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Item Ships From: Sweden
Period: 20th Century
“Nr 6” Oil Painting by Harry Booström, 1955
By Harry Booström
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
“Nr 6” Oil Painting by Harry Booström, 1955
Additional Information:
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Dimensions (W x H): 60.5 x 60 cm
Condition: Good v...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting by Arne Heuser, 1966
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Oil Painting by Arne Heuser, 1966
Additional Information:
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Dimensions (W x H): 98 x 148 cm
Condition: Good vintage condition, with signs of usage
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Old Antique Lobi Wooden Female Figure Sculpture Produced in Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century Lobi folk tribal art female figure wooden sculpture produced in Burkina Faso, Africa by anonymous designer in the 1940s. In good original condition.
Dimensions: H:...
Category
1940s Burkinabe Tribal Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-century female mannequin from Siegel & Stockman, Paris, 1950s
By Siegel Paris
Located in Uppsala, SE
Very decorative female mid-century mannequin made by Siegel for Stockmann, Paris, size 46. The torso stands on a tripod wooden base of birch or beech. The whole construction is demou...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Birch
Decorative Finnish Mid Century Modern Wall Textile Rug by Pirkko Sillfors, 1976
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century wool rug / wall textile designed by Uhra Beata Simberg Ehrström in 1966 and hand made by Pirkko Sillfors in 1976.
In go...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Swedish Outsiders Art "Eve and the Serpent" Sculpture in Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Outsider Art Sculpture an ode to the timeless tale of Eve and the Serpent. This enigmatic piece bears witness to the forbidden allure of the Garden of Eden. Crafted in wood-carve...
Category
1950s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paint
Scandinavian Modern Teak Sculpture by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden
By Johnny Mattsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely teak sculpture by Swedish artist Johnny Mattsson.
The figurative sculpture is in a shape of a woman and is entitled "Morgon" (morning in Swedish). It is made from relief carve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Early 20th Century, Large Terracotta Vessel, Spiked Vase African Pottery, Lobi
Located in Göteborg, SE
Beautiful large African urn in terracotta made by the Lobi people of Burkina Faso.
This urn is very decorative with a small figure sitting on the lid. The urn is 81 cm high and 45 c...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
The Swan - Swedish Flemish Weave riding pad from 1920-1930
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
A truly spectacular example of a Swedish Flemish Weave riding pad in all it’s glory! Beautiful bright color combination of fuchsia pink, yellow, forest and pastel greens blue and ora...
Category
1920s Swedish Arts and Crafts Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A Pair Of John Bauer Wooden Carved Wall Sculptures
By John Bauer
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A pair of wooden carved and hand painted birch wood panels representing a moose and a troll with a child. These figures were taken from the famous Swedish painter and illustrator Joh...
Category
1930s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Swedish Flemish Weave Riding Pad "The Parrot"
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
The Parrot is one of the most characteristic patterns in Scania Weave textiles. This textile Parrot cushion was once woven to be used as a riding pad. It is approximately one century...
Category
1920s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Decorative and Mid Century African Hand Made Wooden and Hide Tribal Drum, 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare and beautiful handmade drum in painted wood and hide produced i Africa early 1900s / 20th century. In original condition.
Very decorative and genuine and works well with many c...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Wood
Round Black Pedestal Dining Table, Sweden 1920
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early Swedish 20th Century Pedestal Dining Table in Black Paint.
This round table has beautiful Gustavian ribbed details with a border going around the table edge.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of Swedish Painted Rococo Style Nightstands, Circa 1930's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A pair of Rococo style light Gustavian grey-painted Swedish nightstands or night tables from the first half of the 20th Century. These Scandinavian have a charming patina have each ...
Category
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood, Pine
Small Swedish Folk Art Painted Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish allmoge folk art painted little box with a combination lock most probably from the region of Dalarna in central Sweden. Hand carved and origi...
Category
1920s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Sculpture, Lobi Male Figure, Burkina Faso, Mid/Late-1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture, Lobi Male Figure with one hand pointing upwards, Burkina Faso. Mid/late-1900s.
Height excl. base 13 cm. Total height 15 cm. Patina, signs of age.
Provenance: Dealer and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Charming Northern Swedish Handmade Folk Art Wooden Figurines
Located in Kramfors, SE
Charming hand-carved wooden figurines in folk art from northern Sweden. The set of 6 figurines are made by hand in solid Swedish pine and painted by My...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Bobo Uele Mask, Bwa, North Burkina Faso, First Half of 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Bobo Uele Mask in hand-carved wood from the Bwa tribe in northern part of Burkina Faso. Antilope-shaped mask with human-like face. Painted with white and black color.
Provenance:...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Folkart Sunnerbo Painting Made to Use as a Pillow
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful Swedish Folk Art (commonly known in swedish as bonad) made 1790-1820s. Part of a bigger painting. Likely made by Johannes Nilsson at Sunnerboskolan, Småland. Local painters were often inspired by decorations in churches, where they learned and trained their crafts. The painting on linen is upholstered as a pillow.
The main motif depicts a holy woman serving wine dressed...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Folk Art Antique Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Linen, Hemp, Paper, Feathers
Swedish Painted Folk Art Kubbstol Chair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Folk Art Kubbstol chair from Northern Sweden. A Kubbstol chair is made from a hollowed tree trunk; from a single piece of wood that's been hewn out to form the seat, back and frame. ...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Folk Art Antique Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Burl Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Farsta, SE
Organic wabi-sabi burl wood taple lamp, circa 1960.
The organic and textual appearance of this lamp is in its own Scandinavian way, something that you c...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Swedish Folk Art Handcrafted Round Serving Tray
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish Folk Art handcrafted large round serving, made of woven roots. Insignificant wear. Beautiful tray made by Same. From 1900th.
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Folk Art Antique Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Twig
Wooden Hand Carved Bowl Made Out of Birch in Sweden 1978, Signed Holger Jonsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful and odd: Handcrafted bowl made out of birch wood. The handle is designed for being able to carry vegetables. Made in Vännäs, Sweden by Holger Jonsson, June, 1978. A unique ...
Category
1970s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Abalone, Birch
Folk Art Chair from Finland
Located in Farsta, SE
One of a kind
Folk Art chair from Finland
Acid-stained Pine
1930s
Consistent with age and use.
Category
1930s Finnish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Massive Birch Burl Bowl
Located in Farsta, SE
Truly massive primitive root bowl
From Sweden, made out of burl birch in 1970.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Brutalist Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Birch, Burl
Mirror Designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1930
By Estrid Ericson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Mirror designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1930.
Pewter and mirror.
Measures: H: 62.5 cm / 2' 1/2''
W: 41 cm / 16''
D: 2 cm / 3/4''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Swedish Folk Art Centerpiece Sculpture of 3 Cows and a Bull
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish set of four wooden carved and painted figures of a bull and three cows from early 20th century. Sweden has a long and well known tradition of folk art wooden carving. It started in the rural class, the so called "allmoge" people of the countryside. They could not afford expensive materials such as metals, ivory or ceramic so they used pine wood for the making of kids toys...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Red-Toned Wooden Vintage Abstract Animal Sculpture, Swedish Mid Century Handmade
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely wooden sculpture designed in Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is repaired. The designer is unknown.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Belgian Art Nouveau Oil Painting Signed and Dated 1914
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Nouveau early 20th Century oil painting. The painting depicts a woman in a garden in Art Liberty style clothing walking by a garden stair with flyin...
Category
1910s Belgian Romantic Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed Object ‘Ikonocasi’ by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Framed Object ‘Ikonocasi’ by Rune Hagberg,
Sweden, 1980s.
Mixed media.
Signed.
Measurements:
H: 105 cm / 3’ 5 1/3’’
W: 50.5 cm / 20’’
D: 10 cm / 4’’.
Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Ha...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Swedish Hand-Carved Painted Wooden Figure of a Drunk Man, Dated 1931
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish Folk Art polychrome carved figure of a drunk man with a beer bottle in his hand. Dated 1931 and signed S.N.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Lovely Vintage Black Abstract Sculpture Wood Johnny Mattsson, Midcentury, Sweden
By Johnny Mattsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely wooden sculpture designed by the famous wooden sculptor Johnny Mattsson in Gävle, Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sculpture “Resting Lion” by Henrik Starcke, Denmark, 1959
Located in Stockholm, SE
Limestone.
A version of this lion can still be seen at Bakkegårdsskolen in Gentofte, Denmark.
Measures: H: 98 cm/ 3' 2 5/8"
L: 120 cm/ 3' 11 1/4".
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Limestone
Scandinavian Modern Sculpture Signed by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
By Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ulrica Hydman-Vallien can certainly not be accused of being ordinary. Her design has had its own style ever since the beginning of her artistic career. Already when Ulrica was 17 years old she became a student at the College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, and went on to further study in the USA and Mexico. This bold and funny sculpture...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Hand Carved Sculpture of a Lion Made in Birch, Early 1900
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare hand carved sculpture of a lion in birch. Made in Berglinds toy factory in Nyköping, Sweden, early 1900s. The factory's main design idea was that the toys both should be tough...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Arts and Crafts Antique Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Folk Art Centerpiece Sculpture of Swedish Potato Farmers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish sculpture of wooden, carved and painted figures of potato farmers working in the Scandinavian fields. Sweden has a long and well known tradition of hand carved wooden folk ...
Category
1970s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Sweden - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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