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Item Ships From: Tri-State Area
Asian Woven Grain Basket
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian woven grain & rice basket
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Reed, Willow
1880 French Country Pair of Navy Blue Edged Folk Art Majolica Decorative Plates
Located in New York, NY
Two quite rare earthenware sculptural decorative plates in barbotine, dated 1880, handcrafted in Clermont Ferrand, central part of France, by Charles ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Majolica
Antique Turkish Ghiordes Small Rug With Shades of Grey-Blue, Purple, and Beige
Located in New York, NY
An antique Turkish Ghiordes carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century in shades of light blue, purple, red, and yellow sitting atop a nude-beige field and a grey-blue border.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Thai Ceremonial Wooden Drum with Natural Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall antique Thai freestanding ceremonial wooden drum from the early 20th century, with natural finish, carved accents and circular flaring base. Create...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Italian Modern Venetian Handmade Blue and Gold Carnival Mask with Feathers
Located in New York, NY
This Folk Art cobalt blue mask is a real Venetian creation, entirely hand-drawn and handcrafted with gold decor and white stone.
Italian Artists have realized this piece in full res...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Folk Art Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread
Vintage Mexican Zapotec Decorative Carpet, in Small Size w/ Stylized Bird Design
Located in New York, NY
A vintage decorative rug from the Zapotec Indian tribe in Oaxaca, Mexico, size 3'3 x 1'8, featuring a central medallion on an unfussy beige field, with four stylized bird motifs stan...
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan Carpet, Traditional, Ivory, Blue, Green, Reds
Located in Port Washington, NY
Workshop of legendary master weaver Mohtasham is one of the most remarkable chapters in Rug history. He is said to have settled in Kashan at the end of the 19th century to Revive knotting artistry. In fact, knotting in Kashan did indeed gained important momentum. Mohtashem created a wonderful, unmistakable style. Rugs in this style are now referred to as Mohtashem Kashan and are highly valued around the world. A few ways to spot a Mohtasham is its Manchester wool and purple silk on the sides.
Reference Hali Magazine Issue 35 pages 45-49.
The best of Kashan’s from the late 19th and early 20th century are referred to as Motasham Kashan’s. They are some of the most finely woven of all Persian rugs...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Angora Oushak Carpet, Handmade Oriental Rug Shrimp, Pink, Ivory
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine oriental rugs.
Oushak rugs s...
Category
19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid 20th Century Vintage Porcelain Enameled Metal Sprinkler Fire Alarm Sign
Located in Stamford, CT
Great Vintage porcelain sign-enameled metal sign, Sprinkler Fire Alarm when bell rings call Police or Fire Dept. This sign came off an industrial building ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
18th Century Shipwright's Tar Ladle
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sculptural 18th century shipwright's over-scale tar ladle having large bowl and long handle with shaped throat and retaining fantastic scumble surface from use.
Treen
Category
1770s Great Britain (UK) Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fiberglass Crocodile in White Paint Surface
Located in New York, NY
Modern "Folk Art" crocodile made of cast fiberglass, in distressed white paint surface. Large scale makes this an impressive decorative item, probably circa 1960s. This item is built...
Category
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Ulo Tribal Akha Woman's Headdress with Framework of Bamboo and Beads
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Ulo Akha woman's Tribal headdress adorned with framework of bamboo, beads, pompons, seeds and other unique items. Immerse yourself in the rich cul...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Folk Art Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Beads
Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan Rug, Handmade Oriental Rug, Ivory, Navy, Rust
Located in Port Washington, NY
The best of Kashan’s from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are referred to as Motasham Kashan’s. They are some of the most finely woven of all Persian rugs...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kashan Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Green Verdite Shona Sculpture (28.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Large Green Verdite Shona-style Sculpture of a mother and child. Shona artists are masters of the bust sculpture. This large piece is typical of the Sub-Saharan Shona style. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Zimbabwean Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Thai Tribal Carved Wooden Mask Depicting a Swine with Pierced Eyes
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Thai carved wooden tribal mask from the 19th century depicting a swine with pierced eyes, nostrils, textured ground and weathered appearance. Created in Thailand during th...
Category
19th Century Thai Tribal Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Persian Gabbeh Rug, Handmade Oriental Rug, Creamy Ivory, Cool boarder
Located in Port Washington, NY
A whimsical vintage Persian Gabbeh rug with an natural creamy ivory/white background and a beautiful open design boarder. Extra high pile wool ornate with characteristic designs.
Category
Late 20th Century Persian Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Period, African Ritual Tribal Oxidized Bronze ‘Brow Mask’, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
This superb example of the ritual African ‘Brow Mask’ is a unique creation of a truly skillful artist from the Jimini tribe of the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) during the Art Deco per...
Category
1920s African Primitive Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Painted Wood Design Blocks
Located in New York, NY
Painted wood design blocks. Multiple diverse and amusing design variations available from painted 1” wood blocks in yellow, red, white blue, and coloured stripes
United States, mid...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930s Oversized Folk Art Wooden Gavel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique and large commemorative gavel given to Fred G. Fraser as Chef de Chemin de Fer in 1938 by the Promenade Nationale General Committee in Los Angeles, CA (a...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Oushak Carpet, Oriental Rug, Handmade Green, Saffron, Ivory and Coral
Located in Port Washington, NY
Turkish carpet from Oushak with a combination of soft colors having an all-over design. Finely woven, having the most superb wool found in the mountains of Anatolia. This is a fine e...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Guido Gambone Bud Vase
By Guido Gambone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rustic bud vase by master ceramicist Guido Gambone. Hand-thrown in an alluring organic shape with an elongated neck. The vase depicts a pastoral scene of a shepherd with his herd pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Set of Seven Handmade Vintage Primitive Vintage Nesting Cubes/Blocks in Pine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Primitive set of seven blocks and boxes (some four-sided, some two) which nest in the largest box (ca. early 20th Century, USA).
Thoughtfully crafted with finger jointed-edges and un...
Category
Early 1900s American Primitive Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Bijar Carpet Oriental Carpet, Handmade, Navy, Red, Light Blue and Green
Located in Port Washington, NY
Bijar rugs are often called the iron rugs of Persia. The Bijar is a heavy durable rug that has been very popular in the United States. Most Bijar carpets...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Brutalist Bird + Flower Statuette in Copper & Burl
By Paul Evans, Tom Greene, Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring home the charm and whimsy of mid-century brutalist decor with this attractive statue of a little bird with flowers. Constructed from wood burl and metal, it features a carved f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Copper
19th Century Dutch Carved Monumental Wood Eagle Figure Seated on a Pedestal
Located in Queens, NY
Continental 19th century Dutch life-sized carved wooden eagle figure with open mouth on square pedestal.
Category
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Long Folk Art Hand Carved Pine Whimsy Chain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful, whimsical folk art chain whittled from one continuous piece of wood (pine, in this case). One end features what resembles an arrow fletching,...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Set of Five Small American Folk Art Fish Decoys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Group of five Folk Art fish decoys composed of painted tinned iron sheet metal or aluminum fins and tails and carved wooden weighted lead bodies, some with ...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Lead
Antique Oushak Carpet, Oriental Rug, Handmade Rug Saffron, Royal Blue and Coral
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine oriental rugs.
Oushak rugs suc...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Midcentury Abstract Turkish Handmade Striped Flat-Weave in Persimmon Coral, Blue
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish flat-woven Kilim rug handmade during the mid-20th century. 3 offset sections with variating colors in persimmon, orange, coral, and dark blue are attached together ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Modern Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of Antique English Solid Brass "Reindeer" Chimney Ornaments on Oak Stands..
Located in North Salem, NY
A wonderful unique pair of old solid brass Reindeer chimney ornaments on Oak stands from England. Circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique North West Persian Carpet, Handmade Rust Red, Navy, Wool, Allover Design
Located in Port Washington, NY
Unique piece, crossover between a Bijar and Sultanabad. Great allover design: Bijar rugs are often called the iron rugs of Persia. The Bijar is a heavy durable rug that has been very...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Tribal Ulo Akha Woman's Headdress with Framework of Bamboo and Beads
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Ulo Akha woman's Tribal headdress adorned with framework of bamboo, beads, pompons, seeds and other unique items. Experience a rich slice of the A...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Beads
Antique Thai Freestanding Ceremonial Drum with Natural Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall antique Thai freestanding ceremonial drum from the early 20th century, with natural finish, reeded accents and circular flaring base. Born in Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Turkish Anatolian Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique Turkish Anatolian runner from the early 20th century. Anatolian, the rose-red field displays a geometric pattern of Memling guls (flowers), stars, cartouches-in-boxes and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Rustic Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Serapi Carpet, Handmade Wool Oriental Rug, Rust, Ivory and Blue
Located in Port Washington, NY
Antique Serapi carpets are one of the most sought after rugs particularly in America and England for many years. Antique Serapi rugs are a major draw particularly in big city America. Serapi carpets were woven on the level of small workshop with multiple weavers working several years to complete each rug. Highly skilled artisans, they continually reinterpreted the design as they wove, creating highly spontaneous and inventive artistry. Beautiful Persian poetry...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Shiraz Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Shiraz nomadic rug from the mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Tribal Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Indonesian Wood Mask, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A vintage theater mask from Bali, Indonesia, circa 1975-1980.
Polychromed hand-carved teak, mounted on a black metal stand.
This type of mask is used at Indonesian Topeng or Mas...
Category
1970s Indonesian Tribal Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Fine Shaped Burl Tabletop with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th Century solid burl yewwood tabletop with molded edge and scalloped sides with mahogany and sycamore compass star inlay, the who...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Yew
Swedish Folk Art Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
The Swedish shipbuilders' longtime tradition of hanging scale-sized models of finished ships in churches for protection of ship and crew has inspired suc...
Category
1950s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Unusual Folky "Apple Tree" Table Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted wood "apples" on cast iron base - supported by wrapped wire "branches", highly decorative - and well made.
Category
Early 20th Century American Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Palette Knife Oil Painting of Fishing Boats
Located in Manhasset, NY
Palette Knife oil painting of fishing boats. A finely detailed oil painting, signed lower left corner in a gilt and ebony frame. Circa 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Large Hand Painted Early Carnival Rounding Board
Located in Norwalk, CT
Bring an unusual piece of folk history into your home with this stunning early 20th century rounding board salvaged from a carnival. With hand-painted designs of putti and harp motif...
Category
Early 20th Century Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Outsider Art "Indian and Caravan" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for cre...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Children's French Shoe Mold Collection
Located in Tarrytown, NY
17 children's shoe molds from the 19th century, bought in Paris.
Category
19th Century French Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Contemporary Handmade Turkish Folk Rug with a Distressed Appeal in Charcoal
Located in New York, NY
A handmade vintage Turkish Sparta rug that has been over dyed charcoal black and given a distressed appeal with hand knotted raised plush piles to form the quirky offset medallion an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Handmade Tribal Folk Persian Flat-Weave Rug
Located in New York, NY
A modern Persian 'Souf' Kilim flat-weave rug from the 21st century. The artist behind this Persian folk rug used a tribal flat-weave handmade during the mid-20th century and hand-kno...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Persian Folk Art Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Swedish Folk Art Midcentury Hand Carved Wall Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Swedish mid-20th century Folk Art wall cabinet of carved pine, painted in “mahogany” red. The motif depict a man in a horse pulled carriage, various animals including a snake, crayfi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Contemporary Handmade Persian Flat-Weave Accent Rug in Dark Brown
Located in New York, NY
A modern Persian flat-weave Kilim accent rug from the 21st century with four dark brown sections stitched together due to its nomadic nature. The blue, white, red, pink, and yellow s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Persian Mid-Century Modern Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Ardebil Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Ardebil rug from the mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Rare Room Size American Hooked Rug 9'6" x 11'7"
Located in New York, NY
Hooked Rug, American, Early 20th Century – Size: 9 ft 6 in x 11 ft 7 in (2.9 m x 3.53 m)
This sophisticated vintage American rug features a handsome allover pattern that incorporates a rich variety of monochromatic and variegated stripes arranged in staggered rows. The polychromatic field is further divided into a triad of distinct compartments that create a graphic stripe-within-a-stripe pattern. Each narrow segmented stripe is set against a variety of contrasting colors that create a harmonious low-key pattern comprised of varied hues. The motley assortment of bold colors creates a tonal blend that is superseded by the dark hues and enlivened by the vibrant accent colors. Reminiscent of piled books...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Serapi Carpet, Geometric, Ivory Hand Knotted Wool Oriental Rug
Located in Port Washington, NY
Antique Serapi carpets are one of the most sought after rugs particularly in America and England for many years. Antique Serapi rugs are a major draw particularly in big city America...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Carpet, Turkish Handmade Oriental Rugs, Coral, Orange, Light Blue
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine Oriental rugs. size 17x23.
...
Category
19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Agra Carpet, Hunting Rugs, Oriental Rugs, Red, Gold, Ivory, Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Agra rugs are the most highly sought after of any 19th century Indian rugs today. Agra rugs were extremely well-made heavy durable rugs and are considered the best of Indian rugs.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Oversized Bonze Advertising Store Display Scissors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, oversized, advertising, store display, bronze scissors open and close as real scissors. Makes a great, rustic, folk art piece or wall art.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Turkish Folk Accent Rug Handmade in Brown, Black, Ivory, and Grey
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish folk rug in accent size with a tribal design handmade with long and lustrous mohair in tobacco brown, black, white ivory, and grey.
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tribal Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Mohair
Large 1940s Carved Wood Folk Art Rooster
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Large 1940s carved wood folk art rooster from a Southampton, NY estate.
Category
1940s Vintage Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Antique Navajo Blanket "Eagle" Design Oriental Rug Fine German Town Wool Neutral
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade items for over 150 years. Commercial production of handwoven blankets and rugs has been an important element of the Navajo economy. As one expert expresses it, "Classic Navajo serapes...
Category
Early 19th Century American Navajo Antique Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Champagne Colored Turkish Handmade Oushak Carpet
Located in New York, NY
An antique Turkish Oushak carpet handmade during the early 20th century with an overall neutral and earth tone palette primarily in champagne, old ivory, and brown.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Rustic Tri-State Area - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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