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Folk Art Tables

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
Scrubbed Top Welsh Pine Cricket Table
Located in Houston, TX
Scrubbed-top Welsh pine cricket table circa 1840-1859. Bleached and scrubbed round pine top, with edges soften from two centuries of use. Raised upon three tapered-leg, well-worn str...
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Mid-19th Century Welsh Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

139cm Swedish folks fishnets knitting tools from 1793 Handmade Unique rare
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Forest, BE
This is a set of 3 different but similar wooden structures/tools to build fishnets. Used by folks in the countryside of Sweden. The smaller one is engraved 1793, the others are unmar...
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1790s Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Hardwood

French Les Clans Wine Box Tray A good looking piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French Les Clans Wine Box Tray A good looking piece, made in Wine Box Golden Cedar with a scalloped gallery The tray is a great looking piece, just the thing to present at your ta...
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1990s Folk Art Tables

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Cedar

Traditional hand painted Swedish 19th century pine side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Traditional hand painted 19th century pine side table circa 1870. Rare and quite unique piece of swedish folk art.  Over-sailing pine top which has been hand painted to look like ex...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Paint, Pine

18th Century Folk Art Painted Table
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly exceptional early 18th century gate leg folding painted table, probably Hungarian and profusely hand decorated in floral, leaf and bird motifs, to the underside a religious d...
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Early 1700s Hungarian Antique Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Antique Pine Cricket Table on Blue-Green Painted Silhouette Base
Located in Houston, TX
Antique pine cricket table, circa 1870-1899, on gray-green/white/and blue-green painted silhouette base.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine, Paint

Pair of French Wrought Iron Martini Tables
Located in London, GB
Wrought iron martini tables, hand made in England to an original 1940s French design. Finished with a natural bronze patina as standard. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Folk Art Tables

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Iron

Large Bronze Asian Rain Drum Coffee Side Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A beautiful and large Southeast Asia patinated original Bronze rain drum. Rain drums was used in Southeast Asian rituals. Their hollow Bronze shape transforms the sound of monsoon r...
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Mid-20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Tables

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Bronze

Folk Heart Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique carved and pegged constructed primitive folk table featuring a single drawer and heart cutout detail. France circa 19th century. Wear on wood that is consistent with age and u...
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19th Century French Antique Folk Art Tables

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Wood, Pine

Antique Genuine Northern Swedish Low Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine Swedish antique table in folk art from northern Sweden. The table is made by hand around 1840 from solid painted pine. The table has a la...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Hand Painted Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Hand painted seaside themed side table with decorative cream finish and seashell painted center medallion. Round dish top on four turned legs with turnip feet.
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20th Century Unknown Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Hand Carved and Painted Folk Art Accent Wood Coffee Table with Pink Shoes
Located in Pasadena, CA
Folk art is finding an ever-growing following who value it for the simplicity of its creations, but also for the freedom that artists infuse into simple, handcrafted objects. These a...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Tables

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Walnut

Swedish pine table Dated circa 1800 Folk Art Peasant high quality Hand Crafted
Located in Forest, BE
Unique Swedish hand crafted pine table/desk circa 1800. Lots of history, patina and traces of time. Very good condition. Could be use as a desk, console or a kitchen table. A true ey...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Early 20th century Burmese hand carved side table
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Burmese hand carved side table An exceptionally well carved early 20th century example of a Burmese table. Detailed on the surface with a central three headed god like figure surrounded by floral and geometric shapes and forms. The style of this table is typical of the early 20th century Burmese furniture...
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1930s Balinese Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Pair 20th Century Southeast Asian Burmese Bronze Rain Drum Cocktail Tables
Located in Dayton, OH
"Pair of mid 20th century Bronze rain drum side tables. Having intricate geometric decoration throughout the top and body. Along the top are four beautifully realized frogs. The body showcased sculptural elephants, Koi fish and handles. Round glass tops can be added for modernization. All night, the sound of rain on my sail, among the reeds- drop after drop leading my dreams through the rivers and lakes. -Chin Nung (1687–1764), from Mooring in the Rain at Sung-Ling Rain Drums, also known as Bronze Drums, are functional objects with a higher purpose. Originally crafted as tribal drums used in Southeast Asian rituals, their hollow bronze shape transforms the sound of monsoon rains into music. The characteristics that once endowed these drums with sacred power now make them objects of great aesthetic and acoustic beauty. Rain Drums originated with the Dong Son culture in Southeast Asia, dating as far back as the mid-to-late Bronze Age...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Tables

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Bronze

Massive Hand Carved Monkey Pod Exotic Hardwood Lovers Embrace Coffee Table
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Masterfully hand carved from what must have been a colossal solid piece of monkey pod hardwood. This nude figural sculpture weighs around 250 lbs. Although ...
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Late 20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Tramp Art Table by Hermitage Des Artistes, NY
Located in Highland, IN
An exquisite example of tramp art with no surface left undecorated, this wonderfully carved tramp art table was made by the group known as the Hermitage Artists. This group created ...
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1980s American Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Early 19th Century Swedish Trestle Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine early 19th century Swedish trestle table, ca 1800 Sweden.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Antique Small Charming Northern Swedish Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Small charming country table from northern Sweden. The table is a genuine folk art furniture from around 1790 to 1810. It is made by hand in solid pine. The table is in untouched con...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Swedish Craft, End Table, Pine, Sweden, c. 1900
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable pine end table, designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1900.
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Early 1900s Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Pair of 19th century Swedish ragwork painted folding tables
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
We are pleased to offer this pair of ragwork table in original condition circa 1860. Original ragwork painted squared tops in a deep terracotta wash.  Standing on a black painted ba...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Unusually Charming 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Table with original paint.
Located in Boden, SE
Charming small folk art table from Önsköldsvik, Northern Sweden . It’s completely hand-made in Swedish pine and every detail is carefully considered. Made during the early 1800s, around 1810, the table has some wear and distress after time and use. The size and proportions makes it an excellent side table or bed sidetable...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Table Folk Vernacular Small Side Low Elm Baroque Height 19" Length 22 .5"
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
- Rare small size, perfect height for sofa's and modern armchairs - The single plank elm top with beautiful figuring and stick legs are characteristic of folk and vernacular furnitur...
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Early 1700s English Antique Folk Art Tables

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Elm

Small Round Mid-Century Butcher Block, Refurbished with Internal Light Bulbs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round Mid-Century butcher block, Internal Lightbulbs and Refurbished.
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Tables

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Epoxy Resin, Maple

Sara Moore Whimsical Floral Folk Art Lacquered Cylindrical Drum Table
Located in West Chester, PA
Whimsical floral folk art cylindrical side table by Sara Moore. Decorated around the circumference with green and white stems over a charcoal background. Can be moved around the room...
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Tables

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Wood, Lacquer

Late 19th Century Antique Swedish Folk Art Farm Country Dining Table In Pine
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful late 19th century Swedish 'Folk Art' country farm dining table in pine. Because of the dry-out pine grain, true al these years, this table has a fantastic 'lived...
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1890s Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Vintage Anthony Redmile Style Shellwork Decorated Glass Top Table
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular shellwork decorated table, artistic one-of-a-kind example, exceptionally executed design in the manner of Anthony Redmile (British, b.1940), dating to the late 20th century, having a rectangular beveled glass top, over stunning artistic sculptural sea shell encrusted X-form cross-stretcher base accented with wood beads. The London-based interior designer and gallery owner Antony Redmile created some of the most unusual works of 1970s and 1980s London. Describing his interior style as ‘maximalist’ and taking inspiration from a myriad of sources, including exoticism, neo-classicism and travel. His original and eclectic style has led to pieces of high-impact that make a strong visual statement. Dimensions: (approximate) 24.5" High, 72" Wide, 42" Deep. Ideal Size and oversized proportions for use as a center table, low table, tall coffee - cocktail table, or placed in the foyer as a stunning entry statement piece! Perfect for Hamptons coastal, traditional nautical, modern beach house...
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Late 20th Century European Folk Art Tables

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Shell, Glass, Wood

Antique Swedish Folk Art Farm County Dining Table In Pine. Six Chairs In Leather
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful late 19th century Swedish 'Folk Art' country farm dining table in pine with six matching pine dining chairs inline and sturdy tan leather. Because of the dry-out...
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1890s Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine, Leather

20th Century Southeast Asian Burmese Bronze Rain Drum Cocktail Table Green
Located in Dayton, OH
"Mid 20th century Bronze rain drum side table. Having intricate geometric decoration throughout the top and body. Along the top are four beautifully realized frogs. The body showcased sculptural elephants, Koi fish leaves and handles. Round glass top can be added for modernization. All night, the sound of rain on my sail, among the reeds- drop after drop leading my dreams through the rivers and lakes. -Chin Nung (1687–1764), from Mooring in the Rain at Sung-Ling Rain Drums, also known as Bronze Drums, are functional objects with a higher purpose. Originally crafted as tribal drums used in Southeast Asian rituals, their hollow bronze shape transforms the sound of monsoon rains into music. The characteristics that once endowed these drums with sacred power now make them objects of great aesthetic and acoustic beauty. Rain Drums originated with the Dong Son culture in Southeast Asia, dating as far back as the mid-to-late Bronze Age...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Tables

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Bronze

20th Century Southeast Asian Burmese Bronze Rain Drum Cocktail Table
Located in Dayton, OH
"Mid-20th century Bronze rain drum side tables. Having intricate geometric decoration throughout the top and body. Along the top are four beautifully realized frogs. The body showcased sculptural elephants, Koi fish and handles. Round glass top can be added for modernization. All night, the sound of rain on my sail, among the reeds- Drop after drop Leading my dreams through the rivers and lakes. -Chin Nung (1687–1764), from Mooring in the Rain at Sung-Ling Rain Drums, also known as Bronze Drums, are functional objects with a higher purpose. Originally crafted as tribal drums used in Southeast Asian rituals, their hollow bronze shape transforms the sound of monsoon rains into music. The characteristics that once endowed these drums with sacred power now make them objects of great aesthetic and acoustic beauty. Rain Drums originated with the Dong Son culture in Southeast Asia, dating as far back as the mid-to-late Bronze Age...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Tables

Materials

Bronze

Mexican Olinalá Lacquer And Wood Coffee Table
Located in Mexico City, MX
A ca. 1950s Mexican folk art coffee table from Olinalá, Guerrero. The wood structure is covered by hand-painted lacquer decoration depicting flowers and animals on a black background...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Wood, Lacquer

Wonderful Midcentury Folk Art Olive Wood Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wonderful midcentury Folk Art Olive Wood Table The table top is made from slices of Olive wood which are screws together and set on black wire work legs A charming look to the ol...
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1960s Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Olive

Pair of Traditional Painted Swedish Side Tables
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of traditional painted Swedish side tables, circa 1870. Rare pair of rural Swedish side tables, which we found on our travels around Sweden.   Hand painted in traditional colours using traditional methods of hand applied rag work design. Over sailing rectangular 2 plank pine tops, in a green base paint with hand painted veining and tone.  Below which each table has a single drawer with carved knob handle, standing on straight legs.  These have been hand painted to simulate wood grain. Ideal for use as a pair of lamp tables...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine, Paint

Spanish Rustic Wood Tripod Stool or Side Table
Located in Barcelona, ES
Folk Art Carved Wood Farmer Stool, Spain, 1930s-1940s. From Catalonia, Spain this tripod stool show Primitive carvings on the legs and a nice top with fo...
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20th Century Spanish Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Rare Early American Country Pyrography Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, one-of-a-kind antique American folk decorated desk with beautifully aged distressed patina found in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Hand-crafted in the Southern United States in the late 19th century, featuring elaborate hand carving and pyrography wood burning decoration in classical motif, kneehole desk form with raised gallery dated "1899", having a topped with a single door cabinet, supported by two columns of three drawers. Provenance / Acquisition: Found in a Mt. Juliet, Tennessee farmhouse Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Bright Star Antiques, Sulfur Springs, Texas. Specializing in early American antiques...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Shaped Mid-19th Century Painted Swedish Pine Side Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Shaped mid 19th century painted Swedish pine side table circa 1860. Unusually shaped rustic Swedish table with shaped front freize.  Grey washed over sailing top surface, standing...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine, Paint

Antique English 19th Century Vernacular Cricket Table Side Table Stool
Located in London, GB
Antique English 19th century Vernacular cricket table side table stool Beautiful sculptural piece. Good colour and patina. In very good condition commensurate of age.
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19th Century English Antique Folk Art Tables

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Birch

Swedish Mid-19th Century Rustic Painted Pine Side Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish Mid-19th Century rustic painted pine side table, circa 1861. Real rustic traditional table we found on our travels around Sweden. Initialed l.F.J.S and dated 1861 on the d...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine, Paint

Antique Swedish Small Folk Art Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk art country table from northern Sweden made around 1820 to 1840 in pine. The table is an authentic Swedish country antique in untouched original condition. The faux paint is ori...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

18th Century Original Red Painted Hutch Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic all original red painted lift top table with shoe feet and early rose head nails. All original hardware and construction. Take notice to the very narrow seat base. Such a great sweet size. This fantastic folky shaped table is strong and sturdy.This original scrub top table...
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18th Century American Antique Folk Art Tables

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Wood

French Folk Art Cheese Making Massive Wooden Table, 1900
Located in Forest, BE
French Folk Art cheese making massive wooden table. Hand carved by a peasant, circa 1900. Some traces of use. Different shades of brown with a fantastic patina. Lots of history and a...
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Tables

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Hardwood

Antique Swedish Primitive Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish primitive table in folk art. The table is a country furniture with a simple construction and a charmingly primitive appearance. The table is made by hand and is not c...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Antique Charming Swedish Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Charming folk art table with straight legs, a drawer and curved apron. The table is completely untouched with the authentic patina and wear of time. The drawer has the dating 1843 an...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Swedish 19th Century Trestle Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Honest late 19th century provincial Swedish trestle table with an iron base and great patination. Ca 1880 Sweden
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Iron

French Live Edge Table C1960
Located in Trensacq, FR
Fabulous free-form live edge tripod table from C1960s France. A cross-section Walnut slab with three chunky 'branch' legs. A great piece full of character with an interesting shape ...
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Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Tables

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Walnut, Wood

Hand Carved Occasional Side End Lamp Table, 1905 Liberty's London
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Liberty Hand Carved Side Table. Heavily Carved with Large Poppy Flowers. A very good-looking piece, it's hand-carved from top to bottom with floral detailing.
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Charming Rare Round Wooden Rice Bin End Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Charming and one of a kind hand painted antique wooden rice bin that makes a wonderful end table. The rustic piece has lovely folk art primitive paintings of swans...
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1940s American Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Wood

English Laburnum Root Wood Table, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
English Laburnum root wood table, Early 20th Century A charming rustic laburnum-wood occasional table. The polished top rests on a later stick-base retaining its natural bark. ...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Table Pine Dining Desk Classical Leg Vernacular Folk
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
Pine farmhouse table with a single plank top Rare to find a piece of vernacular or folk furniture with sophisticated features like the leg turnings on this table Length 206cm 81...
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19th Century French Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Early Oak Folding Grocery / Shopping Cart
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming oak collapsible shopping cart on caster wheels (ca. late 1930s/early 1940s, USA). This early version, inspired by a folding chair, was developed by...
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1930s American Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Metal

Genuine Antique Folk Art Pine Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Handmade folk art table from northern Sweden made around the mid 1800s, circa 1840. The table is made by hand and is in untouched original condition with the original first paint. Th...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Pair of Tripod Stools, Side Tables or Nightstands C1950s France
Located in Trensacq, FR
A fabulous pair of wooden three-legged tabouret stools handcrafted in France C1950. Well made, solid and sound with no hardware. Live edge, good grain, great patina. A really nice ex...
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Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Tables

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Wood

Unusually Charming 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Charming small folk art table from northern Sweden. The table is unusually charming with a large oversized table top and smaller frame. It’s completely hand-made in Swedish pine and ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

Folk Art Painted Chicken Drinks Table by Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic and charming folk art painted side table or drink table by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The table features an oil on board painting depicting a white French chicken or rooster with a 19th century date 1840 and signed with his initials. Ira loved painting 18th-19th century French...
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20th Century American Folk Art Tables

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Wood

19th Century Cricket Table
Located in Houston, TX
Fabulous patina on this Oak Cricket Table. Great Side Table!.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Tables

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Oak

19th Century Swedish Folk Art Work or Dining Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish work or dining table in folk art from the early 19th century, around 1820. The table is a Swedish antique, genuine and honest with a solid frame and simple design. The propor...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Pine

19th Century Spanish Provincial Desk Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
19th century Spanish provincial bleached walnut desk table with one drawer and great patination to the surface. Ca 1820 Spain.
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Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Folk Art Tables

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Walnut

French Pantry Board and Basket Coffee Table Ca. 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
A vintage coffee table fashioned from a wicker laundry basket with a pantry board lidded top, circa 1970s.
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1970s Unknown Vintage Folk Art Tables

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Wicker, Wood

Folk Art tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique folk art tables 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 tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, folk art, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, softwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art tables 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 tables, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Ira Yeager, Liberty & Co., and Nancy Chase. 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 tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $235 and tops out at $29,000 while the average work can sell for $3,227.

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