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African Chokwe Wood Hand Carved Folk Art Initiation Ceremony Ancestral Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
be a great addition to any African or folk art mask collection or make for an eye-catching stand
Category
Antique 19th Century Angolan Masks
Materials
Wood
African Girl Portrait by Apinchapong Yang
Located in Pasadena, CA
America in 1970, and took his first formal art education in Los Angeles at the Art Center College and
Category
Late 19th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Kwele Spirit Mask, Central African, Hardwood, Decorative, Tribal, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Kwele spirit mask. A Central African, hardwood decorative mask, dating to the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Masks
Materials
Hardwood
Large 19th Century North African Folk Art Three Fold Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large 19th century North African Folk Art three fold screen.
This is a very heavy piece, the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Map of Africa by Tanner
Located in Alamo, CA
An early to mid 19th century hand-colored map of Africa by Henry Schenk Tanner, published in
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Set of West African Bronze Currency Bracelets on Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful set of two 19th century West African cast bronze currency bracelets from the Senufo
Category
Antique 19th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Igbo Tribe West African Manilla Currencies on Custom Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
centuries to purchase slaves, ivory, and other trade items. These pre colonial African copper alloy
Category
Antique 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron, Copper
Pair of Antique Carved Heads, African, Ebony, Decorative Statue, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
high appeal to collectors of African art. Delivered polished and ready for display.
Dimensions:
Max
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ebony
Pair of Harnesses, Syrian Wig Holder of the End of the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of wall saddles, Syrian wig holder from the late 19th century.
Measures: H 79cm, W 29cm, W
Category
Antique 19th Century African Islamic Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Zulu Women’s Ceremonial Hats on Stands, Late 19th c.
Located in San Marino, CA
basketry frame. Kwa-zulu, Natal, South Africa. Supported on stands that adjust vertically.
Category
Antique 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Large 19th Century North African Folk Art Pierced, Painted 4-Fold Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A large 19th century North African Folk Art pierced, painted 4-fold screen
This is a very heavy
Category
Antique 1890s Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Carved Solid Wood African 3-Legged Stool
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Carved solid wood African 3-legged stool
This lovely piece has been very skilfully carved out of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Primitive Primitives
Materials
Bog Wood
Monumental African Carving of a Standing Male
Located in Chicago, IL
This large figure was carved by the Sukuma people. It is painted in yellow and black, and has rudimentary sculpted features. Both arms rotate, and a sheet of metal has been wrapped a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Tanzanian Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
1853 Watercolour - South African Mountains
Located in Corsham, GB
An interesting 19th century watercolour, monogrammed indistinctly and inscribed 'View from the
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
North African Frame Made With Painted Wood and Leather Bindings
Located in Troy, MI
Late 19th century North African framed shape made with painted wood and leather bindings. This is a
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
Athiopische Fauna (African animals), German antique natural history print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Athiopische Fauna
(African animals)
German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Key tin German to
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Beautifully Patinated African Tribal Sword Currencies of Iron on Custom Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
currency pre-dated minted coinage in Africa by many centuries. These African currencies date range from the
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Bronze Benin Empire Headdress
Located in Palm Springs, CA
African bronze Benin Empire leopard headdress
Category
Antique 19th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Continental Paintings, Depicting Allegories Of Africa and Asia
Located in Dallas, TX
Eurasia. 19th Century ( second half )
MEASUREMENTS:
Frame 63.75" H x 13.25" W x 1.75" D
Image 58.5" H
Category
Antique 19th Century English Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
"Flowers in a Blue Vase, Still Life, " Floral Lilac Early African-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
, a pattern followed by nearly all 19th-century American painters who had the means to do so. On his
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
African Ngombe Studded Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century African Ngombe studded chair from the area of Gabon & Zaire. Previously property
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Gabonese Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Wood
Various Collection of Songye Masks on Stands
Located in Dallas, TX
Three different African masks carved by the Songye people of the southeastern area of the
Category
Antique 19th Century African Tribal Art
Igbo, Coiled Bracelet Currency from Nigeria
Located in Dallas, TX
Two sizes of coiled bracelet currency mounted on stands. These copper alloy bracelets were used as currency by the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. Verdi green patina. Large bracelet - $2450. ...
Category
Antique 19th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
African Basket from Mali
Located in Wainscott, NY
Large african basket with lid from Mali.
Category
Antique 19th Century Malian Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Wood, Reed
African Basket Collection of Seven
Located in Wainscott, NY
Mali, 19th century collection of 7 baskets.
6 lidded and one tea pot shaped piece.
Category
Antique 19th Century Malian Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Wood, Reed
Antique Female Statue, African, Ebony, Hand Carved, Tribal Figure, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
late 19th century, circa 1900.
Fascinating African art from the turn of the century
Displays a
Category
Early 20th Century African Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
African Dogon Male and Female Figures, Mali
Located in Dallas, TX
African carved wood sculpture of kneeling male and female couple figures on a wood base. Encrusted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Important Pair of Decanters in Pink Enameled Opaline, Orientalist Art
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Pair of decanters in Pink Enameled Opaline, Orientalist Art.
Large pair of Orientalist
Category
Antique 19th Century African Napoleon III Vases
Materials
Opaline Glass
Roland Ward Taxidermy Antelope Horns by Rowland Ward
By Rowland Ward
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
An excellent mounted antelope skull cap and horns by the renowned British taxidermist, Rowland Ward of, The Jungle, Piccadilly, London. The horns are mounted onto a polished shaped o...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Sporting Art Taxidermy
Materials
Antler
Portrait of an African Man - 19th Century French Antique Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb late 19th century French oil on thick cardboard portrait of a handsome African man wearing
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century African Zulu War Club "Knobkerrie" Killing Stick
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Zulu war club known as a Knobkerrie made from the wood of a root ball or wad and
Category
Antique 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Portrait of an African American Male
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare unsigned realist portrait of a young African American man in a suit.
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon
African Headrest
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th century African head rest is hand carved with rope handles.
Category
Antique 19th Century African Primitives
Materials
Wood
$485
19th Century African Red Clay Water Pot from Mali
Located in Wainscott, NY
19th century African red clay water pot. This piece is from Mali. This generous size pot features
Category
Antique 19th Century Malian Ceramics
Materials
Clay
19th Century North African Cooking Pot, Brutalist Log Basket
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century North African Cooking Pot, Brutalist Log Basket
Stud and Riveted Cooking Pot from
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Brutalist More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large 19th Century North African Brass Jardiniere Pot
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large 19th Century North African Brass Jardiniere Pot
This is a large hand made piece decorated
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Bronze Benin Medicine Jar, Late 19th Century, African (Nigeria)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This late 19th Century bronze medicine jar is decorated with various figures. The figures are
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Karl Kaufmann - Signed
Framed 19th Century Oil, North African Street Scene
By Karl Kaufmann
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressive 19th Century oil depicting a North African Street scene, excellently presented in an
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African Zulu Shields
Located in Venice, CA
Traditional South African Zulu shields date back to King Shaka Zulu and have been used by tribesman
Category
Antique 19th Century African Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Bamana Mask "Ntomo", Mali, Africa, circa 18th-19th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very old African wooden mask with brown patina, resin-like mass with nassa snails on the five tooth
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Malian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
African American Pine Burr Quilt Late 19th Century, Ex. Demme Collection
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very graphic African American pine burr quilt. The subtle colors on this quilt have faded down over
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Traditional Primitive African Tribal Zulu Meat Tray From South Africa
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
19th century. It is difficult to ascribe specific dates to these objects as they are part of an ongoing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century South African Primitive Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Wood Legba Phallus, Fon People, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century wood Legba phallus, Fon people, West Africa
A large carved hardwood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Togolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
The Knights Of Malta Crusades Off The Barbary Coast, Africa\, 19th Century
By Bernard Gribble
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Knights Of Malta Crusades Off The Barbary Coast, Africa\, 19th Century
BERNARD FINEGAN GRIBBLE
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Late 19th-Early 20th Century Wood Legba Phalluses, Fon People, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Two late 19th-early 20th century wood Legba phalluses, Fon people, West Africa
Two large carved
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Togolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Two Late 19th-Early 20th Century Wood Legba Phalluses, Fon People, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Two late 19th-early 20th century wood Legba phalluses, Fon people, West Africa
Two large carved
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Togolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century African American Southern Quilt Possibly of Gee’s Bend, Alabama
Located in Barrington, IL
, Southern Quilts, Gee’s Bend Quilts, Alabama Quilts, 19th Century Quilts, African American Art, Antique
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Orientalist School Portrait of an African Guard Oil Dated 1891
Located in SANTA FE, NM
19th Century Orientalist School Portrait of an African Guard
Orientalist School, 19th century
Oil
Category
1890s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Ceremonial Beaded Apron Textile from South Africa
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ceremonial hide Apron called Mapoto with white and colored beads, circa late 19th C from South
Category
Antique 19th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century North African Illuminated Calligraphy Manuscript Leaves Set of 10
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful group of 10 colorful pages of a 19th century North African prayer book with expressive
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Algerian Islamic Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
African Tribal Mask
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting animalistic African tribal mask carved with geometric components of triangle shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century Ivorian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$3,900
African Tribal Somalian Gashan Shield Art Home Decoration Interior Design
Located in London, GB
African tribal Somalian Gashan shield
Fine old Hippo hide shield with hammered etched geometric
Category
Antique 19th Century Somali Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Somalian Gashan Shield Art Home Decoration Interior Design
Located in London, GB
19th century
Diameter 35 cm 13 1/2 inches
Condition Used shape age distressed
Category
Antique 19th Century Somali Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Antique African Carved Door Panel
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century African Nupe people Nigeria door panel. Hand carved wood w/ animals, objects, symbols
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Archaic African Mortar Made from Ironwood
Located in Vienna, AT
made in the 19th century on the African continent, possibly in Ghana. The bowl's surface is rough and
Category
Antique 19th Century Ghanaian Archaistic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Giuseppe Gabani, North-African Horseman, second half 19 century, oil on wood
Located in Florence, IT
he portray a North African horseman (probably Egyptian or Tunisian) while he’s letting his horse
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
African Kuba Cloth, Mounted on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
African Kuba cloth. Woven raffia cloth and embroidered.
Mounted on canvas.
Provenance: W
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Art
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of 19th century African art on 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and iron. Your living room may not be complete without a piece of 19th century African art — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An item from our selection of 19th century African art is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art styles are sought with frequency. Baule Tribe, Rowland Ward and Tshibanda Bondo each produced at least one beautiful choice in our collection of 19th century African art that is worth considering.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022In the 18th century, art changed in style from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism. Art became more ornamented and idealized during the Rococo period and then shifted toward a style that emulated the artwork of ancient Greece and Rome near the end of the century. You’ll find a variety of fine art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.