Painted Furniture
Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1860s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1850s English Regency Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
21st Century and Contemporary French Painted Furniture
Pewter
1880s American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Mid-20th Century Swedish Folk Art Painted Furniture
Teak, Paint
Mid-19th Century French Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1790s Italian Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1800s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Painted Furniture
Wood
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Leather
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1820s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Oak, Pine
1840s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
1850s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 1800s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1890s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1930s American Primitive Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
1780s Austrian Louis XV Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Plywood, Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Poplar, Paint, Nutwood
1840s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1950s French Vintage Painted Furniture
Upholstery, Wood
1920s American Primitive Vintage Painted Furniture
Softwood
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Painted Furniture
Softwood
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
15th Century and Earlier Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1730s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
19th Century Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Cherry
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
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.