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Decorative Art For Sale
Style: Folk Art
Style: Rococo
Original Antique Print of Partridge, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of partridge. Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color. ...
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1840s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Set of 6 Original Antique Reptile Prints, Tallis, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of reptiles Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithographs with original color. Published by Tallis c...
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1850s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whaling scene Copper-plate engraving Published C.1800 Unframed.
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Early 1800s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Maxwell Mays Folk Art Oil on Canvas, Cascade Springs Colorado, 1983
By Maxwell Mays
Located in Morristown, NJ
Maxwell Mays (1918-2009) Painter and Illustrator. Signed and dated 1983, this large scale framed oil on canvas is a charming and detailed depiction of life in Cascade Springs, Colorado on a snowy day. Maxwell Mays was born in Rhode Island in 1918, and focused his art on celebrating the landscapes of his home state. Known for their birds-eye perspectives and nostalgic style, Mays' prints have appeared multiple times on the cover of Yankee Magazine. His paintings hang in many establishments, including the University of Rhode Island, and are particular favorites of Rhode Island residents. Mays' artwork often depicts scenes from throughout Rhode Island and the surrounding areas of New England but he did produce works depicting communities from across America . Featuring town squares, farm lands, and harbors, Maxwell Mays' prints celebrate the Americana found in small towns. A graduate of RISD, he began painting seriously while serving in the US Air Force in Brazil during WWII. His first one-man commercial show was at the Ferargil Gallery in New York in 1948. In the ensuing years he became notable for a number of highly successful art shows and magazine covers, and was a highly sought-after speaker and storyteller. As a successful businessman, he was Treasurer of Mays Manufacturing Company, a family business until its sale in the mid-1980s. He was Past President and Director Emeritus of the Providence Art...
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1980s American Folk Art Vintage Decorative Art

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Original Antique Print of A Fern, Circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a fern presented in a distressed antique lime-washed pine frame. Lithograph with original color. Published, C.1850 Free shipping.  
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Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Set of 6 of Total 120 Dutch Blue Glazed Ceramic Tiles by Le Glaive, 1930
Located in Rijssen, NL
This is an amazing set of Dutch blue handmade tiles. A beautiful and color. With 6 different stylized designs. We offer 20 tiles from the same design. In total 120 tiles...
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1930s Belgian Folk Art Vintage Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Dan Gauthier Stoneware Slip Decorated Mashiko Iron and Enamel Decorated Charger
Located in Mobile, AL
I corresponded with Don in Kansas City and he identified it as his work from the early 80's. He shifted to furniture making in the 90's and has prominently exhibited at the Grovewood Gallery at the Grove Park...
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1980s Folk Art Vintage Decorative Art

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Pottery

British Sailor's Woolwork with Unusual Border and a Fine Chain Stitch
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork with unusual border, Chain stitch, Circa 1875 The unusually designed charming sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a British two-masted sh...
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1860s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

Period Venetian School Ink Picture Capriccio
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Roma, IT
Important ink drawing representing animated landscape with ruins and aqueduct in the background Venetian school Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certific...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Glass, Wood

Holstein Milk Painted Metal Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky original painted hand made Holsteins Milk metal farm trade sign has the original chain for hanging.It has spots that has paint loss and mino...
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20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Metal

Mid 19th Century Sailor's Elaborate Woolie
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
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1850s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

1829 Needlepoint Pictorial Sampler of Flowers and Quote by 12-year old Girl.
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1820's needlepoint by 12 year-old Ellen Roberts (American, b. 1817 - ?) of New York with flower boarder and quote: Count that day lost whose low descending sun. ...
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1820s American Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Linen, Thread

Jane Wooster Scott Offset Lithograph Disneyland
By Jane Wooster Scott
Located in Miami, FL
This artwork titled "Disney" is an original offset lithograph on wove paper by American artist Jane Wooster Scott, born 1933. It is hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. It is beautifully presented in a custom frame, measures: Very good vintage condition. About the artist: Jane Wooster Scott grew up in the Philadelphia area and moved West following her dream to be a movie star. She quickly learned that goal was not for her, but became the host of a talk show where she interviewed movie stars. She photographs what she sees to recapture them later on canvas. However, few of her paintings are real, existing scenes. They are compositions drawn from her personal imagination. She has been exhibiting her work in Los Angeles and New York and most of her shows have completely sold out on opening night. In the "Guinness Book of Records" as one of the most reproduced artists in America, Jane Wooster Scott began copying work by folk artists such as Grandma Moses and gradually evolved into her own style. A turning point for her career was a joint showing at the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles with her comedian friend, Jonathan Winters. It was mostly a business crowd, and she sold 40 paintings in an hour. Her works hang in museums, in public buildings and private homes in Europe, Asia and South America as well as in the United States. She has become legendary for her exceptional scenes of America s celebrations and holidays, Among her collectors are Aaron Spelling, Sylvester Stallone, Charles Bronson, Kenny Rogers, Farah Fawcett...
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Paper, Wood, Paint

Large Marquetry Scenic Forest Wall Panel
Located in Denton, TX
Antique forested design of marquetry with people foraging in an ancient forest. A variety of woods were used to give this depiction a lot of depth.
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20th Century Folk Art Decorative Art

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Wood, Hardwood, Kingwood, Nutwood, Oak, Pearwood, Satinwood, Tulipwood, ...

1830 Antique German Pennsylvania Dutch Birth & Baptismal Lithograph Certificate
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German / “Pennsylvania Dutch” Birth and Baptismal Certificate lithograph with color block printing in red and yellow, printed in 1830 and signed in 1831. Measures: 14” x 1...
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1830s Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

19th Century Sailor's Woolwork of Frigate with Signal Flags
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's woolwork of a British Frigate at Anchor, circa 1880, adorned with an array of British ensigns and a full rig of signal flags strung along the stays. The hull has the unusual touch of having glass beads mounted in each gunport, and a metaliic gilt thread highlighting the strakes above and below the two rows of gunports, and on the sterncastle. Mercantile silk threads were used for the flag halyards. The ship is moored off a lighthouse at the foot of a large green haystack headland. The woolwork is mounted in its original Victorian carved, ebonized and parcel gilt oak frame...
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Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

Unique Two-Headed Horse Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the extraordinary allure of our unique Expressionist painting on canvas, capturing a one-of-a-kind scene. This abstract artwork presents a captivating horse-like ...
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Early 2000s American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Acrylic, Wood, Paint, Canvas

Sailor's Woolwork of a Confederate & British Ship Passing on the High Seas
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of A Confederate & British Ship Passing on the High Seas, Circa 1861 The small British sailor's woolwork depicts two ships under...
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1860s Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

Antique Folk Art Watercolor Painting Children with Cat Instruments Framed
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique folk art style watercolor painting of a pair of children with instruments and a cat walking down a road lined with a white fence. Measures: 9.375” x 1” x 8” / Sans Frame -...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Decorative Art

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Paint

Original Antique Ethnographical Print, Figures, New South Wales, Australia, 1809
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ethnographical print. A copper-plate engraving after Lesieur Published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones. Dated 1809 Unframed.  
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Early 1800s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Original Chinese Gouache on Mulberry Paper A Mountainous Winter Scene
Located in Miami, FL
An original gouache on mulberry paper depicting a joyful winter scene. It is beautifully presented in a custom frame, measures: 17 5/8" Wide x 21 3/4" High x 1" Deep Very go...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Decorative Art

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Wood, Paint, Paper

Peinture “Grand Nu Couché” De Paul-Elie Gernez, 1920
By Paul-Élie Gernez
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Tableau “Grand Nu couché” de Paul-Elie Gernez, illustre peintre et pastelliste français. Signature dans le coin inférieur droit. Dimensions : H83 x L136,5cm Prix sur demande.
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1920s French Rococo Vintage Decorative Art

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Acrylic

Set of Three Folk Art Straight Edge Razor Trade Signs
Located in Stamford, CT
Three whimsical American folk carved wood art trade signs in the form of straight edge razors. Used by barbers as interior advertisements. Two have...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Wood

1900s, French Zinc Shop Sign
Located in High Point, NC
This enigmatic shop sign was produced in France, circa 1900. A large zinc wall decoration hanging on a small chain, which may or may not be a piep, features a jug extremity with a lo...
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20th Century French Folk Art Decorative Art

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Zinc

Original Antique Bird Print, Shag and Teal, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a shag and a teal Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph heightened with gum Arabic. Origina...
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1850s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Original Antique Bird Print, Kittiwake and Common Tern, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a kittiwake and a common tern Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph...
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1850s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

American 19th C. Ladder Model
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American 19th C. Ladder Model Wood ​ H:  W: D: 1.25  in.
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Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wood

Antique Zinc Red Hat Maker Trade Sign, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
XXL Antique hat maker's trade sign, made in France circa 1900 - 1920. This large sign was used as advertising - eyecatcher on the storefront. A large facade sign - advertising sign in front of the hat shop - hat maker's store - red hat facade sign It's a spectacular XXL red hat - red top hat made of hand- painted and hand-crafted zinc. When you look at the spectacular shape, you see that the brim of the hat is completely curled, so can only be done by an art maker - craftsman. The original metal bracket is no longer with this hat trade sign...
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Decorative Art

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Zinc

Wings - wool wall carpet hand-knotted in Ethiopia designed by hettler.tüllmann
Located in Berlin, BE
This hand-knotted wool wall carpet is a unique one-of-a kind piece from Ethiopia, designed by hettler.tüllmann. It is made in custom dyed tones from 100 % natural wool. The depth a...
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2010s Ethiopian Folk Art Decorative Art

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Wool

Woven Textile Fragment. East European. 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely textile sample Fabulous colours Great piece of folk art. Likely to be of East European origin. Possibly Balkan. In new white painted box fra...
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Late 19th Century Balkan Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Cotton, Wool

Original Antique Print of an English Sporting Dog, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a bloodhound presented in a distressed antique gilt frame. Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color. Published, 1847.
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1840s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper, Gesso

Green Turkish Deco Deer Rug
Located in New York, NY
One-of-a-kind hand-knotted Turkish Anatolian rug with 2 deers and 2 other animals on a green ground Measures: 1'9” x 2'3”.
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20th Century Turkish Folk Art Decorative Art

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Wool

Pair of 18th Century Italian Spolvero Print on Canvas with Fragments & Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian spolvero patterns printed onto canvas and adorned with 18th century Italian fragments and red fanthom quarts points. Spolvero is an early method us...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Quartz

Early 20th Century English Fairground Panels
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground panels We share what we love, and we love this matched pair of charming English metal sheet, hand painted fai...
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1920s British Folk Art Vintage Decorative Art

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Metal

Antique Folk Art Reverse Painted and Foil Exhibition Sign in Gilt Frame
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art exhibition sign, reverse painted glass with reserved text backed in gold and silver crinkled foil reading "Exhibition / of / Paintings / on / Glass / By Edgar F. Curtis" E...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Foil

British Sailor's Large Woolwork of HMS Brunswick
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's large woolwork of HMS Brunswick, Circa 1865 The large sailor's woolwork depicts an image of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship. By repute she is the HMS Brunswick ...
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Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

English fairground panel
Located in London, GB
English fairground panel We share what we love, and we love this very well carved turn off the century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a...
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19th Century British Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wood

Chateau de Tuileries Sevres Style Hand Painted Cabinet Plate
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Chateau de Tuileries Sevres Style hand painted cabinet porcelain plate. It depicts a pastoral scene of a courting couple in the center with a gilt cobalt blue circular rim....
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Wet-Cut Mosaic Wall Decoration
Located in Rockaway, NJ
One of a kind original piece of earthenware ceramic featuring several custom and proprietary glaze chemistries, including luster glazing.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Earthenware, Wood

Four Postcards Sets Printed by The Taller de Gráfica Popular
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this 4 sets of postcards printed by the Taller de Gráfica Popular, each set includes 12 postcards. El Taller de la Gráfica Popular is a collective of engravers founded in Mexico in 1937 by the artists Leopoldo Méndez...
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1950s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Decorative Art

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Paper

Original Antique Bird Print, Pratincole and Turnstone, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Pratincole and turnstone Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph heightened with gum Arabic. ...
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1850s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Pair of Limoges and Royal Vienna Porcelain Portraits Gilt Framed Plates
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of hand painted porcelain plates. One of them is depicting a portrait of Marie Antoinette- the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She is holding a rose. The rim is adorned with bouquets of roses and foliages. Below it, there are some gilt trellis patterns and under it a green band with golden stars. The plate has a large gilt gesso squared frame decorated with acanthus leaves pattern in its corners. The plate is hallmarked GDA Limoges...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Set of 12 Original Antique Sporting Prints. Dated 1801
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of 12 sporting prints Copper-plate engravings after the original drawings mainly by Gilpin Published by Bunney & Gold, London Unfra...
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Early 1800s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Delft Ceramic Decorative Tile Featuring a Man on Horse
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Delft tile featuring a noble man riding a horse. This characterful Delftware tile a man on horseback in expressive blue coloring on a whit...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Folk Art Decorative Art

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Ceramic, Clay

Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Quadrumana, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Quadrumana, apes etc. Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original han...
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

18th Century Italian Rococo Carved Frieze Wall Panel - Antique Oakwood Door
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian frieze panel with flowers, vines and leaves, made of hand crafted Oakwood in good condition. The vertical door features two hand crafted round metal door pulls...
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Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Oak

British Sailor's Woolwork, With Motto of The Order of The Garter
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork, With Motto of The Order of The Garter, Circa 1880. The unusual sailor's woolwork depicts a soldier and a sailor standing and pointing with one hand to either side of a circular device in the form of a garter with the Union Jack within and the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense...
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Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

Original Antique Bullfighting Print, Dated 1805
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of bullfighting Copper-plate engraving Published 1805 Unframed.
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Early 1800s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

1 of the 100 Unique Antique Relief Tiles, circa 1920 S.A. Pavillions
Located in Rijssen, NL
Several pcs. exceptional antique wall tiles, Société des Pavillions, Florennes (S.A. des Pavillions). Beautiful quality. The dimensions per tile a...
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1920s Belgian Folk Art Vintage Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Ostriches, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of ostriches Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color. ...
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Eagles, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of eagles Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. Brown and Marechal with original hand ...
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Large Louis XV Style Colorful Large Oil Painting Manner of Boucher French School
Located in Nashville, TN
Probably a variation of ‘Spring’ After Boucher’s Four Seasons. Highly decorative. Typical rococo frivolity and color palette. Garlands and festoons of flowers with intertwined ribbon...
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1840s French Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Paint

Antique Porcelain Humpback Double Sided NYC Street Sign
Located in Redding, CT
Antique porcelain humpback double sided NYC Street Sign, circa early 1900s. Cobalt blue enamel and white enamel. Sign says Sedgwick Ave & Dickinson Ave...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Art

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Enamel

Late 19th Century Engraving of Greek Graces in Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique frame with a print of dancing Greek graces. The frame is made of wood, with refined carving and graceful curls. The wood is decorated with stucco and gilded with gold leaf. The print is also interesting, it is an antique print with beautiful gold print, depicting the dancing graces...
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1890s French Rococo Antique Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

British Sailor's Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships Circa 1885 The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...
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1880s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Wool

Large Original Antique Natural History Print, American Bison, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an American bison etc. Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original ha...
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Decorative Art

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Paper

Set of TWELVE Ceramic Wall Tiles Square hand enamelled, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a good set of twelve glazed ceramic wall tiles, hand enamelled with a bird theme, probably over an underglaze printed outline and dating to...
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Vintage Charcoal Rubbing of Thai Musicians
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Thai Temple charcoal rubbing. Hand crafted temple scenes at the Wat Pho temple located in Phra Nakhon district in Bangkok Thailand...
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Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Decorative Art

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Paper

Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Art

Antique, new and vintage decorative art is crucial to personalizing your interior.

Bringing art into your home will help you create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, whether you are expecting to regularly host guests for cocktails in your living room or you are inclined to soak up some “me time” on weekends by curling up with a book in your library. After all, a room isn’t quite complete until you hang some art on the walls.

Choosing a piece of art for your interior is a matter of finding something that resonates with you. You should also consider what will work with your current decor. Keep in mind that a wide range of objects counts as decorative art — antique and vintage prints, paintings, wall-mounted sculptures and more. There is so much to choose from! And art can feel as deeply personal with the vintage posters that promoted your favorite classic films as it can with framed photographs of your loved ones.

Decorative art can set the mood for a room and will typically make for great conversation. When you find wall decor and decorations that speak to you, why not introduce them into your space? It will give you and your guests the opportunity to meaningfully engage with the art every time you see it. You can play with different styles, eras and colors. Mix and match pieces to integrate a refreshing pop of color or create a theme by dedicating a room to a color palette or certain time period. A great way to tie your layout together is to choose wall art that complements your decor and color scheme.

Folk art is an interesting category for its wide range of works across various media and the array of textures it can offer. Paper art is another versatile option because it will be easy to find a home for portraits, collages, drawings and other works in your space. With decorative paper art, you can also get creative with how you arrange your wall art. There are plenty of options that include hanging the works salon-style.

On 1stDibs, find a constantly growing collection of antique and vintage decorative art today.

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