Folk Art Furniture
FOLK ART STYLE
Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.
Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the 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.
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 antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Folk Art
Original Vintage Print of Fish. French, C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of fish
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Chromo-lithograph
Published, C.1920
Free shipping.
Category
1920s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Zabihi Collection Wild Dragon Vintage Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
A colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif
Measures: 3' x 5'5''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Mexican Wrestler Painting
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970, we offer this rare Mexican Wrestler Acrilic Painting.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paint
Mexican Wrestler Painting
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970, we offer this rare Mexican wrestler acrilic painting.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paint
Large 1930's Embroidered English Freemasons Banner
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredibly rare to find early English, Freemsons banner, fully embroidered and framed for the now defunct London Addey and Stanhope Lodge (number 5501). These very rarely come ont...
Category
1930s English Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
1980s Sculptural Hand Crafted Painted Faux Golf Club Display Cabinet
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare, sculptural faux golf club cabinet you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. The beautiful go...
Category
1980s Asian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Monumental 19th Century Hand Painted Duck Decoy Antique Austria Decoration Item
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Vienna Austria at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector or just as decoration item. Very good condition, made of wood and...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Antique Print of a Racehorse, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a racehorse presented in an antique oak frame
Lithograph after George Stubbs with original hand color.
Published, 1847.
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak, Paper
American Folk Art Portrait Of a Young Gentleman
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning little american folkhart water color of a young gentleman. Sitting with his arm over the back of what appears to be a tiger maple chair of the period. In the lower right cor...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper, Paint
19th Century American Bison Horn Wall Mount
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th Century American Bison Horn Wall Mount, likely last quarter of the 19th Century, having two pairs and a fifth single horn mounted to hang on wall, with soft tanned buffalo ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Horn
Antique Glazed Terracotta Jar, Italy, 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Antique glazed terracotta jar, Italy, 1900s.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Bold Expressionist Folk Art Portrait, Original Vintage Gouache Painting, 20th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
VINTAGE ORIGINAL GOUACHE PAINTING
Depicting a black figure in a hat carrying two large fish across his shoulder using a paddle. There are birds behind with fish in their bellies.
...
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paint
British Sailor's Large Woolwork with Ship named The City of Rome on a Rough Sea
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Large Woolwork with Ship named The City of Rome on a Rough Sea,
Nineteenth Century.
The large sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a view of the ship, SS City of Ro...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Four Masted Barque, signed by maker, ca 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Four Masted Barque, circa 1880, a handcrafted sailor's woolwork picture depicting a starboard side view of a four master with square rigged for...
Category
1870s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Mid 18th century Swedish pine chest decorated with labyrinth
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 18th century Swedish pine chest decorated with labyrinth circa 1730.
Rare and beautiful swedish pine chest. Traces of original paint to the outside with decorative metal strap...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
NETO PARA - Vintage Glazed & Incised Pottery Vase - Brazil - Circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
NETO PARA - Vintage studio pottery vase with a mottled copper glaze and incised decoration - signed on the base NETO PARA - Brazil - circa 1970's. The incised decoration covers the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Green Art Populaire Side Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Coffee table from 19th-century France, adorned in varying shades of verdant green. The tabletop features an intricate pattern reminiscent of Art Deco designs. Perfectly sized for any...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Life Size Pair Of Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, US
These amazing dogs are quite a statement. They have a lot of wonderful patina. They appear to be hand sculpted with concrete. There is rebar in them as well. You can see the rebar on...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Concrete
A painted model of a famous English medieval house built from matchsticks C1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb highly detailed English folk art model dates to the early 20th century and depicts a complicated half timbered and thatched famous Hereford property entitled “The Old Hou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Other
Antique Black Tramp Art Frame Folk Art Picture Frame Carved Wood Carved Oak
Located in Munich, DE
This fine size tramp art picture frame was hand crafted and hand carved in the last decades of the nineteenth century. It is decorated with for pointed stars, square and rectangular...
Category
1890s European Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th century Ottoman Linen and Gold Metallic Weaved Towel Framed Turkey
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Presenting an exquisite 19th-century Ottoman towel, meticulously crafted from linen and adorned with gold metallic weaving. This stunning piece, originating from Turkey, showcases th...
Category
Early 19th Century Turkish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Linen
Old lacquered wrought iron bed, coming from a religious congregation circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old lacquered wrought iron bed, coming from a religious congregation, decorated with two painted medallions.
for a mattress 203 x 90 cm
lack of paint especially on the medallions
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Tramp Art Folk Art Picture Frame Carved Wood Paper
Located in Munich, DE
This tramp art frame has been handcrafted around 1900. On the reverse of the frame one can see fragments of coloured card board with printed images typical of the period. The design ...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak
Folk Art Boat Model, 1930’s
Located in Doylestown, PA
A folk-art ship model of a freighter, circa 1930, carved in wood and hand-painted with details in metal.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Scrap Wood
Artisan wabi sabi fiber art wall hanging, Netherlands 1975
Located in ECHT, NL
Exceptional large fiber art wall hanging. Hand made from natural fiber.
Three metal rods have been woven into the piece to keep the rectangular shape of the piece. Despite the age i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Natural Fiber
Silk Embroidery Needlework Mounted Picture Panel 19thC
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Silk Embroidery Needlework Mounted Picture Panel
A continental needlework of figures in a romantic setting amongst a rural background in an ebonised and gilt frame mounted with red...
Category
19th Century French Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silk, Velvet
Rare Collection of Fairground Knockdown Hand Carved Figures
Located in London, GB
Rare Collection of Fairground Knockdown Hand Carved Figures
A unique collection of 22 hand carved folk-art fairground (Jeu De Massacre) figures. This rare to market collection consists of an entire fairground stall collection and contains several forms of characters from soldiers to country house ladies with straw bags...
Category
1920s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Fine British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Traputo Sails
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fine British Sailor's Woolwork of Steam Assisted Royal Navy Ship with Traputo Sails,
Circa 1870-75
The sailor's woolwork, also known as a woolie, depicts a starboard view of a Royal...
Category
1870s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Swedish Long Case Clock, Genuine Handmade with Original Blue Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish longcase clock from around 1820 to 1840. The clock was made by hand in Hälsingland in Northern Sweden. The frame is solid pine with original paint. The case has some ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Original Antique Print of Shells, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of shells.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Publishe...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Original Brown Painted Swedish Mora Grandfather Clock, dated 1855
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Mora Grandfather clock with original paint, dated 1855.
Pine longcase with original folk art paint in traditional earth tones. The original clock required the commiss...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Framed Original Antique Print of A Brown Bear, circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a brown bear
Copperplate photogravure engraving by Walter L. Colls.
Good quality wove paper
Published C.1900
In an antique oak frame
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with a Double Decker Ship of the Line, ca 1850, depicting a larboard side view of a square-rigged double decker warship under standing rigging, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Red Breasted Merganser Decoy, circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Red Breasted Merganser Drake Decoy, circa 1960s - 1970s, a hand carved and hand painted red breasted merganser drake decoy in a swimming posture with slightly turned and canted head, with carved crest, bill mandible and nares, glass eyes, bold black and white paint with red highlights.
Beautiful decoy done in the racy Canadian Maritimes style. The posture with head both slightly turned to the left, and slightly canted or cocked to the left as well, is a delightful tricked learned from the great Maine decoy...
Category
1960s Canadian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Early 20th century gesso over pine articulated skelton puppet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century gesso over pine and articulated puppet
A very cool example of a folk-art gesso over pine and metal early 20th century articulated puppet of a skeleton figure. This...
Category
1940s British Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Original Antique Print of an Elephant, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an elephant.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Pub...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Zabihi Collection Soumac Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a flat-weave Persian Soumac rug .
1'3'' x 1'7''
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Swedish mid 19th century hand painted oak dome top coffer
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish mid 19th century hand painted oak dome top coffer circa 1852.
Vibrant and beautiful dome top trunk of grand proportions. Hand painted by jons persson (1811-1866) who was ba...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak, Paint
Whimsical Carousel Pig Carnival Ride Mexican Attrib Higareda Brothers
By Higareda Brothers
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and whimsical vintage Mexican carnival amusement ride carousel pig attributed to the Higareda workshop.
This ultra charming carousel pig carving was made in a smaller scale f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Antique Print of Beetles, 1847, 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of beetles.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original color.
Published, 1...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
19th Century English Cricket Table
Located in London, GB
19th century Cricket Table
A nicely formed example of a late 19th century English cricket table, with hand crafted jointed sections of wood and a deep natural worn surface. A well-...
Category
1880s British Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak, Pine
19th Century French Trompe L’oeil Decorative Plate, Manner of Bernard Palissy
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Doylestown, PA
A 19th century French decorative Trompe L’oeil plate in the manner of Bernard Palissy, depicting a scalloped and glazed plate with faux olives.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Faience
1990s Mario Villa Bronze Sconces - a Pair
By Mario Villa
Located in Charleston, SC
These lamps are comprised of bronze metal, gilt metal string accents, distressed steel on the oval backplates with a copper edge. They are sold as a pair with their original copper s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
Folk Art Style Design Dining Chair Set by Vanderree / Berkel, Netherlands 1970's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Folk Art Style Design Red Dining Chairs by Vanderree / Berkel. Made in the Netherlands, 1970's period. As in a 1973 dutch Catalog for furniture models for that year. Set of 6 chairs....
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Rush, Beech
Antique Burmese Carved Gilt Wood Glass Jeweled Manussiha Figure Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A whimsical near pair of antique Burmese Mandalay crowned and jeweled parcel gilt wooden mythical Manuthiha figures.
Hand-carved in Burma (present day Myanmar) in the late 19th / ea...
Category
Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Elena Basilevsky Painted Stone Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Elena Basilevsky (XX) painted stone sculpture of a musician, signed to side and mounted to ebonized base. Overall: 11" H x 7.75" W x 4.25" D.
Category
20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Stone
Large Figurative Folding Wood Stand
Located in Vallejo, CA
A large vintage carved wood folding stand. Tripod shape with carved people as each leg. Nice larger size, perfect for using as a plant stand, to hold a bowl, or to display a decorati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Organic Modern Natural Hand Carved Wood Folk Art Abstract Sculpture on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A rather engaging modern abstract folk art wood sculpture on a display stand. The piece is hand-carved from a single piece of lighter wood (notice the various symbols and indigenous...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Nautical Musical Automaton, circa 1860
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique French Nautical Automaton, likely from Marseilles, circa 1860, a glass domed diorama with windmills and cottages on hillside, overlooking harbor with ship rocking on waves to...
Category
1860s French Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Clay, Glass, Paper
Tiger Stripe Maple Picture Frame. English, 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful tiger stripe or flamed maple frame
Solid wood. Not veneered
Totally original patina. A delightful colour
The measurement given below is the outside of the frame
Free UK...
Category
1860s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Maple
Italian Trompe L’oeil Decorative Plate
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early to mid 20th century faience Trompe L’oeil decorative plate with faux mussels and lemons on a scalloped plate. Marked in reverse “Italy”.
Category
20th Century Italian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Faience
Modern Style Curved Shape Hand-Tufted Rug Blue & Green Circle Patterned
Located in Vilnius, LT
Category: Rugs, Carpets, Decoration
Dimensions: 1.95m x 1.65m
Thickness: 0.015m
Weight: 6.5kg
Material: recycled used clothing, 100% cotton
The technique combines crochet, embroider...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
1980s Whimsical Textile Animals Green Colorful Serpentine Wingback Settee Sofa
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare, wingback settee you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. The beautiful sofa is statement pi...
Category
1980s European Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Contemporary Abstract Shape Rug with Surrealist Motifs Black & White in Wool
Located in Vilnius, LT
Category: Rugs, Carpets, Decoration
Dimensions: 1.95m x 1.65m
Thickness: 0.015m
Weight: 6.5kg
Material: recycled used clothing, 100% cotton
The technique combines crochet, embroider...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Modern Eclectic Style Rug with Hand-Tufted Botanical Silk
Located in Vilnius, LT
Category: Rugs, Carpets, Decoration
Dimensions: 1.95m x 1.65m
Thickness: 0.015m
Weight: 6.5kg
Material: recycled used clothing, 100% cotton
The technique combines crochet, embroider...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Contemporary Oval Rug with Geometric Pattern in Green Hues and Beige in Wool
Located in Vilnius, LT
Category: Rugs, Carpets, Decoration
Dimensions: 1.95m x 1.65m
Thickness: 0.015m
Weight: 6.5kg
Material: recycled used clothing, 100% cotton
The technique combines crochet, embroider...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Contemporary Abstract Shape Rug with Surrealist Motifs Black & White in Wool
Located in Vilnius, LT
Category: Rugs, Carpets, Decoration
Dimensions: 1.95m x 1.65m
Thickness: 0.015m
Weight: 6.5kg
Material: recycled used clothing, 100% cotton
The technique combines crochet, embroider...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Rug & Kilim's Modern Patchwork Kilim Rug in Gray Multi-Color Stripe Pattern
Located in Vilnius, LT
Category: Rugs, Carpets, Decoration
Dimensions: 1.95m x 1.65m
Thickness: 0.015m
Weight: 6.5kg
Material: recycled used clothing, 100% cotton
The technique combines crochet, embroider...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Folk Art furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Mosche Bianche, Jim Rose, and Nils Olsson. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $20 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $1,252.
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