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20th Century or Earlier Large Baule Cote D
Ivoire Male and Female Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Baule people; Cote Ivoire male and female wood carved tribal figures.
Baule people.
Cote D’Ivoire
Category
Vintage 1940s Ivorian Outsider Art Primitives
Materials
Wood
Antique Pair Chinese Carved Earth Gods on Thrones
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare pair early Chinese Qing carved wood figures comprising of an Earth God and Earth Grandma
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carved Camphor Giltwood Fragment
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century Qing dynasty Chinese deep relief carved camphor wood fragment of figures. Intricate
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Carved Griffin Oak Jacobean Renaissance Hall Tree Coat Umbrella Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
construction, carved griffin figures, carved face on top rail, 6 metal hooks, beautiful wood grain and warm
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Metal
Three Sounth India Indian Nepalese Antique Hindu Temple Architecture Sculptures
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful set of three Indian (South India) or Nepalese (Nepal) wood-carved deity architecture
Category
Antique 18th Century Indian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
French 4.75 ft Tall Trumeau Mirror in Black w/Bronze/Gold Accents, Early 20th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood trumeau mirror, carved with female figures, from the early 20th century. This
Category
Early 20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French Gilded Demilune Console
Located in San Marino, CA
A demilune red and gray marble top supported by gilt and carved wood depicting Acanthus leaves
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Demi-lune Tables
Materials
Marble
Group of Six Native North American Hopi Katsina (Kachina) Dolls.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Group of six Native North American carved wood and painted effigy figures, Hopi Katsina or Kachina
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Trumeau Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
French painted and gilt floral carved wood trumeau with dancing figures in landscape and original
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Trumeau Mirrors
$22,000
19th Century French Articulated Artist
s Mannequin Wooden Dolls, Male
Female
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-19th century very rare and finely carved French wood artist mannequin figures of both a male
Category
Antique 19th Century French Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Two Columns with Carved Mannerist Figures
Located in New York, NY
figures, these columns from the collection of William Randolph Hearst are beautiful examples of the
Category
18th Century and Earlier Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Pr. Custom Designed Cabinets by James Dolena
Located in New York, NY
wood figures, antiqued mirror backsplash, leather wrapped cabinets, and unique metal hardware. Fitted
Category
Vintage 1930s American Cabinets
Materials
Mirror
John Dickinson Fetishes
By John Dickinson
Located in New York, NY
In the early 1970s a group of African carved-wood figures in an import shop caught the eye of John
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$30,000
Pair of Chinese Polychrome Wood Carved Figures
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A wonderful pair of carved wood figures of seated Mandarin ladies in elegantly painted robes with
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Porcelain
Chinese Carved Figures
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese polychrome wood carved figures in the style of Kuan Yin, circa mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,900 / set
2 Early French 19thC Carved Figures: St Teresa
Virgin w/Child
Located in Miami, FL
Superb early 19thC #French wood carved figures of St. Terese and #Virgin with child. One deep blond
Category
Antique 19th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Oak, Walnut
C. 1880 Hand Carved Wood Bust/Torso of a Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
C. 1880 (or older), hand carved wood bust/torso of a woman. Being a lover of wood carved figures
Category
Antique 19th Century European Folk Art Busts
Materials
Wood
Alasatian Armoire
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alsatian historical architectural motives armoire in tiger oak wood. Carved figures describe the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wardrobes and Armoires
$14,000
Carved Wood Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese Giltwood and Carved Figures. $950 each.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures
Philippine Carved Wood Santos Figures
Located in Seattle, WA
Group of two Philippine carved wood figures of standing males. Probably made as "Santos", the
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Religious Items
Materials
Wood
19th c. carved wood caryatid figures (A1180)
Located in Miami, FL
French carved wood caryatid figures.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Bas Relief Carved Wood Religious Figures
Located in Papaikou, HI
Unsigned, but beautifully carved, Madonna and Child, and an unknown (by me) saint. Probably
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Flemish Baroque Carved Wood Figures
Located in Stamford, CT
Carved wood figures of putti. Wings missing
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Belgian Statues
Materials
Wood
Pair of Painted Carved Wood Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
on later custom black steel stands
Category
Folk Art Sculptures
Stylized Set of 15 Carved Wood Primitive Standing Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking set of 15 carved wood primitive standing figures. On the tops of the legs are animals
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th century Italian Carved Wood figures
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of 18th century carved wood polychrome female figures.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Carved Wood and Polychrome Indian Figures
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Late 19th C or early 20th C pair of carved wood with painted finish figures on modern bases.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
5 carved figures
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carved African figures, excellent form.
Category
Antique 19th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$3,500
Collection of 8 Carved Wood Articulated Figures
Located in Miami, FL
Exceptionally decorative collection or different period carved wood articulated figures
Category
Early 20th Century Chairs
Pair Of Antique Carved Wood Figures Made Into Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of carved figures made into lamps
Category
Early 20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Pair of Burmese Carved
Gilt Wood Pyin Sa Rupa Chimera Figures
Located in Seattle, WA
. This pair appear to have the attributes of a horse, dragon, goat, deer and an elephant. Carved wood
Category
Antique 19th Century Burmese Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Glass
Pair of Italian Florentine Hand-Painted Carved Wood Putti Figures
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Pair of Italian Florentine hand-painted carved wood Putti figures. Repair to arm on one figure
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Life Size Italian Carved Wood Architectural Figures 18th C.
Located in TUJUNGA, CA
Pair of Italian carved wood architectural figures.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Architectural Elements
African Wood Hand Carved Sculpture 3 Figures Holding Globe
Located in London, GB
hand carved in Ghana by local artisans. The smooth, curved lines of this beautifully carved ebony wood
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Arts and Crafts Figurines and Sculptures
18th Century Carved Santos Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of four carved 18th century Santos figures, the all brown figure has glass eyes. The tallest is
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Pair 17th C. Carved Polychrome Figures, Portugal
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Carved Portuguese Polychrome 17th Century Figures,
Most Likely Originally Part of a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved and Polychrome Wood Figures of Putti
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of 18th century Italian carved and polychrome wood figures of Putti with papier mâché loin
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th-19th Century Large Hand Carved Polychrome Figures
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th-19th century large hand carved polychrome figures.
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th c. Carved figures of putti by Valentino Besarel Venice Italy
By Valentino Besarel
Located in Redding, CA
of the most important wood carvers
Of his time and definitely our favorite. You know his work when
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Gustavian Barrel Back Armchairs with Carved Lions
Heads Figures
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant shaped for these Gustavian periods armchairs with beautiful carved details, like the
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
AMA Carved Wood Diorama
Located in Treasure Island, CA
" , this one is "Service and Satisfied Patients" featuring hand carved wood and painted human figures
Category
Vintage 1940s American Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper, Plastic
$1,800
Rustic chandelier with carved figures and matching sconces
Located in Hoboken, NJ
Bronze rustic chandelier with carved wood figures and matching sconces, German
Category
Vintage 1930s German Chandeliers and Pendants
Pair of 18th Century Italian carved figures mounted as lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of 18th Century carved wood polychrome female figures mounted as lamps. Shades are not
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of STICK FIGURES
Located in Sarasota, FL
Pair of Male And Female STICK FIGURES hand carved wood with bead eyes
Category
Early 20th Century African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Japanese Carved
Painted Wood Monks
Located in Seattle, WA
A pair of Japanese carved and painted wood figures of seated monks. One thought to be an image of
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures
Pair of 19th Century Carved and Polychrome Figures of Blackamoors on Pedestals
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of carved and polychrome figures of Blackamoors on faux marble fluted pedestals.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Tropical Art Deco Jungle Scene Carved Panel on Zebra Wood Painting
By A. Rondi
Located in Oakland, CA
on the river make up the scene.
The background is rare Zebra Wood, while the hand-carved figures
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Zebra Wood
Black Forest Carvings of Mythological Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of late 19th Century Black Forrest carvings, Switzerland circa 1890. One is the figure of Bachus the god of wine, ecstasy, and madness. The othe figure is Ganymed, a Trojan ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Sculptures
Materials
Wood
San Francisco Playland at the Beach Figures
Located in New York, NY
Carved and painted wood figures that were made by an itinerant man who sold his carvings in front
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Carnival Knockdown Figures
Located in New York, NY
Early carved wood arcade knockdown figures. They both have iron hinges on the back and have
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
A Pair of Ceremonial Figures
Located in Hudson, NY
These wood carved Peruvian ceremonial figures are primitive but have a modernist sensibility in
Category
20th Century South American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Swedish Neoclassical Mirror with Mythological Figures
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Neoclassical mirror, Sweden, circa 1830, with an arch over the figure of a putto at play with flowers and dolphins and with images of the god Mercury in the corners. The flowers are ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Pier Mirrors and Console...
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C. Polychrome Decorated Indonesian Standing Figures
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A pair of early 20th C. carved wood and polychrome decorated Indonesian standing figures in mirror
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Italian Figures Of Putti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Pair Of Carved Gilt Wood Figures Of Putti With Shell Tops.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Brass and Dyed Bone Inlaid Bird Figures Now Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of brass and dyed bone inlaid carved wood desert falcon figures now mounted as lamps on custom
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Carved Hall Console
Located in Katonah, NY
Oversized wood Console with carved figures on lion paws. Blue/ gray painted top with one large
Category
Early 20th Century American Console Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,400
Outstanding and Unusual Pair of Early C19th Spanish Figures
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A wonderful pair of late 18th/ early 19th century, Spanish carved wood figures of soldiers, of
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Sculptures
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An assortment of wood carved figures is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique wood carved figures was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, paint and metal. There are all kinds of wood carved figures available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Wood carved figures bearing Folk Art or Baroque hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ricardo Lynn
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Carved African wood figurines were typically spiritual in nature and were primarily in human form. The wood figurines were carved using ebony, teak, mahogany and iron wood. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic African wood figurines from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are many methods and types of wood carving, including chip, relief, Scandinavian flat-plane, lovespoon, whittling and florentine. Each type uses different tools and can create decorative carvings on both display pieces and furniture. Browse a wide range of carved wood pieces on 1stDibs.
- What is Japanese wood carving?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese wood carving is an art form in which artists produce intricate figurines and other objects by cutting and shaping blocks of zelkova, camphor or paulownia wood. In Japanese, the artwork is known as inami. Find a selection of Japanese wood carvings on 1stDibs.
- What is Chinese wood carving?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Chinese wood carving is a decorative object carved by hand by Chinese artisans out of local wood, such as nanmu, zitan, bomu or yinxing. This form of sculpture is sometimes called mudiao. On 1stDibs, find a range of Chinese wood carvings.
- What is a Paete wood carving?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023A Paete wood carving is a decorative wooden object produced by artisans in Paete, Philippines. In 2005, the village was officially dubbed the Woodcarving Capital of the Philippines due to the intricate sculptures and statues produced there. Shop a variety of wood art from some of the world’s top galleries on 1stDibs.
- What is Jepara wood carving?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Jepara wood carving is the intricate wood carving art that comes from the city of Jepara in Indonesia. Artisans typically work with teak wood to create beautiful carved detail and scenes in a piece of furniture. Shop a collection of Jepara wood carvings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify wood carvings, get a magnifying glass and inspect your items. Some artisans marked their carvings with symbols or signed them. Researching any markings found on your carving may allow you to identify the maker who produced it and potentially learn more about the piece from there. If you're unable to find a maker's mark, the best approach is likely to use the services of a certified appraiser or other knowledgeable expert. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of wood carvings.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021The difference between carving and sculpture is that carving is a carved object, whereas sculpture is the art of shaping figures or designs — because sculpture can involve adding material (i.e., working with plaster, creating a mold to be cast in bronze), it is considered “additive” versus the “subtractive” act of carving.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022In Bali, many different types of woods are used for carving. Some examples include albesia, crocodile wood, rain tree, hibiscus, jackfruit, teak, mahogany and sandalwood. On 1stDibs, you can shop a range of Balinese wood art, furniture and decorative objects.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Antique carved wood can be identified by how it is made. Antique carvings were done by hand, so nicks and cuts will indicate carvings completed with a plane or knife. In addition, hand-carved wood will not be uniform or have perfect symmetry. Always works with a certified appraiser to determine the exact date and value of an item. Find a variety of antique carved wood furniture and decor on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023To tell if wood is hand-carved, first look for small marks in the wood that indicate hand tools were used to cut and shape the material. Hand-carved pieces may also have small irregularities, particularly along curved areas. However, it may be very difficult to tell the difference between machine-worked and hand-carved pieces in some cases. On 1stDibs, shop a range of wood furniture and decorative objects.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022In Bali, Indonesia, Jackfruit is considered the best wood when it comes to carving. Jackfruit is a medium hardwood, resistant to termite attacks and is easy to polish. You’ll find a variety of Indonesian carvings from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023What wood is used for African wood carvings varies. Iroko, mahogany and ebony are frequently chosen materials, but artisans may choose to work with whatever wood is available in their local areas. Shop a variety of African wood art from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.
- What is carved wood art called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023What carved wood art is called depends on the type of piece. Three-dimensional pieces created by hand-carving wood are whittlings, while carvings into a flat piece of wood are reliefs. Shop a collection of wood art from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.
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