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
Period: 20th Century
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
Antique hand made wooden scale model of an 18th century farm cart circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This very fine meticulously constructed wooden scale model copies the design of a late 18th or early 19th century full sized working example.
It dates to circa 1920.
This cart is we...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique French Folk Art Keepsake Box
Located in Charleston, SC
This beautiful hand decorated keepsake box has a beautiful green velvet on the outside. The top shows a metal cross with shell decorations. The inside is Lined with a silk green on t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Brown Geometric Tribal Motif Yörük Rug 8'10''x11'6''
By Amara Rugs
Located in Torrance, CA
This captivating vintage Yörük rug, embodies the bold, expressive artistry of the Yörük tribes. Hand-knotted using locally sourced wool, this piece showcases the distinctive geometri...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Blue Turkish Goat Accent Rug
Located in New York, NY
One-of-a-kind Turkish goat motif Konya rug from the middle of the 20th century
Measures: 4' x 5'10''
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Greenlandica, wooden sculpture of a male figure. Greenlandic craftsmanship.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Greenlandica, wooden sculpture of a male figure.
Greenlandic craftsmanship. Hand-carved.
Signed ZA and dated '66 (1966).
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: H 21.0 cm x D 10.0 cm.
Category
1960s Greenlandic Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Johnny Hallyday's 50 Year Career The Official Book Collection French Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny Hallyday's 50-Year Career - The Official Book Collection. French Limited Edition.
The official collection celebrating Johnny Hallyday's 50-year career consists of twenty-three...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Modernist Welded Rebar / Steel And Animal Bone Abstract Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Welded Rebar / Steel And Animal Bone Abstract Sculpture .. Amazing use of space, Well executed,, balanced.. Artist unknown.Purchased from estate filled with high end art an...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Steel
Large Antique Carved Wood Male Bambara Chi Wara Antelope Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
Chi wara is a ritual headdress used by the Bambara people in Mali. Portrayed as both male or female figures Chi ware is associated with agriculture. This larg...
Category
Early 1900s Malian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Pair Haitian Modernist Paintings / oil on canvas by Sébastien Jean
Located in Buffalo, NY
Sébastien Jean was born on 17 March 1980 in Thomassin, Haiti. He passed away, far too young, on November 24, 2020.
Self-taught painter and sculptor, encouraged by his mother, he be...
Category
1980s Haitian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
White Natural Cow Hide Rug Argentina
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Superb quality natural white cowhide.
Argentinian cowhide rugs are the world’s finest, distinguished by suppleness and quality.
This hide has been hand-selected and meets high stan...
Category
Late 20th Century Argentine Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Leather
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
$1,189 Sale Price
20% Off
A spherical white ceramic cachepot with cracked enamel France XXth century
By Roger Capron
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A spherical white ceramic cachepot with cracked enamel, an anonymous work from the 20th century, distinguished by exquisite cutouts that elegan...
Category
1970s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$570 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Detailed White Ceramic Glazed Lobster Aspic, Pate, or Jelly Mold by ICTC
Located in Red Lion, PA
Large White Ceramic Lobster Aspic Mold by ICTC – Glazed, High Relief, 20th Century
This large white ceramic lobster mold by ICTC dates to the 20th century ...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Handmade Ceramic Figure of a Young French Girl Holding a Rose
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a lovely and delicate hand made clay art girl figurine in a lavender print dress with a lace overlay that stands 7" tall and is Holding Flowers....
Category
1980s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Pottery, Textile, Polyester
$98 Sale Price
49% Off
Naive Illustrated Landscape in Bright Green-Yellow Colors by Nicole Fourcroy
Located in Salzburg, AT
Oil On Canvas Landscape Of Flowered Countryside With Villages And Animated Fields, Signed
Handmade shadow gap frame with gilding
Born March 26, 1926 in Luzarclus.
Nicole Four...
Category
1990s French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$2,093 Sale Price
20% Off
1960’s Folk Art Flag Waving on Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED WOODEN PATRIOTIC FLAG, single-sided form retaining an old painted surface over gesso. 20th century. Acquired from a folk art collector, where many pieces...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,024 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Style Dining Chair In Wood, Czechoslovakia 1970s
Located in Zohor, SK
A beautiful vintage chair crafted from solid wood, produced in Czechoslovakia during the 1970s as part of the distinctive “return to folk” design movement. This era celebrated the fu...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Pair of Terracotta Shoe Planters, circa 1960
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of large terracotta planters in the shape of a pair of shoes.
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
'La Hacedora De Peces' by Postwar & Contemporary Venezuelan Artist Ender Cepeda
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This painting entitled "La Hacedora De Peces" (The Fish Maker) was hand-painted using oil paint on canvas by Venezuelan Artist Ender Cepeda. Cepeda i...
Category
Late 20th Century Venezuelan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paint, Canvas
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mexican Enamelware
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this vintage Mexican enamelware, circa 1940.
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Original vintage ceramic vase Germany 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage ceramic vase minimalist pottery handmade in Germany circa 1970s.
Wonderful neutral color palette featuring predominately off white with a gold geometric pattern.
Original vin...
Category
1970s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Framed Hmong Appliqué Textile Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
Dating to the mid-20th century, this colorful Hmong textile is a classic example of the appliqué technique used for the traditional cloth known as paj n...
Category
20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Antique Bronze of a Mythical Lion Beast
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An antique unusual cast bronze of a Mythical lion beast.
Bursting with character, the lion standing foursquare with his long tail curled back on itself.
Cast bronze.
Tribal Afric...
Category
Early 20th Century African Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vintage Sculptural Primitive Hand Weights/Dumbbells
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of circa 1930s American hand-carved dumbbells, each from one continuous piece of wood retaining its original deep mahogany stain.
Perfectly aged with rich patina and finish loss...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large French Toleware Glove Maker’s Shop Trade Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large French Toleware Glove Maker’s Shop Trade Sign
This is a very rare piece it is in good condition and has a new blacksmith made wall bracket, the bracket is copy of the origina...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 4" x 8' - 122 x 244 )
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 4" x 8' - 122 x 244 )
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Huge French Iron Pot Hanger, Kitchen Utensil or Game Hanger A great piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Huge French Iron Pot Hanger, Kitchen Utensil or Game Hanger
A great piece with lots of Character, the design is based on traditional game hanger, it i...
Category
1960s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Religious Folk Art Paintings Jesus Stations
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pair of Antque folk art religious paintings, oil on canvas, Jesus stations. Some paint loss . Will be shipped without glass and frame.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Small Antique Swedish Red-painted Horse in Wood, 1900th
Located in Stockholm, SE
A peasant sculpture in the form of a small working, red-painted horse with a bushy mane and tail on a painted pedestal, beautifully carved and painted wood.
On the underside, a text...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Hand Carved Wood Blacksmith Statue
Located in South Bend, IN
A unique hand carved wood statue of a blacksmith
20th century
Measures: 11" W x 9" D x 32.75" H.
Good original vintage condition.
Category
20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Beaded Ndebele Initiation Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category
Mid-20th Century South African Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
Rarities in American Cut-Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rarities in American cut-glass.
Index, black & white and color photographs. Book in very nice condition, head and tail of spine lightly bumped, light bump on top edge cover, light foxing inside front and rear covers, light insect depredation on open edges. Dust jacket has light foxing, chips and tiny tears to edges, rubs on back cover. First edition copy inscribed by author on first page, "Enjoy the Fine (five?) xxxxx (can't read it) pictured in the book. Herb Wiener." An exhibit of over 475 of the rarest pieces of cut glass ever to be manufactured in the United States.
Wiener, Herb; Freda Lipkowitz
Published by The Collectors House...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Hand Painted Dutch Theme Enamelware Metal Trivet Collectible 1920s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique early 20th century Hand Painted Dutch Theme Enamelware Metal circa 1920's.
Hand-painted decorative antique Dutch scene metalware hand made In North Europe, Netherlands, or G...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Styled Airstream Travel Trailer Toy
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A toy Airstream Folk Art styled travel trailer with silver faded and patina paint having a lift up back end and side door revealing beds, sink and livin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Plywood
Cast Iron Statue of a Hunting Dog With a Pheasant A very contented Chap
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Cast Iron Statue of a Hunting Dog With a Pheasant
A very contented Chap, he is sitting on a deep oval plinth he is fully 3 dimensional and looks good from all sides
Our faithful ho...
Category
1960s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Martha's Vineyard Baldpate Drake Decoy, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Martha's Vineyard Baldpate Drake Decoy, circa 1900, a hand carved and hand painted gunning decoy by an unknown maker on Martha's Vineyard of an American Wigeon in colorful or...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Wooden Sun Face Mask Carving by Hermann Reichegger
Located in Hastings, GB
A wonderfully detailed sun face mask carving by Hermann Reichegger, of the Ahrntal Valley
Due to its remote geographical location, the Ahrntal valley remained a high valley untouc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Set of Five Children's Lithographed Alphabet Nesting Blocks, American Circa 1915
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely set of colorful early 1900's lithographed five block set of alphabet nesting blocks; used as both an educational item as well as toy/game amuseme...
Category
1910s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Greenlandica, collection of seven various bone tools
Located in København, Copenhagen
Greenlandica, a collection of various bone tools, comprising seven pieces in total.
Originating from Greenland.
Dating back to approximately the 1970s.
The largest piece measures:...
Category
1970s Greenlandic Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Other
Finger Lakes Telephone Corporation Building Facade Painting, Marcellus New York
Located in Garnerville, NY
Very nice painting with a folk art feel by the artist, Horace M. Stone, Jr. (1919-1978). The piece was executed in 1956. Stone has depicted the brick facade of the main offices of th...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Dutch handcrafted commemorative wooden sphere ball table lamp, 1976
Located in Zaandam, NL
An extremely rare wooden ball table lamp from Holland. 1970s. This lamp is made ( presumably ) for a 25 year anniversary ( please see the dates ...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Post Social Folk Art Student Work from West Balkan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post social student work. Farm house full of hand made animals and all is hand made.
Category
1960s Balkan Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Plywood
1960s Woven Nesting Baskets Handmade Pottery Wall Art
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Hanging Wall Fiber Art
Handcrafted from USA decorative textile fiber art wall hanging piece three nesting pocket baskets 1960s handmade ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Wool, Cane, Rope
Folk Art Copper Finial Set
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Unknown.
Manufacturer: Unknown.
Period or Model: Early 1920s.
Specs: Copper.
Condition:
This Folk Art copper finial set are in used ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Copper
$2,000 / set
La Belle et la Bête Un Choix de Jeunes Artistes Americains Art Gallery Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
La belle et la be^te: Un choix de jeunes artistes americains : Beauty ad the Beast, a choice of young American artist.
Doug Aitken : 6 octobre-19 nove...
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pillow Case Made from a Vintage Turkish Crouchet Table Cloth
By Seref Ozen
Located in Istanbul, TR
Creating utiliterian textiles in croucet technique is still a very popular craftsmanship.
It does not come with an insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper Closure.
Dry Cleaning is recomen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Pillow Case Made from a Vintage Turkish Crouchet Table Cloth
By Seref Ozen
Located in Istanbul, TR
Creating utiliterian textiles in croucet technique is still a very popular craftsmanship.
It does not come with an insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper Closure.
Dry Cleaning is recomen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Pillow Case Made from a Vintage Turkish Crouchet Table Cloth
By Seref Ozen
Located in Istanbul, TR
Creating utiliterian textiles in croucet technique is still a very popular craftsmanship.
It does not come with an insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper Closure.
Dry Cleaning is recomen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Pillow Case Made from a Vintage Turkish Crouchet Table Cloth
By Seref Ozen
Located in Istanbul, TR
Creating utiliterian textiles in croucet technique is still a very popular craftsmanship.
It does not come with an insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper Closure.
Dry Cleaning is recomen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
3 Nesting Decorative Handcrafted Cane & Rattan Beaded Wall Plates Peacock Motif
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 3 Folk Art wall plates, decoration in rattan & cane with beads.
All hand woven and handcrafted with very small pieces of Material and red Beads.
Each plate has 1 inch height, ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Beads
1960s Vintage Moroccan Tribal African Rug Indigo and Burnt Orange
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Vintage Moroccan Tribal African Rug in Indigo and Burnt Orange cors.Authentic 1960s vintage Moroccan tribal African rug.For centuries the tribal people of Morocco's Atlas Mount...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
1960s Moroccan Berber Rug in Royal Blue, Pink and Orange Colors
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s vintage authentic Moroccan Berber Rug in Orange Blue and Pink cors.For centuries the tribal people of Morocco's Atlas Mountains have passed down the delicate art of rug-weaving...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Folk Art Huntsman Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk art huntsman figure.
A charming handcrafted folk-art figure of a huntsman. Constructed from pine, lead and leather this figure stands holding a metal riffle in his articulated lead hands. With faded and worn paint and stood on an old ceiling...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Vintage Boho Sergio Bustamante Paper Mache Bird on Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Make a bold artistic statement with this vintage Sergio Bustamante paper mâché bird sculpture, a whimsical yet elegant creation handcrafted in T...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign Very Rare
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign
Very Rare old sign with a mouth watering picture of Palethorps Royal Cambridge sausages
The sign is made in ceram...
Category
1920s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Folk Art Tree Branch Tabletop Easel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tabletop easel composed of tree branches nailed together (ca. Mid-20th century, USA).
Wonderful American Folk Art craft in the Adirondack / Rustic styl...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Artificial Pepperoni Sausage Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Belgium Decorative Item nice to display in your country style home or kitchen. Found at an Estate Sale in Brussels, Belgium.
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Artificial Smoked Parma Ham Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Belgium Decorative Item nice to display in your country style home or kitchen. Found at an Estate Sale in Brussels, Belgium.
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
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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