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 Antique Print of a Hummingbird, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a hummingbird.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Captain Brown with original hand color....
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Crossbills, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of crossbills
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.
Publi...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Print of Arthropods. French, C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of anthropods
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
1880's Distressed Handwoven Antique Afghan Cushion
Located in Dallas, TX
74587 Antique Afghan Rug Pillow, 01'01 x 01'04. Small Afghan pillows, often called Afghan kilim pillows or cushion covers, are decorative items made from handwoven kilims, which are ...
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Late 19th Century Afghan Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Monoxyl pitcher olive wood, French folk art, Alexandre Noll style, circa 1950s
Located in leucate, FR
French Folk Art.
Huge monoxyl pitcher olive wood.
Free-form and organic design.
Fantastic patina.
Measures: - Height 27 cm / 10,63''
- Width 14 cm / 5,51''
...
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1950s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Original Antique Print of Couroucoui, 1847 Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Couroucoui
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.
Publi...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Naive Folk Art Country House Landscape, Original Antique Oil Painting, 19th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING DEPICTING A RURAL SCENE, POSSIBLY ROSS ON WYE
A charming depiction of a country house and grounds with a town behind including a tall spire...
Category
19th Century English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pair of traditional painted Swedish side tables
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of traditional painted swedish side tables, circa 1870.
Rare pair of rural swedish side tables, which we found on our travels around sweden. Hand painted in traditional colou...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Zabihi Collection Blue Vintage Turkish Reindeer Animal Square Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
mid 20th century Turkish Rug with a reindeer on a blue field with flowers hovering around
Details
rug no. j3837
size 1' 9" x 1' 11" (53 x 58 cm)
Category
20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Monalisa handmade painted replica.
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Painted during 1972 and 1976. We offer this Antique Monalisa handmade painted replica signed by Lourdes Cúe.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Linen
Northern British School Industrial Landscape, Original Oil Painting, Mid 20th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL OIL ON BOARD PAINTING
Depicting an evocative early morning scene against a backdrop of industrial buildings, railings, vehicles, electricity infrastructure and Low...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Wonderful Bronze Antelope Sculpture Signed Gorham Founders OGLM on Base
By Gorham CO.
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful patinated bronze of free standing antelope sculpture signed Gorham founders OGLM on rectangular base.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Zabihi Collection Vintage Turkish Reindeer Animal Square Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
a mid 20th century turkish anatolian pictorial rug
Details
rug no. j3831
size 2' 4" x 2' 4" (71 x 71 cm)
Measures: 2'4" x 2'9\4".
Category
20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Burmese Carved Wood Panel of a Court Scribe.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Carved Wood Panel of a Court Scribe. The standing heavenly being holds a manuscript with a brush in the right hand writing scriptur...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Small Mid Century Ceramic Outsider Stoneware Bowl in Blue and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A petite hand-thrown drip ceramic bowl in blue and brown. This piece is small and perfect for use as a trinket dish for change or keys. The vessel is round in form, and features drip...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
21st Century Gabbeh
Located in Paradise Valley, AZ
Transform your living space into a sanctuary of comfort and style with our captivating Gabbeh rug. Handwoven by master artisans with meticulous attention to detail, each Gabbeh rug t...
Category
2010s Indian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
A spherical white ceramic cachepot with cracked enamel France XXth century
By Roger Capron
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A spherical white ceramic cachepot with cracked enamel, an anonymous work from the 20th century, distinguished by exquisite cutouts that elegan...
Category
1970s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
21st Century Gabbeh
Located in Paradise Valley, AZ
Transform your living space into a sanctuary of comfort and style with our captivating Gabbeh rug. Handwoven by master artisans with meticulous attention to detail, each Gabbeh rug t...
Category
2010s Indian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Jade Stone Ritual Blade
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on forms that emerged during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1027 BC), this jade stone ceremonial blade continues upon this tradition with precision. The Shang dynasty placed great emp...
Category
20th Century Chinese Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Stone, Steel
Pair of Vintage Primitive Oversized Hand Weights/Dumbbells
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand-carved dumbbells, each from one continuous piece of wood accented with carved lines (circa 1930s, USA).
Natural toned wood, perfectly aged with rich patina/soiling/splits from a...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
1970's Folk Art Wooden Cat Stool Side Table
Located in London, GB
1970's Folk Art Wooden Cat Stool Side Table
Painted wooden stool/table modelled as a cat.
An interesting quirky addition offering serval functions.
Wear co...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Wood Tripod Chair Foot Rest Stool, Spain Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An interesting brutalist stool with hand carved legs and great patina. Great piece of functional sculpture. It is in great vintage condition and is structurally sound. Nice addition ...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Ship Painting, 1927
Located in Savannah, GA
A folk art ship oil on board, painted by Mrs. E.O. Ricks (Bettie Tully Ricks, 1879-1959) of Alabama in 1927.
27 ¾ by 15 ¾ inches
Category
1920s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century Grain Painted Firkin
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th Century Grain Painted Firkin, possibly late 18th Century, a hand crafted firkin or bucket, having a round lid above a barrel-stave built vessel held by wooden hoops, on so...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique German Hand Painted Cabinet, circa 1850
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pine cupboard from rural southern Germany, dating from around 1850. The cupboard was probably given as a wedding gift. This cabinet is made of solid pine and is hand-painted in vib...
Category
1850s German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950.We offer this original exvoto.
Votive paintings in Mexico go by several names in Spanish such as “ex voto,” “retablo” or “lámina,” which refer to their purpose, place oft...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Tin
Mata Ortiz Polychrome Effigy Pot by Mauro Quezada, 1989
By Mauro Quezada
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Polychrome effigy pot
Mauro Quezada
Hand coiled low fired clay
1989
Pueblo Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico
Measures: 4.75 inches height x 5.5 inches...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Clay, Paint
Zabihi Collection Lion Turkish 20th Century VIntage Rug
Located in New York, NY
MId 20th Century Turkish Rug with a lion motif
Details
rug no. 31818
size 1' 10" x 3' 4" (56 x 102 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Faux Bois Iron Log Sculptures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Faux Bois iron log sculptures.
Unusual vintage pair of faux bois iron log planters or sculptures. This unique pair of faux bois sculptures would...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Zabihi Collection Camel Donkey Turkish Pictorial Scatter Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
A mid 20th century hand-knotted Turkish Rug with 3 brown camels hooked on a small black horse and a human figure
Details
rug no. 31332
size 2' 5" x 3' 6" (74 x 107 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Horse Racing Jockey Fred Archer Cigar Cutter, silvered Metal 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1900s or older silvered Metal Cigar Cutter. Very rare large size cigar cutter in the form of a jockey. I believe this depicts the celebrated horse jockey Fred Archer, 1...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure, Modern and Minimalist Sculpture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked, pr...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
Pair of Hand-Carved and Painted Folk Art Pistol Wall Brackets / Corner Shelves
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Folk Art hand-carved and painted revolver/pistol/handgun trade signs/wall brackets/corner shelves (ca. 1950s, USA).
All original black paint against stained plywood mounts su...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Swedish mid 19th century hand painted dome top chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish mid 19th century hand painted dome top chest circa 1846.
Beautiful dome top chest, which was clearly cherished by the level of decoration. Initialled on the front and dated...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Wood Stump Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Folk painted wood stump coffee table circa 1930. Table is very heavy and has visible wear throughout.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rustic Wooden Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rustic French rectangular wooden coffee table perfect for inside or outside.
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Ottoman Turkish Pillow Case, Early 20th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
It was made from a pair of shalvars / panatloons that were popular at the time in Western Anatolia.
It does not come with an insert but a bag made to the size to accommodate insert m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Tin Punch Pie Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large tin punch pie cabinet with a stunning blacked finish. The finish looks slightly dark green. This early American piece has interior shelving for ample...
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Ottoman Turkish Pillow Case, Early 20th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
It was made from a pair of shalvars / panatloons that were popular at the time in Western Anatolia.
It does not come with an insert but a bag made to the size to accommodate insert m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Antique Ottoman Turkish Pillow Case, Early 20th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
It was made from a pair of shalvars / panatloons that were popular at the time in Western Anatolia.
It does not come with an insert but a bag made to the size to accommodate insert m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Antique German Hand Painted Cabinet, Anno 1844
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pine cupboard from rural southern Germany, dating from 1844. The cupboard was probably given as a wedding gift. This cabinet is made of solid pine and is hand-painted in vibrant co...
Category
1840s German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Silver Mounted Horned Sheep Skull Kapala
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional antique Tibetan Buddhist monastery ritual / ceremonial goat skull and horn kapala.
Tibet, 19th century, used in shamanic Buddhist Tantra, hand-crafted from a real hor...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silver
Felicien Rops (Belgium, 1833-1898) Oil Board, Village Landscape In Winter
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptionally well painted antique oil on board painting by Belgian artist Felicien Rops whom lived and was active during the 19th century. The painting is a landscape scene depi...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
NOËL GUAY - Vintage Folk Art Pine Pig Sculpture - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
ATELIER NOËL GUAY - Vintage pine sculpture of a pig - featuring a well modelled form with an intricately chiseled coat, large drooping ears and closely cropped tail - unvarnished fin...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Folkart Welsh Cricket Table
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folkart Welsh Cricket Table
A charming example of an early to mid-19th century Welsh folk art cricket table. With a primitive/naïve look this example is made from wha...
Category
1850s European Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ash
Italian 16th century Hand Carved Wooden Lion
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique period piece. Extremely rare 16th century Italian hand carved lion. Most likely once part of a piece of furniture. Beautifully carved in a simple folk art way with traces of i...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Original Antique Print of Jays, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Jays
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.
Published c...
Category
1830s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Rare Pug Bulldog Dog Celluloid Figurine vintage, Austria 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare pug or bulldog Figurine bought in Austria. It is made of Celluloid and very delicate, this would be a great addition for your Toy or Bulldog collection. It is in nice conditio...
Category
1920s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wire
Chinese Jade Stone Ritual Blade
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on forms that emerged during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1027 BC), this jade stone ceremonial blade continues upon this tradition with precision. The Shang dynasty placed great emp...
Category
20th Century Chinese Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Stone, Steel
Primitive carved sandstone
Located in Miami, FL
Archaïque polished probably ritual stone ring from Central America or Caraïbe island .
Face carved and polished sandstone or granite.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Vintage Folk Art Acrylic Painting on Board of Two Crows or Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming Mid Century acrylic painting on board of two crows or ravens with quirky expressions under a blazing sky executed in a loose naive style. Presented in the original anodized ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century French Folk Art side chair, hand-carved from pine, embodies a modernist spirit with its playful silhouette and chunky saddle seat. What truly sets it apart is...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Portrait Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely full length portrait of a young girl in this folk art painting; oil on canvas mounted on board. She is posing wearing an attractive and colorful red dress while holding a flor...
Category
1820s American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Wood Nutcracker French Folk Art from Les Deux Alpes, 1960s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Sculptural wooden nutcracker.
Folk Art piece from the French Alps. Dating the 1960s.
The surface of the wood is carved with a gouge, giving it this raw patterned appearance.
Engra...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Boxwood, Fruitwood
Italian Folk Art Fish Sculpture from 18th/19th Century Fragments Found Objects
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous large Italian folk art fish sculpture. Hand-crafted in the 21st century using found 18th and 19th century architectural fragments and decorative antique / vintage elements...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Shell, Driftwood, Giltwood, Reclaimed Wood
Hunting Falconry Embroidered Tapestry Classical Female Portrait Wool, circa 1890
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hunting Falconry Embroidered Tapestry Classical Female Portrait Wool, circa 1890
A Berlin wool work picture of a medieval lady with a bird of prey.
Tapestry embroidered gros-point ...
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1890s German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Adjustable Dressmaker Curvy Mannequin , Austria, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A great looking originally used by Austrian tailors and dressmakers for draping, alterations, and creating the latest fashion, this vintage dressmaker mannequin...
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
African Tuareg Mat
Located in New York, NY
An african Tuareg Mat depicting with a geometrice design. Tuareg mats are known for their durability because of their reed and leather materials. Ke...
Category
1930s North African Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Leather, Reed
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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