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Item Ships From: Texas
Pre-Columbian Lambayeque Textile Ceremonial Panel
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive pre-columbian Lambayeque textile ceremonial panel. Lambayeque, Peru. Mint condition. Museum piece. Ex. Sotheby’s, New York.
The Lambayeque civilization (aka Sicán) flou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Textile
French Tole Handled Tray with Flowers, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French tole handled tray with flowers circa 1930.
Reticulated border. A little hole on the metal.
Category
1930s French Rustic Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
French Mid-20th Century Oil on Board Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful mid-20th century French oil on board painting entittled "Les Martigues - Bateau A' Voile. A wonderful seascape of a sail boat with its sail in the water. The perspec...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Grand Scale Spanish 18th Century Dough Bowl, Trough
Located in Round Top, TX
A fantastic very large scale 18th century Spanish dough bowl - or trough, carved from a single tree trunk. Perfect by a fireplace to house kindling, or filled with an assortment of c...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Majolica Crab Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
By Michel Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage French Majolica crab tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$330 / item
Metal Restaurant Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Metal restaurant sign from a restaurant in Buenos Aires. Nice size and paint.
Category
1950s Argentine Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
Pair of Staffordshire Spaniels
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniels.
Category
1950s Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Black Forest Carved Bear Wall Hook Hanger
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional hand carved German Black Forest wall-mounted hanger. circa 1890
Born in the late 19th / early 20th century, featuring an intricately carved walnut figural bear's head with inset glass eyes, finely detailed gilt brass paws holding a supporting rod, affixed with chain drop hook.
Dimensions: (approx)
10.75" High, 8 1/8" Wide, 5.5" Deep,
A superb example of German folk art, functional and highly decorative, it's ideal for use as an entryway coat...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
18th Century, Spanish Conquistador Carved Wood Figure
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Spanish Conquistador carved wood figure.
18th century Carved and painted wood Spanish Conquistador figure or sculpture. This beautif...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century, French, Pottery Cider Bottle from Normandy
Located in Austin, TX
French pottery cider bottle from Normandy, end of 19th century.
13 bottles available, sold separately.
Different sizes.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century French Pottery Cider Bottle from Normandy
Located in Austin, TX
French pottery cider bottle from Normandy, end of 19th century.
13 bottles available, sold separately.
Different sizes.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
French 18th Century Chestnut Brusque
Located in Round Top, TX
A terrific 18th century Arte Populaire Brusque from the Ardeche region of France. A vessel used for preparing chestnuts.
Category
18th Century French Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Chestnut
18th Century German Baroque Architectural Putti Bust Wall Shelf Carving
Located in Forney, TX
A finely carved Baroque period architectural element, now fashioned as a sculptural bracket shelf.
Hand-crafted by a master-artisan in the 18th century, originally part of a corbel, likely from a church around the Black Forest region of Southern Germany. Exquisitely hand carved solid walnut, exceptionally executed and intricately detailed, featuring two protruding busts of cherub children with fine facial details and sculpted wavy hair, over pierced foliate floral decoration. circa 1750
Provenance / Acquisition:
Property from the magnificent estate of the late T. Boone Pickens (1928 -2019). An American business magnate and financier.
Acquired from the highly reputable auction house J. Garrett Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas. September 2022 More of T. Boone Pickens Estate catalog
J. Garrett Auctioneers had the pleasure of presenting this item from the iconic Texas and Oklahoma oil...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
French Late 19th Century Weathervane
Located in Round Top, TX
A sensational later 19th century girouette - weathervane of a Galleon found in the South of France. The galleon is expertly crafted from beautifully patina...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Copper
19th Century American Trade Sign 'Crook', Medina, NY
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century American trade sign 'Crook', Medina, NY
Craftsman made, with sand-painted back ground with 10" x 12" giltwood letters spelling 'Croo...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
$6,000 Sale Price
36% Off
Irish Watercolor by M MacLoughlin of Cottage by the Sea
By M. MacLoughlin
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely little original watercolor study of an Irish Cottage by the Sea by M. MacLoughlin an Irish Watercolorist.
20th century, circa 1970.
Fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Irish Country Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Parchment Paper
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Bookbinding Press Screw Nipping Press
Located in Tyler, TX
EXCELLENT Antique Victorian Cast Iron Book Press~~c. 19th century
Beautiful decorative Victorian era green book press nipping press
13" tall x...
Category
Late 19th Century English British Colonial Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pre-Columbian Inca Mantle with 16 Figures, Peru, 1476-1534 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Mantle with 16 figures in cubist form with multi-color fringes.
This pieces with a Certificat de Bien Culturel from France.
For the Incas finely worked and highly decorativ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Vintage Hand Cranked Wooden Toy w Pull String
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Hand Cranked Wooden Toy w Pull String beautifully crafted vintage wooden toy features a classic hand-crank mechanism paired with a pull str...
Category
Late 20th Century Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Original Brown Painted Wood Rocking Horse on Green Rocker, Sweden circa 1900's
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the worn look that creates the wonderful appeal of this original painted and carved rocking horse from Sweden.
The brown/brick paint has been distressed (some missing, see photo of direct front). Note also the cracked leather ears, carved and painted black mane and leather bridle with brass accents. Real horse hair was used to create the tail.
Sold in used vintage condition. Solid, stable on original green painted rocker...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Country Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Navajo Native American Sterling Silver & Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace
Located in Dallas, TX
Old pawn vintage Southwest Navajo Indian sterling silver turquoise squash blossom necklace. No apparent makers mark. Features ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Navajo Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Soul Mates Utah Alabaster Sculpture by RD Tsosie
By Robert Dale Tsosie
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous piece of native American art, namely, “Soul Mates” sculpture by RD Tsosie, made from Utah Alabaster.
By the renowned Navajo Contemporary artist, Robert Dale ...
Category
20th Century American Native American Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
Antique English Trench Art mixed metal miniature howitzer - signal style table cannon. Hand-crafted, assembled in the early 20th century, fashioned in par...
Category
Early 20th Century European Folk Art Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Argentinian Pierced Iron Bathroom Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Argentinian Pierced Iron Bathroom Sign with interior light. Circa 1940.
Dimensions: 9" H x 24 1/4" W x 3 3/4" D
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$1,010 / item
Early 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Figural Winged Putti Table Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous French Empire period giltwood figural candlestick, early 19th century, now professionally electrified and fashioned as a single-light table lamp.
Exquisitely hand carve...
Category
Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Antique Indian Hand Painted Brass Figural Gauri Head Sculpture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique Indian hand-painted figural brass head religious sculptures.
Hand-crafted in the Maharashtra or Karnataka region of India in the late 19th / early 20th century, d...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique American Blanket Chest, circa 1900, Hand-Painted by Lew Hudnall
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Americana- style North American blanket chest with hinged lid, circa 1900. Hand-painted with a stylized Federal Eagle on the front. One talon grasping arrows and the other an...
Category
Early 1900s North American American Colonial Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Concrete Seagull Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Concrete Seagull Sculpture
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
Composition Mask of Mythical God
Located in Round Top, TX
Composition mask of a classic mythical face.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Composition
15th Century Oil Painting on Board
Located in Dallas, TX
This gorgeous Dutch painting features a woman with an infant and small child. Painting is from the 1450s.
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Wood Thai Dancer Statue
Located in Pasadena, TX
6ft wood Thai dancer statue
Thai deity with mirrored accents throughout. Deity is holding a staff, with arm outstretched. Statue is hand carved.
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Modern Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,000
Monumental Oceanic Asmat People Carved Painted Wooden War Shield
Located in Forney, TX
A monumental, rare and important Oceanic Papuan Asmat People tribal carved war shield from the first half of the 20th century, collected from the coast of the headhunting tribe in Papua New Guinea, a Provincial Indonesian island in the mid 20th century.
Among the Asmat, war shields are the most powerful symbolic element of a warrior's equipment, and have many layers of meaning. Traditionally, they were functional items used to protect warriors in battle by deflecting an enemy's spears and arrows. The carved and painted images on the surface of the shields were also intended to frighten the enemy and symbolize the power of the ancestors.
Ancestral imagery appears on multiple forms of Asmat art...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bronze & Iron Book Press
Located in Round Top, TX
Cast iron, bronze and wood book press. Great design.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
French 17th Century Chestnut Brusque
Located in Round Top, TX
A fabulous 17th century Arte Populaire Brusque from the Ardeche region of France. A vessel used for preparing chestnuts.
Category
17th Century French Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Vintage Concrete Champagne Bottle
Located in Houston, TX
Large, concrete, Brouilly French Sparkling Wine bottle replica. Possibly used as an advertisement or in a prominent spot in the vineyard itself. Would make a great conversation piece...
Category
20th Century French Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
Large Colorful Glazed Terracotta Passata Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Large colorful glazed terracotta passata bowl from southern Italy (Puglia). This rustic 19th century terracotta bowl was used in the Ita...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian French Provincial Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
French Early 20th Century Landscape Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful early 20th century landscape oil on board painting of the countryside in South West France. Expertly executed by Ernest Azema with bold brushwork and wonderful color...
Category
Early 20th Century French Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Chinese Ming Dynasty Antique Sancai Glazed Attendants Tomb Figure Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of large antique Chinese polychrome ceramic attendants, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Outstanding 500+ year old Sancai glazed earthenware pottery tomb figures, exceptionally executed figural form, exquisitely detailed, one holding a teapot, the other holding a charger, rising on rare sculptural plinth...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Large French Bronze Spelter Figure of an Artist, After Mathurin Moreau
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Austin, TX
A large French sculptural figure of an artist or painter from the Louis XV period, mounted to a circular moulded base of faux marble painted wood.
One of a pair of bronzed and pat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Spelter
20th Century Block Print titled "Understanding"
Located in Denton, TX
20th century framed block print.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-Century Rope Bottle Carrier Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope bottle carrier for two bottles Audoux Minet, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Early 20th Century Pende "Circumcision Ceremonial" Mask
Located in Austin, TX
Revel in the mystique of tribal artistry with this Early 20th Century Pende "Circumcision Ceremonial" Mask. This evocative piece, crafted meticulously by hand, showcases the profound...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$448 Sale Price
62% Off
Carved wooden eagle
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a beautifully carved eagle! The artisan took great notes to detail the character and the fluidity of the bird.
Great piece for your office, living room or library.
Category
20th Century American Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,390
Kuba Bwoom Mask
Located in Austin, TX
Residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kuba people are true artisans whose craftsmanship fueled traditional rituals, performances, and storytelling. Natural materials, in this case cowrie shells, hold a long history of use in African art often associated with beauty and spirituality. The Bwoom mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$648 Sale Price
64% Off
Rare Guillermo Azoulay “Robuste” Signed Art 72/100 Gold Leaf Art
By Guillaume Azoulay
Located in Houston, TX
Measure: With frame: 40” W x 37.25” H
Robuste
Guillaume Azoulay
Rare Guillaume Azoulay “Robuste” State II Gold Leaf Serigraph
In excellent condition. Numbered and signed 72...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Joseph Demarais Limited Edition Etching, Signed and Numbered
Located in Pasadena, TX
Limited edition Fecit Etching, numbered 36/200.
Artwork is framed, and depicts a village in neutral tones.
Art dimensions (Without frame): 20" W x 31" H.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$1,950 Sale Price
50% Off
Mixed Media Work by Scott Kerr
Located in Dallas, TX
Scott Kerr is a self-taught Contemporary Abstract Artist. As a young boy, he was exposed to the art world by his father through the works of a local Texas artist, David Brownlow. Ama...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Large Whimsical Antique Wood Organ Pipe Case
Located in Houston, TX
We found this very large whimsical antique wood organ pipe case in Spain, however we are uncertain of its origin. The pipes may be vertical and housed in a wooden case. The organ is ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$840 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Carousel Ornament Painted Cast Iron King Mask Amusement Folk Art
Located in Forney, TX
A rare European antique hand painted cast iron carnival carousel embellishment.
Once decorating a 19th century country fair carousel amusement ride, the sculptural ornament depict...
Category
19th Century European Folk Art Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large French Wire Salad Basket, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
A very large French wire basket salad, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Rustic Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wire
Vintage Reflective Bicycle Road Sign
Located in Burton, TX
This Vintage Reflective Road Sign depicts a black bicycle with a yellow background. Once used as a street sign to inform motorist of bicyclists in the area, this sign presents great ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Swedish Spouted Salting Trough
Located in Houston, TX
Rustic Swedish spouted salting trough hand-carved from bleached wood, dated 1855. Runic characters inscribed upon underside.
Note: Due to regional changes in humidity and climate du...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Tom's Peanuts Wooden Display Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage wooden stand used to display Tom's peanuts. Six shelves with an ebonized base. Nice wear and patina.
Category
1940s American Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Cheese Boards
Located in Houston, TX
Antique cheese boards from France, dating to early 20th century. Heart-shaped handles carved into boards. Two available and sold individually, priced $7...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$795 / item
1930's Double Sided Cabin Neon Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1930's double sided Cabin neon sign. It has new neon, new wiring and new transformer.
Category
1950s North American Folk Art Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
By Charles Greber
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase Charles Greber, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
French Oil Painting of Flowers in Vase in Montparnasse Frame
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French oil painting on canvas featuring a still life of a vase of flowers in a Montparnasse frame.
The Montparnasse frame takes its name from the Parisian district where it w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Gesso
Tractor Seat Stool or Chair of Polished Steel from England
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English tractor seat or chair of polished steel, attached to a revolving four-legged stool stand.
The seat has adjustable height of 16" to 26" by revolving the seat in cl...
Category
20th Century British Industrial Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Telephone Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$945
Wabi Sabi Primitive 1940s Folk Art Brass Tack Stool
Located in Round Top, TX
Charming original handmade early 20th C. stool with faux leather upholstery that has the most perfect wear and patina. The weight is impressive, considering the size, a testament to ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive Texas - Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Wood
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