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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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
Materials
Olive
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 fan...
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Tables
Materials
Hardwood
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
Materials
Birch
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
Materials
Wood
French Hand Painted Side Table Early 20th Century Folk Art
Located in Trensacq, FR
Vintage Folk Art hand-painted table C1940s France.
Charming French wooden side table beautifully decorated with a floral arrangement. A lovely example of early 20th century French 'A...
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Pine
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
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Pedestal Table, Moorish Hand Painted Design Octagonal Shape Table 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1960s Moroccan pedestal table.
hand painted Moroccan side table on a dark maroon background color with floral and geometric designs in blue and ochre colors.
Moroccan octagon...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Wood
Hand Painted Drop Leaf Serving Table by Peter Hunt Provincetown RI Folk Artist
By Peter Hunt
Located in Ferndale, MI
Drop leaf tea or serving cart from the shop of Peter Hunt . While this piece is not signed it is clearly the work of his shop . I purchased from the estate of a Peter Hunt collector along with a few other Hunt pieces . Drop leaves are 9 and 7/8" wide . Original caster wheels are functional but do have flat spots .
The work of Peter Hunt is best described as folk art or naive art . Born in New Jersey lived briefly in Greenwich village after WW1 . He gained recognition after moving to Provincetown in the late 1920s . The 1930s 40s and 50s saw his star rise . Popular for his art form of taking refinished furniture...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Pine, Paint
Vintage Anthony Redmile Grotto 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 natural 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 refined Hamptons coastal, traditional nautical, industrual rustic, modern beach house...
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Late 20th Century European Folk Art Tables
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
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.
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
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
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Provincial Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Honest and good 19th century Swedish provincial table with three drawers, two on the front and one on the left side. The left front drawer is only d...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
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
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Shellwork Table
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful folk art rectangular shellwork table featuring a top with foliate polychrome sand design around shells under glass, with the entire surface of the sides and legs covered with small seashells set...
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Tables
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Table Pine Dining Desk Classical Leg Vernacular Folk
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
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
Materials
Pine
Studio Craft Solid Wood Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern, USA, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Studio Craft; Solid Wood; coffee table; Mid-Century Modern; USA; 1970s
Wendell Castle; Roger Sloan; JB Blunk; Jawar; Richard Bronk; Gerald Mccabe; Bobby Falwell; David Scott; Charles Fischer; Howard...
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1970s American Vintage Folk Art Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Pine
Genuine Antique Swedish Handmade Folk Art Pine Rustic Table with Drawer
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
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Painted Chicken Drinks Table by Ira Yeager
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
Materials
Wood
Table Dining Trestle Table Swedish 19th Century Dark Brown Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Trestle table dining table made during the 18th century in Sweden. Repainted in a distressed dark brown finish. Seats 6 comfortably with 2 extra seats on the short ends.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Baroque Carved Polychromed Architectural Column Capital Table Pair
Located in Forney, TX
An early 19th century pair of Baroque hand carved and painted wooden architectural salvaged exterior building elements, now repurposed and fashioned for use as one-of-a-kind pedestal tables.
Intricately detailed, whimsical sulptural design, executed in classical corinthian column capital form, having spiral scroll volutes, acanthus leaf carvings, figural ancient mask...
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19th Century Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Genuine Swedish Small Red Folk Art Gustavian Style Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine antique folk art side table in gustavian style from Sweden, with tapered legs and a drawer. The table is painted pine with traces of the original paint and has the patinated ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Organic 1960s Folk Art Table with Hammered Nail Multi Color Leather Patchwork
By Paul Evans
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely executed folk art parsons style table. Covered in leather square patches of varying size and color in geometric design. Fine scale and nicely matched colors. Each piece hammer...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Simple Swedish Faux Paint Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Primitive Swedish folk art table made during the early 1800s. The table has a simple construction with a solid frame, straight legs and simple drawers. The paint is original and a fa...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Small 18th Century Swedish Cabinet or Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Small cabinet or side table in folk art from the late 1700s. The table is a naive rustic folk art furniture from Sweden and would work well as both ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Pine Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare folk art table from Sweden, dated underneath to 1819. The table is pine and has the warm patina of aged wood. Marked with the owners house mark which was a way to show ownership...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Small 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish small folk art table from around 1850. The table is painted pine with the original first layer of paint that has the authentic patina of time. The paint has also bec...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish antique rustic Trestle Table Dated 1766 with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish antique rustic Folk Art Trestle table from Örnsköldsvik Ångermanland, Northern Sweden.
A very charming small and genuine table with a...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
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
Materials
Pine
1800s White Swedish Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish double drop-leaf table in folk from the early 1800s. The table has a leaf on each side and double gates under both. The white paint is original and has become distressed from...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Nantucket Ship's Wheel Dining Table
By Nancy Chase
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique ship's wheel dining table from Nantucket Island, made by the renowned Scrimshaw artist Nancy Chase (1931-2016). Nancy bought this Late 19th Century Ship's Wheel from an antiq...
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
Distressed Leather Top Side Table
Located in Raleigh, NC
Likely European, maybe Belgian, small scale side tables. Simple scroll design with carved hardwood frame and leather top. Each show heavy wear b...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Heavy North African Coffee Table with Inset Iron Grill
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A heavy North African coffee table with inset iron grill
This is an unusual Piece made from a 19th Century Heavy Door. The table has a solid woo...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Tables
Materials
Iron
Vintage Metal License Plate Accent Side End Table Mexican Car Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage metal license plate accent side end table of reclaimed Mexican car plates. Circa mid to late 20th century. Measurements: 20" H x 17.5" W x 17" D.
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Tables
Materials
Metal
Guatemalan Carved Column Pedestal
Located in Chicago, IL
The Maya peoples of Guatemala created incredible works of art through columnar woodworking and stone shaping. The base carvings on this column emulate ferns and other low-lying folia...
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21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Rustic Adirondack Twig Plant Stand
Located in Esperance, NY
Antique Rustic Adirondack Twig plant stand.
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1890s American Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Provincial 'Hedna' Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Unusual 18th century Swedish Folk Art / provincial raw table. Lowered for use as a great coffee. Very rare to find round ones. Ca 1750 Sweden.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Folk Art Kurbits Country Drop-Leaf Table, Late 19th Century
Located in LONDON, GB
Unusual antique Swedish Kurbits drop-leaf table hand-printed in the Classic Folk Art tradition of mid Sweden, circa late 19th century.
The 4 turned legs are in country style and the table is finished in hand-printed faux wood grain with lots of detail.
As per the kurbits Folk Art tradition, the design features feathers and swirls in autumnal colors with rich reds, russets, yellows, oranges and browns
Table wings...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Northern Swedish Folk Art Dining Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish Folk Art dining table. The model is one of the older and the table has a robust construction. Detached tabletop resting on a leg frame of two ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Ostrich Pedestal Side Table, Taxidermy
Located in Forney, TX
An extraordinarily rare, interesting and highly unusual hand-sculptured Ostrich foot that creates a one of a kind work of both fine taxidermy and American folk art.
Exceptionally...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Tables
Materials
Animal Skin, Organic Material, Wood
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
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
American Folk Art Industrial Iron Anvil Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A vintage American Folk Art iron anvil stand (use as side table - display pedestal - accent stand). This unique one-of-a-kind example having a circular platform top, pyramid shape wi...
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Tables
Materials
Iron
Mexican Paper Mache Lion Coffee Table by SerMel Tonala Style Sergio Bustamante
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible hand painted and handmade papier mâché lion coffee table in turquoise green by Sermel Tonala Jalisco, Mexico in the style of Sergio Bustamante. It is signed SerMel Tonala ...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Tables
Materials
Glass, Lacquer, Paper
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Table with Drawer & Original Paint Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Folk art table with drawer from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Very charming & rustic Folk art table with a drawer.
It has untouched original paint.
The ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Signed Southwestern Folk Art Carved Sculptural Plaster Pedestal Column Table 80s
Located in Miami, FL
American Southwestern Style Folk Art hand-carved plaster center table, pedestal, column or console table.
Beautifully crafted and depicting Southwestern scenes all around.
Can be ...
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Tables
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Center Table with Originalpaint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Center table from Burtrask Vasterbotten ,Northern Sweden.
A charming & deliciosly colorful table with original painting.
Fine wood imitation painting.
The tab...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Masonic Table with Leather Bible Compartment Flip Lid Compass Legs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Rare and fabulous 19th century faux book with compass legs as legs. Mustard paint on the legs with Gilt on the pages of the leather bound book. Looks to be original tassle.. Possibly...
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1860s American Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Paint
Swedish Folk Art Desk from Dalarna
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Swedish folk art desk from the area of Dalarna, scraped to original paint. This would make a wonderful decorators piece.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
Dutch Folk Art “Hindeloopen” Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th century Dutch folk painted folding table, Friesland, circa 1820, having a dished oval top, the obverse painted with a harbor scen...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Desk with Untouched Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Folk Art desk with untouched originalpain from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Made between 1840-1850
Decorative Folk Art Desk with two drawers in ve...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk Art drop-leaf table in painted pine. The table is in a very unusual model with drawers at the front. Untouched original condition with original paint. The paint has some signs of wear and distress. Minor wear around the edges of the drawers. handwrought riveted hinges. One hinge was changed during the 1800s. Made in northern Sweden in the province Hälsingland korund, 1820. Solid and stabile frame...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Tables
Materials
Pine
Work of Folk Art circa 1900-1930, Charming Gueridon Made of Wood and Wood Inlay
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Work of Folk Art circa 1930, charming Gueridon made of wood and wood inlay,
circa 1900-1930
flaws and defects.
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1930s French Vintage Folk Art Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Folk Art Ornately Decorated Pyro Two Tiered Accent Table
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Folk Art pyro decorated two tiered table is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1900 i...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Tables
Materials
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, Hermitage des Artistes, Ira Yeager, and Liberty & Co.. 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 $255 and tops out at $29,000 while the average work can sell for $3,069.
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