Painted Furniture
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1960s American Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Metal
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Hardwood
1810s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century European Other Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1800s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1780s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 20th Century American Country Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1830s Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1920s Anglo-Indian Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine
1810s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1840s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1770s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas
2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Canvas
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Late 18th Century Austrian Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century Austrian Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1780s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century German Victorian Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
1780s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 20th Century German Victorian Painted Furniture
Leather, Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 1800s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 19th Century American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Painted Furniture
Iron
1830s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1770s Austrian Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1730s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1970s Danish Space Age Vintage Painted Furniture
Fabric, Wood
19th Century French Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1920s Chinoiserie Vintage Painted Furniture
Lacquer
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1990s Philippine Hollywood Regency Painted Furniture
Canvas, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
2010s American Other Painted Furniture
Giltwood
Early 1800s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Fir
Early 1600s German Renaissance Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
Early 1900s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Fir
20th Century Unknown Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 1800s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Fir
Early 1800s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Fir
1820s Austrian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
Mid-19th Century European Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1940s Hungarian Folk Art Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine
1820s American Federal Antique Painted Furniture
Maple, Paint
1960s Hungarian Folk Art Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Vintage, New and Antique Painted Furniture
Vintage, new and antique painted furniture enhances a room through patterns, blocks of color and ornamental flourishes. Decorating furniture with paint was especially prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States when folk artists used chairs, chests, tables and cupboards as their canvases. Although a later trend involved stripping antique pieces of their paint, early American homes were vivid with furniture painted in an array of colors.
The practice of painting furniture has a rich heritage, with remnants of pigment identified on a 12th-century painted chair from Sweden. It has come in and out of fashion over time — in the design of 17th-century Mannerist furniture, paint was lightly used to enhance carved ornamentation, and painted furniture gained popularity with designers working in the chinoiserie style, as 18th-century European artisans mimicked Chinese lacquer in furniture motifs. In France in the 18th century, furniture was lavishly painted or gilded in gold.
Now painted furniture is popular for pieces that are both utilitarian and works of art. A color from a pattern can inform the whole design of a room, or, as bold and saturated tones are in vogue, a vibrantly adorned piece can be a bold focal point. Muted palettes can contribute to an air of calm for a study or bedroom while bright reds, yellows or blues can enliven a dining room or living room.
On 1stDibs, find a variety of vintage, new and antique painted furniture to match any space or taste.