Folk Art Wall Decorations
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
Large Original Antique Print of Kingfishers, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Kingfishers
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Gnat-Catchers, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of gnat-catchers
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Crossbills, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of crossbills
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Parrots, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of parrots.
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.
Publish...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Bugs / Beetles, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of bugs or beetles.
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 col...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Seals, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of seals.
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.
Published...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Fish, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of fish.
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.
Publ...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Fish, 1847 Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of fish.
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.
Publ...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of an Orphean Warbler, circa 1880, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an Orphean Warbler
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Original ...
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1880s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Couroucoui, 1847 Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Couroucoui
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.
Publi...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Nutcracker, circa 1880, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Nutcracker
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Original hand c...
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1880s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Cranes, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of cranes
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Set of 6 Original Antique Natural History Prints, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 6 natural history prints.
Original hand colored lithographs.
After drawings by Cpt. Brown.
Published by Fullarton, 1847
Unframed.
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
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.
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of 12 Original Antique Marine Prints, Circa 1830
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of marine prints.
Steel engravings after Baynes and Shepherd etc.
Published C.1830
Unframed.
Free shipping.
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1820s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Willow Warbler, circa 1880, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Willow Warbler
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Original ha...
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1880s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Racehorse, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a racehorse presented in a distressed antique oak frame
Lithograph after George Stubbs with original hand color.
Published, 1847.
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Oak, Paper
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Lobsters, C.1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of lobsters
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph. Original colour.
Published, C.1870
Free shippin...
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1870s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Shells, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of shells.
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.
Pu...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Rhinoceros, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an Indian and a lesser two horn rhino
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown w...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Large Original Antique Print of A St Bernard Dog, Signed Maud Earl, 1898
By Maud Earl 2
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a St Bernard in a snowy landscape.
Great picture for a ski lodge.
Mixed method engraving by Herbert Sedcote
Published, 1898.
Pencil signatures of both the ...
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1890s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of a Giant Breve, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a giant breve.
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of 10 Original Antique Prints of Owls After Francis Lydon, C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 10 antique owl prints
Lithographs after the original drawings by Alexander Francis Lydon
Original colour
Published by John...
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1880s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Naive School Marine Oil Painting, Warships off Gibraltar, C.1910
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful naive oil painting of warships off Gibraltar
Great muted colors in unrestored condition
Oil on canvas. Unframed
Unsigned. Artist unknown.
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1910s English Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of Gaff-Rigged Sloop with Two Other Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of Gaff-rigged Sloop,
Circa 1870
The British sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard side view of a gaff-rigged sloop under full sail against a clou...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Set of 8 Original Antique Fishing Prints, Dated 1801
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of 8 fishing prints
Copper-plate engravings
Published by Bunney & Gold, London
Unframed
The measurement give below is for one pri...
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Early 1800s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
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 heightened with gum Arabic...
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1850s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Monkeys, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of monkeys.
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.
Publish...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Zebra, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a zebra 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 hand color.
Pub...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of a Brown Bear, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a brown bear.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after captain brown with original hand color.
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of a Cat After Landseer, Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a cat presented in an antique distressed pine frame
Copper-plate engraving after Landseer
Published About 1840
There is a single...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Pine, Paper
Original Antique Print of Hummingbirds, 1847, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of hummingbirds
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Leopard Seals, C.1890
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Leopard-Seals
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Chromolithograph after the original artwork by P.J Smit...
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1890s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Bird Print, the Savi's Warbler, circa 1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a savi's warbler
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph with original hand color.
Published,...
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1870s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Bear Banjo Bird Tweeting Pictorial Persian Flat-Weave
Located in New York, NY
Scatter size Persian Kilim from the 20th century with a bear playing with his banjo. Looks like a small bird is tweeting while he's playing! Tweet Tweet! How Sweet?
This was origina...
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20th Century Persian Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Wool
Original Antique Print of Quail, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of quail.
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.
Published...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Whales and Dolphins, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of whales and dolphins
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown, Gilpin and Edwards...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Hummingbird, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a hummingbird.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Captain Brown with original hand color....
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Swans, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of swans.
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.
Published...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Monkeys, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of monkeys.
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.
Publish...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of an Eagle, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an eagle
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.
Publish...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Seascape Oil Painting, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Terrific oil on canvas of a harbor with a medieval structure at the crest of a small hill, buildings and mountains in the distance, with two figures headed in opposite directions pau...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Folk Art Hand Made Circus Game Wheel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Old pin wheel sculpture dating to the late 1940s to 1950s, multi-colored and weathered from being in the elements giving it that patina that only comes from time and the elements. Co...
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1940s American Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Sun Birds, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of sun birds
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown
Original hand colour
Published ...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Parrots, circa 1850, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of parrots.
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.
Publish...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Toucans, 1847, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of toucans
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.
Pu...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Toucans, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of toucans
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 Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Crocodiles, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of crocodiles and alligators.
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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1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paper
Early 20th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Woman in Traditional Folk Dress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful Portrait of Ruth Alderfer in a traditional folk costume, possibly Dutch. Oil on board, "Portrait of Ruth Alderfer in Costume", signed and titled en verso. 1932 signed top r...
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1930s Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
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Paint
Original Antique Print of a Rufous Warbler, circa 1880, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Rufous Warbler
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Original ha...
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1880s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Folk Art wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art wall decorations 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 wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Purvis Young, Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo, and Devres. 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 wall decorations 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 $48,000 while the average work can sell for $1,029.
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