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Folk Art For Sale
Wooden Ethiopian Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
So as not to muss their intricate hairstyles, tribal leaders would rest their heads on these petite wooden stands. The combination of conic base and concave rest gives these function...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Primitive Wooden Mesoamerican Style Hand Carved Mask Sculpture on Stand Statue
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th Century Mesoamerican style tribal mask on black finished wooden stand. The mask is carved from part of a tree trunk with intricate detail.
Dimensions:
9.5" x 16" x 21"h
Category
Late 20th Century Primitive Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early Papua New Guinea Weathered Sepik Stylized Hook Figure Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea abstract hook figure or mask with two opposing hooks, and central looped design, Sepik River area. Some chips missing to central loops. Small hole at top for s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Italy, circa 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Italy, 1930s or older. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Foun...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Beatrice Wood Signed Rare Mid-Century Luster Lava Glazed Minature Small Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, absolute gem of a piece by famed American California studio ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly desired gorgeous iridescent luster volcanic (crater) lava glaze. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Crater Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a gorgeous, dark, iridescent metallic volcanic lava crater muted glaze. A cla...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Dan Janus Double Face Protective Kinde Charm, Ivory Coast, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan Janus double faced protective Kinde charm, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Used as a charm for protection, with two different faces to show the duality of the w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dooling Mercury First Series Front Drive Tether Car 1939
By Dooling Brothers
Located in Hampstead, QC
This is a Dooling Mercury First Series tether car built in 1939 by the Dooling brothers, Tom, Russell and Harris. They began building racers in 1937 for their own pleasure. These e...
Category
1930s American Streamlined Moderne Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Italy, circa 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Italy, 1930s or older. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Foun...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Clay Bust of a Child by Philippe Seené, 2004 set on Bronze Life size s
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Clay Bust of a Child by Philippe Seené, 2004 set on Bronze
Life size signed bust of a cherubic child, the bust is made in clay and is set into a bronze plinth, the signatur...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Lady Portrait, 1850
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Ancient Italian painting from the 19th century. Oil on canvas framework depicting a portrait of a young girl in pose of good pictorial quality. Carved and gilded wooden and plaster f...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Wooden statue of a warrior
Located in NANTES, FR
Tall statue depicting a warrior in wood with brass inlays. Great patina.
Do not hesitate to ask me for a shipping quote.
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Wooden Bulldog Brush Holder
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cute 1930s wooden bulldog brush holder set. This hand-carved black and white dog figural with double brush holder and big eyes has two red original brushe...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tempietto Style Gazebo Model with Gilt Romanesque Dome
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant tempietto style gazebo model with a gilt Romanesque tile dome. Wood structure that is painted white. Supported by four columns with gilt trim and accented by a final. Circ...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Artesian House Quartz and Metal Anchor Sculpture
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Artesian House Quartz and Metal Anchor Sculpture
Designed by Curtis Jere.
2 birds on anchor
Category
1970s Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Quartz, Brass, Bronze, Iron
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel circa 1864.
Beautiful piece of traditional swedish history. Being a small model with a foot peddle this machine was likely to used to sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
1920s Belgian Jenever Sign
Located in Antwerp, BE
1920s Belgian Jenever Sign.
Antique sign - Art Deco sign for Jenever Made in Belgium:
J. Theunissen - Vieux Spécial - Hasselt - Belgium.
A lithographic tin sign from the 1920s sig...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Pair of Handmade Gilded Pagoda Models with Hexagonal Bodies
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of custom-made hand-gilt classical pagoda models. Hand painted white columns and minor trim features. The roof, top, and lower fence of the model have a wonderful hand gilt sh...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
WWII Trench Art Artillery Shell Bullet Coin Ashtray
Located in Forney, TX
A fascinating Word War II trench art sculptural ammo ashtray.
Typically hand-crafted by a soldier from found objects during their down time at war, especially in the trenches of WW1...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Wooden "Keep Maine Green" Sign c.1940-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A hand painted wood sign with applied letters "Keep Maine Green".
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1950.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Wood, Paint, Plastic....
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Antique Prestige Basket, Tanzania
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Prestige open top basket
Sukuma People (?) Tanzania
Circa 1900
Coiled and woven basketry, natural fibers and dye
8 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16.5 cm)
Provenance: ex private collection U...
Category
Early 1900s Tanzanian Tribal Antique Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Rustic Jersey Coffee Bin
Located in Denton, TX
Primitive general store floor bin for the storage of 100lbs. of coffee. Solid planks of pine with painted design of Jersey Coffee. This would make a great trash can or storage of any...
Category
Late 19th Century American Primitive Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1927 Cat Japanese folk Ema Shrine votive wooden tablet
Located in Chiba, JP
EMA OF CAT – Anonymous Japanese Shinto folk art piece of votive wooden tablet offered for the shrine so-called ‘Ema’ (lit. ‘Horse picture’) with such a lovely cat drawn by its worshi...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
17th Century Oil on Canvas Antique Religious Italian Painting Magdalene, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a religious subject Penitent Magdalene of excellent pictorial quality. Large size p...
Category
1680s Italian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Oil on Panel Spanish Antique Religious Painting Ecce Homo, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Spanish painting from the 18th century. Artwork oil on panel depicting a religious subject, Ecce Homo, of good pictorial quality. Painting on wooden panel over 3 cm thick, id...
Category
1750s Spanish Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20Thc Canadian Goose Copper Weather Vane on Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Copper & brass flying geese weather vane.This Canadian goose weather vane is a latter version of the 19thc weather vane.
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet
A nice untouched example of an early 20th century hand carved wooden puppet in the form of a devil. Likely from a larger Punch and Judy...
Category
1920s Unknown Late Victorian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Saint Francis, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring Saint Francis of Assisi, the Catholic patron saint of animals, birds, and the env...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Seascape Landscape Painting, 1730s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian school of the first half of the 18th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a refined landscape of good pictorial quality. In the foreground we find numerous characters acc...
Category
1730s Italian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Set of 4 Small Swedish Folk Art Chairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four Swedish 18th Century Folk Art chairs
Set of 4 smaller chairs with its old vintage patina in pine. "Allmoge", the Swedish word for Folk Art, is exactly what these four ea...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Vintage Native American South West style Coral turquoise Necklace
Located in London, GB
Large Vintage Native American South West style Coral turquoise Necklace
A double string of Large high quality natural red coral beads with turquoise and natural elongated pearls
Vint...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Coral
Zabihi Collection Reindeer Vintage Turkish Rug
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th Century Turkish Pictorial Rug depicting 4 deers predominantly in brown
5' x 7'9''
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Agra Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame
Located in London, GB
Late C19th Italian oil on board cat painting.
Wonderful and rustic scene depicting four cats chasing a frog with folk art style bark frame. Signed Saglio Rossini Joseph. In good con...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fantastic Original Painted and Carved 19th Century Indian Plaque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderful original old surface plaque has a great old patina and a hand-carved and painted Indian chief. The Indian is in full original clothes with the feathers in his head. Wi...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful Union Jack parade flag, dating from the early 1950s, during the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The flag is printed on cotton, with machine-sewn hemmed...
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Raffia Talipun Mask Red Pigments ex Hamson
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik tightly woven raffia mask from a talipun bride price currency piece. Old very encrusted surface.
Areas of red and other pigments. Wonderful heart shaped...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Woman's Headdress in Shape of a Butterfly, Yao People, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yao Woman's Hat in the shape of a butterfly.
China, mid 20th century
Linen stretched over a basketry frame, wood, silk tassels and fringe, glass beads.
22" x 20 1/2" x 5" (56 x 52 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Silk, Natural Fiber, Beads
Dan Mask from Ivory Coast, Africa, 1950
Located in NICE, FR
This very elegant Dan mask is well-proportioned with a long protruding mouth from Ivory Coast, Africa. It dates back to the 1950s. The base is included in the price.
Dan masks have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre Columbian Costa Rican Jadeite Axe God pendant
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Jadeite Axe God pendant from the Guanacaste/Nicoya region of Costa Rica Circa. 800 to 1200 AD.
The axe god pendant of highly stylized Human form drilled through the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
African tribal Baule mask
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
It stands as a collector's piece, representing the richness of African art. A massive wooden, handcrafted Baule mask, used in tribal dances and various traditional ceremonies. The ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th century publicity sign ...
Located in Brecht, BE
a publicity sign for sneakers "Vans" ... fun object ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Resin
1776 Green Floral Painted Cabinet
Located in Albignasego, IT
Green Floral Painted Wardrobe Dated 1776
Measurements: H.165 cm – W.130 cm (142 at the frames) – D.42 cm (50 at the frames)
Essence: Fir
Period: 1776
Origin: Tyrol
Tyrolean wardrob...
Category
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Thomas Dewey & Harry Truman 1948 Presidential Election Campaign Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a unique commemorative collage, celebrating the 1948 U.S. presidential election between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey. This one-of-a-kind collage features a Harry Truman signed...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal
A mask from West Nepal with a rather heart shaped facial plane. There are three large iron staples, two of which may have secure...
Category
Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century Iron Farmhouse Hay Bale Grapple Carrier Hook Tongs Tool 37"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 19th century cast iron hay grapple by A.J. Nellis of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed to be hung with a pulley /and run along a trolley track to move bales of hay. Marked NELLI...
Category
Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Iron Rocking Horse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This fun handmade rocking horse is made fully of sheets of metal, welded to create a child's horse.
Please confirm location NY or NJ
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Persian Micro Mosaic Chess Game Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Persian Micro Mosaic Chess Game Box.
Intricately inlaid handcrafted Persian styled chess game board box.
Handcrafted beautiful Middle Eastern Moorish style Khatam chess board...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Islamic Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Dramatic Tribal Pierced African Panel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very Decorative Carved and Pierced African Tribal Panel depicting a Female Ancestor. The powerful Female Figure supports a multitude of Stylized Carved Animals carved in three Band...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal
A large mask from West Nepal with a small grin and bared teeth surrounded with pink powder, faint traces of which can also be se...
Category
Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ripple MAKHNO 3D Tile. Ceramic object
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
The RIPPLE tile by MAKHNO Product is a unique 3D ceramic tile that mimics the serene movement of water ripples. When light falls on the tile, the 3D effect is further emphasized, cr...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Dune 3D Tile for interior by MAKHNO
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
Our Duna tile was hung by winds and created a unique relief that adds to your home a sense of non-primitive movement and a sense of calm. Imagine, as if you are in a desert and you a...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Kifwebe Female Mask from Congo, 20th Century
Located in NICE, FR
This feminine Kifwebe mask of the 'Kikashi' type features a prominent forehead and a subtly raised central crest leading down to the nose. Its round, high-relief mouth adds to its al...
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19Thc Finely Quilted Applique Quilt From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Applique quilt with very fine quilting and fine applique work. This quilt comes from Pennsylvania.
The condition are very good with minor fade in the border.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with carved and painted detail to open jaw, in original black paint with highlights. A ve...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Papau New Guinea Sentani Mounted Nephrite Axe, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Large and exceptional vintage tribal carved green jade/nephrite axe from Sentani, Papau New Guinea. The Axe is mounted in a custom made bronze base and is...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Pair of Large Sculptured Greyhound Dogs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pair of Large Sculptured Greyhound Dogs
This Super pair of Dogs has a good patina they appear to be made with an old polished steel finish
They are in very good condition with a bea...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Modern 3D Tile Drops by MAKHNO
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
3D tiles DROZH features a raised geometric pattern that creates a stunning three-dimensional effect. The pattern consists of interlocking triangles that create an optical illusion as...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Native Aztec Music Dance Drum Carved Wood Pedestal Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Native Aztec Music Dance Drum Pedestal
Hand carved Wood Drum
32.5 h x 15.75 diameter
Unrestored original vintage condition
Refer to images shown.
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage, New and Antique Folk Art
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional 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. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
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 folk art on 1stDibs.
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The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
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