Estate Cupboard, Scotland
Located in Vancouver, BC
Lawyers cupboard, barristers cupboard, antique walnut estate cupboard, Scotland 1880, Antique Furniture, B1298 Scotland 1880 Molded cornice above Upp...
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Antique Stately Northern Swedish Folk Art Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
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Antique Swedish Tall White Folk Art Pine Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique folk art cabinet from northern Sweden made during the early 1800s, around 1810 to 1820. The cabinet is made by hand in two parts from ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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Pine

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H 75.99 in W 42.92 in D 14.97 in
Antique German Hand Painted Cabinet, circa 1850
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Antique Folk Painted German Bohemian Wedding Marriage Dowry Cabinet Armoire 1820
Located in Portland, OR
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19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wall Cabinet
Located in Mjöhult, SE
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Cabinets

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H 20.08 in W 19.3 in D 9.45 in
Unusual Late 18th Century Swedish Green Country Folk Art Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual northern Swedish folk art cabinet made around 1790 to 1800. The cabinet is a country house furniture from the village Lockne in Jämtland in northern Sweden. This type of cabi...
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Antique French Folk Art Painted Wedding Armoire Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A French double door oak cabinet from the early 20th century, finished in a later folk art painted finish. Born in France, circa 1920, the charming antique features hand-crafted solid oak wood, having a simple stepped cornice top, over two full length cabinet doors, opening to reveal various shelving options that provide very generous amounts of storage, flanked by recessed paneled sides, all rising on a wooden molding plinth base. Beautifully hand painted, most likely presented as a wedding gift, featuring folk art paint decorated polychrome floral, bird, and wedding motifs on blue ground, faux apothecary taste, dated 1988. Dimensions: (approx) 73" tall, 38" wide, 14.5" deep Uses: A wonderful example of functional art, the extremely versatile European cabinet reminiscent of Swedish Country, Scandinavian farmhouse...
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Folk Art cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique folk art cabinets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include storage furniture and cabinets, folk art, decor and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, pine and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art cabinets made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original cabinets, popular names associated with this style include and Salvador Corona. 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 cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at £674 and tops out at £33,851 while the average work can sell for £3,210.

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