Folk Art Furniture
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
Creator: Unknown
Mid Century Ceramic Vessel Vase or Carafe in Blue and Brown, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A unique ceramic jug or vase with a handle. This piece is created from ceramic and circular in form. The body is decorated in a textured blue and brown design. The neck is narrow, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Vintage Leather Parrot by Federico Mexico
Located in Miami, FL
Leather parrot from Mexico. Sitting on a brass perch.
Marked Federico Made in Mexico.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Red and White Hand Painted Ceramic Italian Soup Cup, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful large hand painted soup cup with handle made in Italy. Italian folk pottery has become highly coveted in recent years. This piece features a hand ...
Category
20th Century Italian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Faux Malachite Leather Decorative Indian Maharaja Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful unique Indian motif box with a lid. This piece would be fantastic for storing cigars, tv remotes, or miscellaneous items on a dresser or coffee table. The top of the box ...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Leather, Faux Leather, Paint
Blue and White Stripe Zebra Painting on Wood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous painting of a zebra in blue and black. This piece features the outline of a zebra in black, painted on a blue and white striped background. This piece is painted on wood a...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wire
Signed and Dated Oil Painting of a Judaic Lumberjack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing painting of Judaic farmer fetching water. This painting is signed and dated. This item has minor wear consistent with its age. Painting is signed S. Brunstein and dated 1974....
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas
American Painted Folk Art Canopy Bed, Ex. Collection of Estee Lauder
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This is an extraordinary Folk Art painted post bed from the American southwest, circa 1830-1840.
A rare size unique Folk Art form identified as from early Germanic settlements of Texas, 19th century.
Freehand decorated headboard and canopy suspended on 4 exceptionally tall pencil posts.
This piece came to Las Vegas in early 1999 by way of an article in architectural digest
featuring Dayton Ohio antique...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
OLK Manufactory, Ancient Pokemon Rug
Located in Warsaw, PL
Ukrainian artist and founder of OLK manufactory Oksana Levchenya designs traditional kilims with a contemporary take. The traditional Ukrainian kilim, ...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Portrait of a Mardi Gras Zulu Chief, Signed Bix, Circa 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
A strikingly flamboyant portrait of a Zulu Chief, from a Mardi Gras New Orleans parade, signed "Bix", ca. 1960s.
Category
1960s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Collection of Indigo Coverlet Pillows, 4
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These fine handwoven coverlet pillows are in fine condition and have indigo blue linen backings. The inserts are down and feather fill.
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Early 19th Century Monumental Pottery Eagle Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing Folk Art sculpture of 19th century sewer tile or pottery eagle was from a private collection in New England. This item is on a custom made cast...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pottery
OLK Manufactory, The Fruits of Longevity, Ukrainian Folk Rug
Located in Warsaw, PL
Oksana Levchenya’s (OLK Manufactory) artwork is inspired by ancient Ukrainian folk kilims with vertical floral motifs from early 19th century Kobeliaky vi...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Green Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this green board box in a variety of colors. ...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Paper
19th Century Bronze Sheep Handcrafted Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century handmade bronze sheep sculpture. No signature or makers mark.
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bronze
African Tuareg Tea Pot Mauritania
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-20th century Tuareg tea pot from Mauritania, Africa, Western Sahara.
Handcrafted of pewter, copper and brass decorations.
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Copper, Pewter, Brass
African Moroccan Tribal Tuareg Khoumya Leather Dagger
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Moroccan Tuareg tribal Khoumya arm dagger in dark brown leather sheath.
Handcrafted by Artisans in south Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a stamped leather engraved with Moroccan Tuareg geometric tribal designs.
The arm dagger was a weapon widely used by people across Africa in the Sahara and Sudanic Africa, from the central Sahara to North Cameroon, from Nigeria to Somalia.
It was worn in a sheath attached to the inner side of the left forearm by a loop,
Metal steel blade shows some rust, leather in very good condition.
Size: 13 inches length x widest part 1.5 inches. Blade is 1inch.
Africa, Morocco circa 1940s.
Great Islamic antique Nomadic Tuareg knife dagger...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Stripe Folk Art Tiger Painting in Blue and Black on Wood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous painting of a tiger in blue and black. This piece features the outline of a tiger in black, on blue and white stripe background. This piece is painting on wood and is read...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Folk Art Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
The Swedish shipbuilders' longtime tradition of hanging scale-sized models of finished ships in churches for protection of ship and crew has inspired suc...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Asian Bronze Pair of Hanuman Kneeling Buddhist Figure Candleholders
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Part human-part monkey, Hanuman is a central character in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
He is generally depicted as a man with the face of a monkey and a long tail.
Often described as t...
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Folk Art Moroccan Handcrafted Wedding Blanket Throw with Sequins 5
Located in North Hollywood, CA
large vintage original tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw.
The Zaiane tribal shawls incorporate quantities of sequins in their design to achieve an impressiv...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Green 3-Piece Dinner Place Setting of Monkeywood Bowl, Napkin, Plates, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of 4 three-piece place settings, carefully curated over 6 months. Each place setting includes one monkeywood bowl in the shape of an apple. A green glass textured dinner plate...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Olk Manufactory, Heritage Kilim
Located in Warsaw, PL
The traditional Ukrainian kilim, handwoven on a vertical loom by a group of artisans according to the folk carpet-making technique. The base of the kil...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
19th Century Monumental Sponge Ware Turkey Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large amazing 19th century sponge ware platter is in pristine condition and has a interesting slight warping as was in the making. The condition is very good. The shape is very ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Portrait Painting of a Woman with Brown Hair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely portrait sketch by Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem. This piece depicts a woman with short dark hair and a light blue v neck shirt. This piece is on ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Folk Art Carved Wooden Sculpture of the 'Old Grand Dad' Whiskey Logo
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Folk Art carved wooden sculpture is initialed on the base, but the artist is unknown. It is presumed this carving was done in the United States in 1945 in a Folk Art sty...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Vera Alabaster 'Russian' Original Folk Art Oil Paintings on Canvas
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of oil paintings on canvas are done by the well known portrait and landscape Russian artist, Vera Alabaster in circa 1940 in a Folk Art style. The paintings depict a Jamaic...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Handmade, Midcentury, Three Dimensional Wooden Sign, Die Lorelei, 1950-60's
Located in Vienna, Austria
Cruising on a riverboat, on the Rhein, especially the Mittel Rhein, is a popular day time excursion trip in Germany. The famous Lorelei Rock
being a popular destination. The Rock, was made famous from a poem, written by Heinrich Heine...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Burmese Red Carved Wood Temple Offering Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Burmese red lacquered temple offering box called "Hsunok".
Burmese offering basket made of carved bamboo wood painted and lacquered in hues of red and oranges.
The lid adopts a Burmese temple shape, with a sharp top surmounting a gadroon dome.
This kind of basket is used to display offerings to Buddhist temples, in Asia.
During most of the 19th century Burma was ruled by members of the Konbaung dynasty, the last dynasty that would rule the country.
This Asian Burmese red offering...
Category
Early 20th Century South Asian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Red Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this red board box in a variety of colors. At...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Shell, Silk, Paper
Middle Eastern Arabic Copper Coffee Pot Dallah
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Middle Eastern Arabian tinned copper Dallah coffee pot.
Antique decorative Arabic coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted b...
Category
Late 19th Century Omani Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Mexican Serape
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A finely crafted and vibrantly hued striped hand loomed wool serape from Saltillo, Mexico.
Category
1920s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Black Antique Danish Folk Art Tobacco, Tea Box with Sliding 'Door'
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This personalized tramp / Folk Art tobacco box has two Chambers. One for waste tobacco/tea and one for unused. It is made from repurposed wood from Old Danish cigar containers. It ha...
Category
1890s Danish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Sterling Silver 3 Pieces, Peruvian Serving Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handmade Peruvian three-piece sterling silver dipper and spatula and ladle. These are handmade and unmarked from the artist or maker.
Measurements from left to right:
Small spoon...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silver
1960s Vintage Moroccan Textile Handcrafted Wedding Blanket Throw with Sequins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Large vintage authentic tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw. The Zaiane tribal shawls incorporate quantities of sequins in their design to achieve an im...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
1960s Large Vintage Moroccan Wedding Berber Blanket Throw with Sequins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Very large vintage authentic tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw.The Zaiane tribal shawls incorporate quantities of sequins in their design to achieve an impressive decorative effect on the alternate stripes of wo and cotton yarn.These Berber handwoven shawls...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Vintage Moroccan Handcrafted Wedding Blanket Throw with Sequins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage original tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw.
The Zaiane tribal shawls incorporate quantities of sequins in their design to achieve an impressive decorative effect on the alternate stripes of wool and cotton yarn.
This Berber handwoven shawls...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Vintage Korhogo Handwoven Mud Cloth Textile Ivory Coast Africa Folk Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Korhogo handspun, handwoven and hand-painted cotton mud cloth by the women of the Korhoga Village who spin the cotton, while the men weave and sew the cloth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Korhogo Cloth
Hand Thrown Glazed, Signed and Dated Artisanal Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wheel thrown pottery glazed with a white glaze decorated with a hand painted blue flower pattern.
This is a one of a kind object made in the ancient way by hand in a small artisanal ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Gilt Ceremonial Thai Head dress
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ceremonial Thai headdress usually worn for wedding or religious ceremonies.
Hand-crafted in Thailand.
Gilt Thai Ceremonial Headdress circa ...
Category
20th Century Thai Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Asian Burmese Carved Wood Temple Offering Lidded Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Burmese bamboo temple offering lidded box, basket.
This kind of wooden basket is used to transport and display offerings to Buddhist temples, in Asia....
Category
Early 20th Century South Asian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Pastel Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair and Purple Top, 1960s - Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait of a woman with dark hair on paper. Drawn using pastel chalk, the subject of this piece is a woman with a bouffant with short dark brown hair gazing at the artist. She wears a high neck purple top...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paint, Paper
Moroccan Berber Khoumya Dagger
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Berber Tribal Khoumya Dagger.
Handcrafted by Artisans in Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a wooden grip engraved with Moroccan silver and chiselled in geometric Moorish designs.
Handcrafted decorative Moroccan brass dagger...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Hand Carved Wood Rajasthani Female Musicians Wall Sculptures from India Set of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of two vintage Indian carved wood gilded hand carved wood wall hanging hand carved wood Rajasthani traditional female musicians sculptures.
Wall decor gilt wood raj sculptures, hand carved from a very dense wood with high and low relief detail.
Handmade traditional Rajasthani figures of female musicians set of 2.
Luxury Indian handicrafts gilt wood wall hanging decorative sculptures.
Hand carved and hand painted Rajasthani wooden figures depicting traditional female Indian musicians wearing traditional costumes.
The figure sculpture female musicians in seated position are holding a drum and sitar, gilt over red lacquer that can be seen in the back.
Gujarat (possibly Ahmedabad) style musicians, portrayed seated playing music dressed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
1960s Vintage Tribal Moroccan Handcrafted Wedding Blanket Throw
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Vintage authentic tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw.The Zaiane tribal shawls are handwoven with alternate stripes of wo and cotton yarn.This Berber handwoven shawls...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
1960s Moroccan Moorish Pedestal Octagonal Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan vintage pedestal table, hand-painted on a dark maroon background color with floral and geometric designs in blue and yellow colors.
Moo...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Oversize Asian Round Decorative Figural Head with Chinese Calligraphy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Large oversize round Asian decorative head in red and gold. This piece is perfect for a bookshelf, or as a statement piece for a side table. Painting i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Plaster
19th Century Indonesian Red and Black Lacquered Document Box with Brass Handles
Located in Middleburg, VA
This 19th century red and black lacquered Indonesian document box is a beautiful way to keep your important papers tucked away. Made of richly patinated teak with intricate red and b...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Teak
Round Resin Stone Seashell Decorative Dish
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round stone resin seashell serving dish or platter. The piece is very heavy and is blue, light gray and yellow in color. Three indentions in the shape of shells for serving oysters, ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Moroccan Berber Table with Carved Tribal African Designs
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Berber cable hand-carved with tribal African designs.
Rectangular wooden coffee table hand-carved wit tribal designs by skilled Moroccan artisans in Marrakech.
Dark brown ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Tribal Moroccan Textile Handcrafted Wedding Blanket Throw with Sequins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage original tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw.
The Zaiane tribal shawls incorporate quantities of sequins in their design to achieve an impressive decorative effect on the alternate stripes of wool and cotton yarn.
This Berber handwoven shawls...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
1960s Vintage Authentic Moroccan Wedding Blanket Throw with Sequins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage original tribal Moroccan wedding Berber women shawl, blanket, throw.The Zaiane tribal shawls incorporate quantities of sequins in their design to achieve an impressive ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Framed Blue Hand Stitched Embroidered Swan Wall Hanging
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful framed needlepoint of swans. This square folk art stitching is lovingly hand-embroidered with a dominant color of blue. Two white swans swim i...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Woven African Tribal Bogalan Mud Cloth Textile
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handwoven Bogolan mud cloth textile from Mali, Africa, Bambara.
It is a handwoven tribal cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud.
Woven Afr...
Category
20th Century Malian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
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 Furniture
Materials
Wood, Hemp
Anglo-Raj Mughal Bronzed Copper Vessel Bucket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Anglo Raj Mughal bronzed metal copper vessel water or milk bucket.
Originally used to carry water, this hand-hammered metal vessel from India ...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Colorful Still Life Portrait of Table and Grapes in Blue Purple Red and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautifully rendered still life of an artist's tablescape with grapes and painting materials. Striking textural background on walls. Oil on board, unsigned, mid-20th century. Dimensi...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1940s Hand Colored Block Print on Textile
Located in Vienna, Austria
This 1940s, colored block print on linen from Slovakia, shows a couple in love in a picturesque land scape.
The pictures is made for wall decoration and is now framed.
"I love you so much...
Category
1940s Slovak Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Linen
Folk Art furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Mosche Bianche, Jim Rose, and Nils Olsson. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $20 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $1,252.
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