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: 1950s
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950.We offer this original exvoto.
Votive paintings in Mexico go by several names in Spanish such as “ex voto,” “retablo” or “lámina,” which refer to their purpose, place oft...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
Vintage Murano Hand Crafted Green and Blue Koru Representing a Fern Frond
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Vintage Murano Hand Crafted Green and Blue Koru
Representing a Fern Frond uncurling the Koru is a representation of the New beginning
The piece is 7” tall, 4.5” wide and 1.5” deep
F...
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1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
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...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia C. 1950
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A mid-20th century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand-painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. Key features of this image ar...
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1950s Balinese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Paint
A wooden lantern mold France 1950
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This wooden lantern mold, originating from a former paper lantern manufacturing facility, is a superb decorative piece, boasting a highly graphic design. It consists of seven detacha...
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1950s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car Chevrolet Station Wagon C1956
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic Japanese tin litho toy car from the mid to late fifties. A Chevrolet Station Wagon in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, practi...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia Earhart the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster thought of as one of the hottest cars on the road...
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1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plywood
Large Iron “Watneys” Pub Lantern A Great looking piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Iron “Watneys” Pub Lantern
A Great looking piece, the lantern is larger than life, it would once have been hung outside of a Pub
The Lamp is fully working, the side panels ha...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Miniature Model Wooden Canoe, American Circa 1950's
Located in Incline Village, NV
While this model canoe might have been used as a salesman sample, whereby merchants, carried it from town to town to encourage sales, it was more than likely used as a demonstration ...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Monumental Carved Wood Tiki Sculpture. French Polynesia. Creation Sanobo
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Monumental Carved Wood Tiki Sculpture. French Polynesia.Tahiti. Wonderfully carved, Strong presence. Carved signed Creation Sanobo,, (see photo). Hand delivery avail to New Y...
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1950s Polynesian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
20Thc Canadian Goose Copper Weather Vane on Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Copper & brass flying geese weather vane.This Canadian goose weather vane is a latter version of the 19thc weather vane.
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Copper
Two Deer Antler Mount Trophy Black Forest Carved Wood Plaque Austria Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of two antique Black Forest deer antler trophies on hand carved, Black Forest wooden plaques. They are not dated. Measurement's given in dimensions section refers to the talles...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Antler, Wood
Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Canoes
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Children's Toy Canoes most likely made between the 1940's and 1950's. Two of the Folk Art Children's Canoes were made from Birchbark, while...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Birch
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Folkart Tripod Chair, Germany Vintage 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Interesting Brutalist wood tripod chair from Germany. the seat was cut out of a tree trunk. Historically used as a chair in the farmhouses in Germany in the 19th Century, this modern...
Category
1950s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Cottage Farm Tavern Table out of Humbser Brewery Fürth Bavaria 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A large Tavern Table out of the Humbser brewery in Fürth Bavaria. This table was used in the brewery restaurant's dining room for years. After the brewery closed, we were able to pur...
Category
1950s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Cottage Farm Tavern Table out of Humbser Brewery Fürth Bavaria 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Tavern Table out of the Humbser brewery in Fürth Bavaria. This table was used in the brewery restaurant's dining room for years. After the brewery closed, we were able to purchase ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket woven purse from during the first few years Reyes was making Nantucket baskets, ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cane, Pine
Mid-Century American Folk Art Wood Articulated Man Figure
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a Folk Art wooden articulated man, circa the 1950s. This nearly 5-foot tall, handcrafted piece, epitomizing Mid-century American craftsmanship, is made ...
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Carnival Midway Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand-painted canvas sideshow banner for carnival midway sideshow entrance. Not signed but most likely out of Chicago Tent and Awning's banner ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Large Folk art /surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. Circus scene. " Burning Tent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Folk art / surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. depicting circus scene. "Burning Tent".. Very well executed.. amazing detail..
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Helmet Coal Scuttle Planter
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Helmet Coal Scuttle Planter
This bucket is a very attractive helmet shape, it is painted in black with a beaten Brass riveted hooped handles
The Scuttle is in good antique condition, it is clean inside and would make a very unusual planter
The Bucket is 13” tall including the handle, 11” long...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Brass
Nantucket Round Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Round Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket diminutive round woven purse from during the first few years Reyes wa...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Pine
Nantucket Cocktail Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Cocktail Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket diminutive oval woven purse made during the first few years Reyes was m...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Pine
Set of Temperance Day Sheet Metal Road Signs, circa 1951
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Created by the Seventh-Day Adventists church in 1951 for their October 27th, 1951 Temperance Day "Weapons and Warfare" Campaign against alcohol consumption in the United States. The ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Sheet Metal
NYC Artist MARGARET LAYTON, PAINTING AND Iron SCULPTURE "WINDOW WASHER"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Margaret Layton (American, 20th century)"Parker Street" New York City Gouache on board, Iron Sculpture "window washer " circa 1950s
Amazing Greenwich Village Building by artist Ma...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Splendid Kpélié Mask, Sénoufo population, Ivory Coast 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Splendid Kpélié Mask, Sénoufo population, Ivory Coast 1950
Kpélié Mask, wood covered with copper
Dimensions 36.5 x 14.5 cm / 14.17 x 5.51 inches
The populations speaking the Sénouf...
Category
1950s Ivorian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Steel
Set of Ten wooden Tavern Chairs out of the Humbser Brewery Fürth Bavaria, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set consisting of 10 chairs out of the Humbser brewery in Fürth Bavaria. These chairs were used in the brewery restaurant's dining room for years. After the brewery closed, we were...
Category
1950s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Modern Studio Pottery Christmas Ornaments by Peggy Beaver- Set of 39
Located in Cordova, SC
Thirty-nine piece set of Mid Century ceramic pottery Christmas ornaments hand crafted by Peggy Beaver who was quite the artist in Columbia, SC. The white glaze “frosting” has chipped...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Spanish Folk Art Sangria Pitcher C1950
Located in Trensacq, FR
Spanish Folk Art Sangria Jug or Wine Pitcher Early 20th Century.
Wonderful yellow ochre high glaze flat-bottomed ceramic vessel. Beautiful and practica...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Wrought iron rooster lamp by Jean Touret / les Ateliers de Marolles, 1950's
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Wrought iron rooster lamp, horseshoe-shaped lamp base by Jean Touret / Les Ateliers de Marolles.
Mid-Century Modern, France, Circa 1950
By ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Enchanting Folk Art Painting of Rooster on Tin
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Enchanting self taught art from Kentucky of a country rooster with the words Fresh Eggs scrawled boldly, all on distressed tin mounted on board. Was probably used as a roadside sign.
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
Collection of Handmade Mexican Folk Art Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Handmade Mexican Folk Art Tin Masks, Mexican, circa 1950s. Each mask is unique and extremely detailed. The largest mask measures 21"...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Copper, Tin
Anne-Lise Aas, Stools. A set of three
By Anne-Lise Aas
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine set of three stools designed by Anne Lise Aas (1925–2020). They are made of oak which stained in a brownish/black color. The seats are have a rope knitting which is original a...
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1950s Norwegian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Cepelia Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful mid-20th century Polish Folk Art Cepelia rug depicting a village with rows of houses and churches, and sylized trees, all woven in muted orange...
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Abercrombie & Fitch Ceramic Piggy Bank
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abercrombie & Fitch ceramic piggy bank, England, circa 1950s. Modeled after their famous leather animal toys and footstools, this little ...
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1950s English Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Swedish Outsiders Art "Eve and the Serpent" Sculpture in Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Outsider Art Sculpture an ode to the timeless tale of Eve and the Serpent. This enigmatic piece bears witness to the forbidden allure of the Garden of Eden. Crafted in wood-carve...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak, Paint
Popeye rare cloth rag doll, 1950s
Located in Firenze, IT
Popeye rare cloth rag doll
USA 1950s
Cloth, sponge, plastic pipe
H 100 cm - 56 x 30 cm
Conditions: overall good conditions consistent with age and use
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Large Modern Abstract Impasto Oil Painting on Board, "Night Club" Jazz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Modern Abstract Impasto Oil Painting on Board, "Night Club" Jazz,,Unfortunately illegible signature. Great use of color, space, movement, depicting night club "jazz" scene, Mus...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Mid Century Large Motorized Hand Made Chris Craft Cabin Cruiser C1955
By Chris Craft Boats
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large cabin cruiser boat model with an untested motor and batteries. 41.5 inches long and sitting on a brand new custom made stand with a nautical theme. In very good vi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Swedish Painter Hanna Bundin 1950s
Located in Oxford, GB
This Swedish painting by a recognised artist Hanna Bundin still life / modernist.
About the Artist
Hanna Brundin (1914- 2000) was a Swedish artist .
B...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Horse Shoe Leg Vienna Bronze Letter Opener, Antique Austria 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian letter opener. It has a nice patina.
I did not clean it, so the next owner can decide what he wants to do with it.
This highly collectible vintage piece ...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto. Michoacán México 1958
J. Jesus Huaracha Orejel da gracias a dios nuestro señor que por intersección de San Nic...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Wood Carving Penis Figurine Wabi Sabi Object Vintage Asia 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved figurine statue. we don't know anything about the item, but believe it was made in Japan in the 1960s. Ideal decoratio...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Aage Hogfeldt Outsider Art Clown Sculpture
Located in Savannah, GA
Aage Hogfeldt
(American, 1925-2014)
A clown bust made from concrete and found lamp parts.
10 by 10 by 17 inches
In 1954 Aage Hogfeldt founded an artist...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Wire
German Shepard 1950 s Statue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German Shepard 1950 s gesso Italian vintage statue .
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Gesso
Country Made Village Cricket Score Board A Charming Country made piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Country Made Village Cricket Score Board
A Charming Country made piece, the board has all the usual information needed during a match
The board is 16” high, 36” wide 4” deep
TVY161
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Beech
Vintage Wind Up Tin Toy "Monkey Riding A Horse" by Haji Co., Japan, Circa 1958
Located in Incline Village, NV
Made in Tokyo, Japan by The Haji Company (see image for mark/logo), this all tin vintage wind up toy, circa 1958, depicts a "Monkey Riding A Horse". It ...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
Vintage Tin Wind Up Toy "Boy Skier" by J. Chein & Co. American Circa 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very nice condition all tin, vintage wind up toy by J. Chein Company, New York City, circa 1950, "Boy Skier"; in all original paint and lithography; in ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
A Lovely Bright Red Wool Rug The Carpet is a wonderful Bright colour
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Lovely Bright Red Wool Rug
The Carpet is a wonderful Bright colour with an attractive pattern and a wide border, there is little wear to the selvage edge at one end and a slightly...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
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
Artificial Smoked Ham Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage Belgium 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 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 Ham Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage Belgium 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
Four Piece Furniture Doll Set. All Tin. Circa 1950's
Located in Incline Village, NV
All tin; circa 1950's four piece doll furniture set, scaled to fit and accommodate all of your 8" or so dolls from that era, e.g. "Muffie, Ginnette, etc".
Display your dolls around this ensemble consisting of a clothing wardrobe...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
1950s Outsider Art Still Life Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
A modernist contemplative allegorical still life vanitas type painting on masonite board. Circa 1950. This work originates from a Western Connecticut estate. The work is unsigned. The artist renders several derelict objects in paint: a worn and torn circus poster, a broken umbrella, a headless teddy bear, a wilting plucked flower with scattered bits of ribbon. The menacing little clown doll...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 3'10" x 4'6" - 117 x 137 )
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 3'10" x 4'6" - 117 x 137 )
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
This is a very pretty piece, this is quite a tall girl on an oval plinth and when it has rained a little water gets trapped in her skirt and t...
Category
1950s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
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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