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Mid-20th Century English Weathered Ghostly Plaster Bust
Located in London, GB
from a house clearance in Kent. A brilliant curio/macabre look as im sure you will agree, weighing
Category
Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Busts
Materials
Plaster
Folk Art House, Flag Stand
Located in Culver City, CA
house will be a hit where ever you place it.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Glass
Rare Folk Art House Money Box
Located in London, GB
With Delightful Architectural Detailing
Hand Painted Tin or 'Toleware'
Category
Antique 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
19th Century Black Forest Folk Art House
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming work of art can be admired from all sides. There is quite alot of handwork that went
Category
Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Architectural Models
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century American Carved Folk Art House Whimsy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Carved whimsy in the shape of a house. Completely carved from one piece of wood, then set into into
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Doll House
Located in Culver City, CA
A good two story doll house which is all ready to become a home. Just needs the right party. The
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,500
Folk Art Bird House
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American folk art bird house painted a deep green
Category
Vintage 1930s American Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Folk Art School House with bell in tower
Located in Sheffield, MA
Charming wooden painted school house or church. May have been constructed as a bird house, Has old
Category
20th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
American House Cupboard, Late 19th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Great looking, folky cupboard in the form of a three-story town house with glass windows, the
Category
Antique 1880s American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Pine
Spirit House
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 18thC. Thai Carved Spirit House on Stand
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Thai Primitives
$4,800
Doll House
Located in Houston, TX
Large vintage doll house with original paint.
Great to use as a bar.
Category
Early 20th Century American Toys
$1,850
Illuminated Reverse Painted “Bath House” Sign, circa 1950
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a one of a kind illuminated reverse painted "Bath House" sign from Arkansas, circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Glass, Wood
Fun House Mirror
Located in Paris, FR
one big fun house mirror
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Carnival Art
Materials
Mirror
$4,400
Antique Quilt: Houses
Located in New York, NY
Pieced blue fabrics on light calico ground. Excellent wall hanging. A pre-cursor of pop art.
Category
Early 20th Century American Quilts
Materials
Cotton
$3,900
19TH C HOUSE PORTRAIT
Located in Essex, MA
Charming American folk art watercolor painting of a salt box house with outbuildings and landscape
Category
Antique 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$1,100
Vintage American Handmade Patchwork "Houses at Night" Quilt in Pink and White
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
USA, vintage
Pink and white “Houses at night” patchwork quilt.
Measures: H 208 x W 200 cm.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Hooked Rug Portrait of a Vermont Meeting House in Late September
Located in Quechee, VT
This finely hooked wool-on-burlap rug depicts an early 19th century Vermont meeting house, a
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Rugs
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Yarn
Amazing DAYAK house finial
Located in Summerland, CA
Long House finial representing stylized protective dragons. Ironwood painted with bright housepaint
Category
Vintage 1960s Bruneian Primitives
Two Fun House Mirrors
Located in Paris, FR
hanging fun house mirrors with different mirror shapes transforming you into a Botero or a
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Carnival Art
$6,400
Bamboo and Wood House Model
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bamboo and wood model of a house from India. Simple rustic design. Front doors open. House consists
Category
Indian Toys
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
French Watercolor Of A House
Located in Geneva, IL
FRAMED FRENCH WATERCOLOR OF A HOUSE
Category
Early 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood
Antique Hooked Rug: Country House
Located in New York, NY
Charming landscape with house, trees, and tranquility.
Category
Early 20th Century American Rugs
Big Wave Fun House Mirror
Located in New York, NY
transforms with distance from the mirror. The glass fun house mirror is in a curved wood frame with wood
Category
20th Century American Carnival Art
Dayak Tribal "Long House" Finial
Located in Summerland, CA
Striking ironwood finials representing stylized dragon guardians presented on museum stand
Category
20th Century Bruneian Tribal Art
Coney Island Fun House Mirror
Located in Round Top, TX
An early 20th century concave distortion mirror from Coney Island, New York. It's great fun!
Category
Early 20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Mirror
Folky Hooked Rug of 4 Houses
Located in New York, NY
Vibrant and Folky Hooked Rug of 4 Houses complete with lawn furniture,gardens and airplane in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Rugs
Sign from a Japanese Tea House
Located in Westport, CT
A 19th Century sign for a tea house or garden pagoda. Translation: "A place to cleanse one's heart
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Signs
Cast Iron House Fly Match Safe
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare fly match safe by the Simpson Iron Co.
Hinged wings open to reveal storage.
Hinged wings open to reveal storage.
Category
Early 20th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Bamena Door Latch To Fetish House
Located in Bedford, NY
WEDDING GIFT TO BRIDE. LATCH IS MOUNTED ON HUT DOORS. SIGNIFIES BRIDE IN UPRIGHT POSITION AND GROOM PENIS PIERCING BRIDE. FERTILITY FETISH
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Child
s Miniature House Model, Late 19th C
Located in Hallowell, US
Miniature House model, wood, shingles from New England collection.
Category
Antique 1890s More Folk Art
Materials
Boxwood
Antique African house poles mounted as sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a set of three Nupe house poles in hardwood, with great patina, minimal decoration at the top
Category
Antique 19th Century African Antiquities
Materials
Wood
set of four antique African House Poles
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique African house poles mounted on bases as sculpture. Each one unique with chip carving
Category
Antique 19th Century African Tribal Art
Weathered Three-Story Ten-Hole Martin House
Located in Seattle, WA
A simple, three-story bird house made of pine planks, with an all over weathered surface including
Category
20th Century American Toys
Materials
Wood
Fine Antique Nepal Himalaya Tribal Carved House Post
Located in London, GB
Himalayan west Nepal tribal house post figure
A very old hard wood post the front with standing
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Organ Grinder with Monkey Photo Panel
Located in New York, NY
An old photographers trick for making money on the street was to have painted panels of scenes and entice passers by to stick their heads in the scene either in a hole or recess as i...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
House Paint
Mechanical Papier-Mâché Witches Head from Carnival Haunted House
Located in Dallas, TX
it appears to need a new motor to make it functional again.
This amazing large scale folk art
Category
Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Rare Abelam House Posts, Papua New Guinea
Located in Fitzroy, Victoria
Two large figurative house posts, male and female. Made by the Abelam people, from the Maprik area
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Steel
Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, Village Houses, Muted Colors
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932).
Title: Village Houses in muted pastel shades of color
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Other
Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, Village Houses, Muted Colors
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932), signed
Title: Jockeys on Horseback
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Provenance: all the painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Other
A Rare Group of Four English Naive School House Paintings
Located in London, GB
A Group of Four Rare English Naive School House Portraits
Depicting Estate Houses in Their
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Antique 19th Century English Paintings
"Fun House" Mirror circa 1940
s with Standing Wood Frame
Located in New Rochelle, NY
"Fun House" Mirror from the old Rockaway Playland Amusement Park, in original baby-blue paint with
Category
Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
family houses by the sea green box
Located in Seattle, WA
one of the best pieces i have found. fantastic paint inside and out. fully functional.
photos by john granen
photos by john granen
Category
American Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Wooden House Architectural Model
Located in Chicago, IL
• Wood
• 20th century
• American.
• Measures 22.75" W x 16.5" D x 13.5" H.
Category
20th Century American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chris Callahan | Accension House
Located in Wyomissing, PA
include folk art, impressionism, structuralism and a hybrid form of cubism. Liking the formalism of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Purvis Young- Untitled - Good Bread Alley Piece- Custom Shadow Box Frame
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Outsider Folk Art Gallery proudly presents the "Purvis of Overtown" collection, assembled for the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young -Untitled- Good Bread Alley Piece
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Outsider Folk Art Gallery proudly presents the "Purvis of Overtown" collection, assembled for the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young - Untitled - Good Bread Alley Piece
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Outsider Folk Art Gallery proudly presents the "Purvis of Overtown" collection, assembled for the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young -Untitled- Goodbread Alley Piece
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Outsider Folk Art Gallery proudly presents the "Purvis of Overtown" collection, assembled for the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young- Untitled- Good Bread Alley Piece
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Outsider Folk Art Gallery proudly presents the "Purvis of Overtown" collection, assembled for the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Folk Art Bird House
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Folk art bird house with large front porch and two bird perches.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Bird Cages
Materials
Wood
Large French Vintage Blackboard Sign
Located in Port Chester, NY
website www.BriggsHouse.com.
Briggs House, fine antiques in our Westchester NY 15,000 SF
Category
Vintage 1950s French Signs
Folk Art Log Cabin Bird House
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming vintage folk art log cabin bird house with chimney and hitching post.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Bird Cages
Materials
Wood
Purvis Young - Untitled - 1980
s
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
sophisticated about the history of art. He applies his personal world view to the medium of paint to create a
Category
20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young - Untitled - 1980
s
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
sophisticated about the history of art. He applies his personal world view to the medium of paint to create a
Category
20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young (1943-2010) | Untitled (Pregnant Woman) | 1980
s
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
sophisticated about the history of art. He applies his personal world view to the medium of paint to create a
Category
Late 20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young (1943-2010) | Untitled
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
sophisticated about the history of art. He applies his personal world view to the medium of paint to create a
Category
Late 20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood
Purvis Young | Untitled (Pregnant Woman), 1976, Custom Shadowbox Frame
By Purvis Young
Located in Wyomissing, PA
lack of formal education with intensive reading and study and is sophisticated about the history of art
Category
Vintage 1970s American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
House Paint, Wood, Paper
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Find many varieties of an authentic folk art house available at 1stDibs. A folk art house — often made from wood, metal and steel — can elevate any home. Find 129 options for an antique or vintage folk art house now, or shop our selection of 32 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect folk art house — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each folk art house bearing Folk Art, Mid-Century Modern or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made folk art house over the years, but those crafted by Jim Rose, Purvis Young and William Fellini are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for a folk art house can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $95 and can go as high as $18,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,500.
Questions About Folk Art House
- Is mandala art folk art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024Yes, mandala art is folk art. The definition of folk art is art that reflects the sociocultural characteristics and values of a particular group of people. Mandala art fits this definition due to its association with the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of folk art from some of the world's top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024What Ukrainian folk art is called depends on its medium. Named after the village from which it emerged, Petrykivka is a type of decorative painting that often features colorful flowers and birds against a white background. The name for decorating eggs is pysanky, and vyshyvka is the term for decorative embroidery. Explore a large selection of folk art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between fine and folk art comes down primarily to function. Fine artists produce paintings, prints, sculptures and other artworks to express an idea or concept, communicate a message or tell a story. With folk art, artists are usually more interested in following cultural traditions than self-expression. Pieces of folk art often have more practical uses compared to works of fine art, such as quilts and furniture. Other examples of folk art include pottery, masks, textiles and carvings. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of fine and folk art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Among the materials used in folk art are cloth, wood, paper, clay and metal.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Jamini Roy was an Indian artist whose paintings often reflected his Indian roots. Roy combined imagery from Indian folk art with Western motifs to create his unique modern works. Subjects ranged from paintings of legendary figures to everyday life in rural Bengal. His goal was to make art affordable to everyone. Browse a selection of Jamini Roy paintings on 1stDibs.
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