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Pair of 19th Century French Folk Art Torchères with Gilt Brass Lion Heads
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
the late 19th century, circa 1880. Rooted in the tradition of French folk art, these sculptural pieces
Category
Antique 19th Century French Torchères
Materials
Brass, Copper
French Folk Art Oak and Marble Eagle Figure
Located in Queens, NY
French (19th Cent Napoleonic Era) folk art carved oak life size figure of an eagle with out
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Naive European French Folk Art Jovan Lazar Obican Tapestry Wall Hanging Weaving
Located in Surfside, FL
, Folk Art,
Dimensions: H 80 cm (32.25 in.) x W 58 cm (23in.)
The artist Lazar Obican iconic style is
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Folk Art Painted Wooden Panel With Baby Christ Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Very beautiful Folk Art wooden panel with a very rich decoration full of flowers and a Christ
Category
Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
$1,160 Sale Price
45% Off
Folk Art Giant Metal Scissors Industrial Store Display Sign, circa 1950
By Travail Francais
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a metal store display sign that showcases French Folk Art. The piece was expertly crafted
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Large Engraved Oak Wood Mirror French Folk Art, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Rare French mirror in light oak with an original shape decorated with engraved leaves in Folk Art
Category
Vintage 1930s French Folk Art Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Oak
Wood Nutcracker French Folk Art from Les Deux Alpes, 1960s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Sculptural wooden nutcracker.
Folk Art piece from the French Alps. Dating the 1960s.
The surface
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Tableware
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Boxwood, Fruitwood
A Carved boxwood spoon - late 19th century - France.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
piece with a beautiful patina. Fine example of French folk art, showcasing traditional craftsmanship
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
$266 Sale Price
20% Off
Turned Pine Egg Cups – French Folk Art, Mid-20th Century
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A charming pair of hand-turned pine egg cups, representative of French folk craftsmanship from the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Serving Pieces
Materials
Pine
Israeli French Folk Art Naive Oil Painting Wine Bar in Paris Colorful Fauvist
By David Azuz
Located in Surfside, FL
24.5. canvas measures about 26 X 20 inches.
Tel Aviv, 1942 –
Israel-born, France-based artist, David
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century folk art military painting
Located in London, GB
19th Century folk art military painting
19th Century piece of French folk-art militaria art
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Vintage French Ceramic Bottle with Risqué Décor, Folk Art, 8.7 in - 2Y617
Located in Bordeaux, FR
A fascinating and highly collectible piece of French folk art, this Vintage Ceramic Bottle features
Category
Vintage 1950s French Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Guillerme et Chambron Wall Sconces Oak Wood
Ceramic French Folk Art 60
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Miami, FL
largest collection of French and Italian Mid-Century period sconces, more than 500 pairs.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Oak
Set of three brutalist carved wood column France XIX th century.
By Brancusi
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Set of three Brutalist carved wooden columns dating from the 19th century. French folk art. Varying
Category
Antique 1880s French Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$628 Sale Price / set
67% Off
French, 19th Century Folk Art Iron Shoemakers Shop Trade Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
One of a kind folk art riveted sheet iron shoemakers shop sign. Amazing item that was once the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
$803 Sale Price
41% Off
Early 20th Century Folk Art French Weather-Vane Plane
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art French weather-vane plane.
For sale in this lot is an early 20th
Category
Vintage 1940s British Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century French Hand-Carved Wood Folk Art Duck Decoy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Folk Art Duck Decoy. The duck features wonderful patina throughout
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Decoys
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Hand-Carved Wood Folk Art Duck Decoy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Folk Art Duck Decoy. The duck 's head is movable and the body
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Decoys
Materials
Wood, Paint
Folk Art Terracotta Cat Egg Cup or Votive
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique and delicate - a terracotta ceramic cat acquired in Paris France.
the piece is a
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Pair of folk art chairs, France, mid-20th century
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Lyon, FR
Lovely pair of straw and carved oak chairs, French folk art from the mid-20th century.
Very
Category
Vintage 1940s French French Provincial Chairs
Materials
Straw, Oak
French 18th Century Forged Iron Folk Art Baroque Tavern Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
Chevel Blanc " ( the white horse).
Very rare folk art piece from a bye gone era, especially when you
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Signs
Materials
Iron
$5,294 Sale Price
50% Off
Intricate Naive Folk Art Wood Sculpture from France, Circa 1950
Located in Antwerp, BE
Naive sculpture from the 1950s, embodying the essence of Folk Art with its intricately carved vine
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique French Wood Pliers, Pine, 19th Century Folk Art, Circa 1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large antique wood pliers. Great for reaching those hard to get places or a wonderful unique wall hanging.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Pine
Set of 40 Bottles in Savoyard Folk Art, 1960s
Located in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FR
Bottles in Savoyard Folk Art Set of 40
Vintage Design
Set of forty glass bottles, Savoyard popular
Category
20th Century French French Provincial More Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$1,583 / set
1930 Wooden Carnival Game by French Game
Novelty, Milwaukee, WI
Located in Surrey, BC
Unusual Folk Art wooden carnival game in working condition and with original paint. Players bet on
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th century wooden farm console brutalist folk art
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
French folk art console table typical of early 20th century farm furniture, made in nailed solid
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Console Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Bird Hunting Tool and Decoy
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French bird hunter's tool and decoy. This item was placed in the ground and wound up
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decoys
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Folk Art Decorative Carved Wooden Horse in Original Paint
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century carved wooden horse in original paint.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Toys
Materials
Wood
18th Century Folk Art Street Performance Figure
Located in London, GB
18th Century Folk Art Street Performance Figure.
An unusual and complete one-off piece of folk
Category
Antique 1780s French Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Acrylic Folk Art Portrait by J.Boving, Circa 20th Century - 2Y582
Located in Bordeaux, FR
depicts a stylized "personnage" or character, rendered in a distinctive folk art style that is both
Category
20th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Canvas
Antique traditional French Art Pottery Bowl (also wall plate) France ar. 1900
Located in Landshut, BY
Traditional French Plate / Bowl
(can be perfectly fitted as a wall plate - using handle to hang
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
$266 Sale Price
20% Off
An Early Twentieth Century Folk Art Dog
Located in London, GB
A charming French folk art carved dog, the fur and tail implied using an adze contrasting the
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Full Portfolio 14 Air France Posters by Georges Mathieu, 1968
By Air France
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Full portfolio 14 Air France posters - Georges Mathieu
Full portfolio for Air France
Blanchard
Category
Vintage 1960s European Other Posters
Materials
Paper
Folk Art "Picassiette" Deux-Corps, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and unusual dresser decorated with colorful bits of broken porcelain -- in typical French Folk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Cabinets
Folk Art French Poultry Store Enormous Rooster Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1356 Folk art French Giant rooster metal wicker
Category
Vintage 1960s Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Antique carved wood wolf and boar head, wooden sculptures, folk art
Located in BELFORT, FR
century, they come from eastern France, very close to Switzerland and Germany, maybe a Black Forest work
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century folk art fairground massacre knock down figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century folk art fairground massacre knock down figure
A folk art / primitive hand
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
19th century primitive ladderback roped seat Folk Art farm chair
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
French Folk Art ladderback homemade farm chair with crudely roped seat, primitive design of the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
French Art Nouveau Bronze Dore Hand Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau bronze dore hand mirror with female head and floral design.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wooden Sewing Box Tramp Art Folk Art Unique Piece 1928
Located in Poperinge, BE
is included but is purely decorative.
Beautiful form of folk art, anyone could make a tramp art
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
$353 Sale Price
30% Off
French Flok Art, Huge Grape Vine Floor Lamp, France, circa 1960
Located in leucate, FR
French Folk Art.
Beautiful grape vine floor lamp.
Base made with a large vine with several arms
Category
Vintage 1960s French Folk Art Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood
Folk Art French Stool - Brutalist Wooden Tripod Stool - Solid Pine Wood - 1940s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Folk Art French Stool - Brutalist Wooden Tripod Stool - Solid Pine Wood - 1940s.
French stool made
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Pine
Original French Art Deco Period Poster by Paul Colin 1928
By Paul Colin
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an original French Art Deco Period advertising poster ‘Marguerite Valmond’ by Paul Colin
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
French Hand-forged Blacksmith Sign
Located in London, England
striking decorative piece of 20th century folk art.
In exceptional original condition, no breaks or
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
$1,017 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Art Deco Tribal Mask Brass Bronze on Oak Base, France
Located in London, GB
the raised details.
CREATOR: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: France
DATE OF MANUFACTURE: c. 1960's
Category
Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Masks
Materials
Brass
Antique boxwood Art Nouveau corkscrew, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Art Nouveau corkscrew made of hand carved boxwood, depicting plant branches enveloping the
Category
Early 20th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Brass, Iron
An antique wooden nutcracker - France early XXth
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A magnificent antique wooden nutcracker, a true piece of folk art from the early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$361 Sale Price
20% Off
1950
s Papier mâché french theatre head
Located in Diest, BE
private collection (France).
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau Wire Bottle Rack from France, Early 20th Century
Located in Hamburg, DE
Antique wire bottle holder from France, early 20th century. The bottle holder can hold up to 12
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antiquities
Materials
Wire
$276 Sale Price
20% Off
Art nouveau Ivory walking stick depicting Andromeda, France 1895.
Located in Milan, IT
the rocks. L shaped handle. Malacca wooden shaft. Metal ferrule. France 1895. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Metal
French School Teacher Educational Painting "Charcutier"
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Painted by a school teacher in rural Hautes Pyrenees, France. Based on the Toto, Lili, Rene and
Category
Vintage 1930s French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Arma Christi Calvary, France 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare Arma Christi calvary, popular work, France end of the 19th century. Beautifully
Category
Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Portrait of a Flower Girl
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
pink flowers, painted in a technique of folk art naivete for emotional, rather than realistic, effect
Category
Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Foil
Truffle Pig, Large Articulated 1800s French Trade Stimulator
Located in Peekskill, NY
stomach plaque has a coin slot and reads in French... Put 1 Franc - I give one Truffle. Inside the pig is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century French Carousel Pig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic 19th century carousel pig. Super whimsical carnival piece from a bygone era. Carved wood with cast iron curly tail and handle. Original layers of park paint and glass eyes....
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Wrought iron candlestick or cellar rat, Normandy, France, early 20th century.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
complete condition. Superb piece of folk art.
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Steel
$266 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Art Deco Child
s Wicker Armchair – Handwoven Wicker, French - 2Y336
Located in Bordeaux, FR
in handwoven wicker. This delightful chair from France combines rustic elegance with a nostalgic Art
Category
Vintage 1920s French Antiquities
Materials
Wicker, Wood
$435 Sale Price
70% Off
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A piece of French folk art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,503, while the lowest priced sells for $1 and the highest can go for as much as $975,525.
Questions About French Folk Art
- 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 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 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 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 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.
- 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.
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