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Folk Art Carved Head
Located in Hudson, NY
Late 19th early 20th century carved wooden polychromed head on steel stand.
Category
Early 20th Century Primitive Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$2,800
19th Century Colonial Indian Wood Head
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
18th-19th century antique colonial Indian (from India) wood head sculpture.
Category
Antique 1810s Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Fine Chinese Lacquered Carved Wood Head of the Buddha
Located in Wilton, CT
Sensitively Carved Head of the Buddha With Exaggerated Earlobes
Delicate Nose and Expressive
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mounted Carved and Painted Bulls Head
Located in Atlanta, GA
Polychrome mounted carved and painted Indian bull's head.
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Pair of Art Deco Carved Wood Horses Heads by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in London, GB
A substantial pair of carved stylised Horses Heads by Hagenauer of Austria. Sculpted in well
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Graphic, Organic Carved Head Sculpture
Located in Budapest, HU
Graphic, organic carved head sculpture. Uknown artist.
Category
Vintage 1970s Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
South Indian Carved and Painted Cow Head
Located in Richmond, CA
Carved and painted solid wood cow head from southern India carried in religious festivals that can
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Hagenauer Carved Wood with Bronze Base Sculpture Head of African Woman, 1930
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
Hagenauer wood sculpture Head of African Woman. This beautiful sculpture was designed and
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Life-Size Wooden Carved Horses Head
Located in Tetbury, GB
A most elegant 20th century carved hardwood study of a horse's head.
A majestic piece
Category
20th Century English Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Terry Turrell Wood Figure with Stone Head
By Terry Turrell
Located in New York, NY
Terry turrell sculpture of painted wood with cloth wrapping, wire and having a carved stone head
Category
2010s American Outsider Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Stone
Wooden Carved Head, Sailor, with Pipe
Located in Vienna, AT
Carved wood head, finely carved, sailor, with pipe, rare, good original condition.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Cork Duck Decoy with Wood Head
Located in Cookeville, TN
Offering this neat little Duck Decoy with a cork body and removable wooden head. Interesting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Cork
1910-1930 German Carved Milliner’s Head
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
stores. The heads that have been carved in wood come mostley from Germany because of the wood carve
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Wooden Hand Carved Bull
s Head with Real Horns
Located in Geneva, IL
Vintage hand carved wooden bull's head is solid wood with real horns.
Category
Vintage 1960s Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Horn, Wood
Old Buffalo Head Djimini Pulley in Wood
Located in New York, NY
Old Buffalo head Djimini pulley in wood.
This lovely old pulley is from the estate of Catherine
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Ebonized Armchair with Carved Lions Heads
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
19th century French ebonized armchair with carved lions heads. Good size and nice shape.
Seat
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Senufo Pulley with Bird Head Finial in Wood
Located in New York, NY
Senufo Pulley with Bird Head Finial in Wood
This a well worn figurative pulley from the estate of
Category
Vintage 1950s Ivorian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Pair of Very Rare Giltwood Carved Porpoise Heads
Located in New York, NY
Pair of unusual and very fine, late 18th-early 19th century probably Italian hand-carved, giltwood
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Carved Wooden Horse Head Trade Sign
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A wall-mounted carved wooden horse head trade sign mounted to a leather base with brass saddle
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage 20th Century Hand Carved Wooden Buddha Head on Lucite Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage 20th century hand carved wooden Buddha head on Lucite stand.
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Wood Guan Yin Head with Multi-Color Headdress
Located in Merrimack, NH
This sculpture of Guan Yin head was rescued from a collapsing temple. It was beautifully carved
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Art Nouveau Pair of Winged Putt Heads Gilded Wood
Located in Liverpool, GB
Impressive and visually grateful,
a pair of wooden carvings depicting small, winged putt heads
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Wood and Gesso Painted Head, Early 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
This is a most unusual sculptured head. Was it made for a mannequin or a huge puppet? A very
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Natural Wood Antler Form Sculptural Tack Holder with Snake Heads
Located in New York, NY
first glance but is in fact three branches of grey oxidized wood topped with subtle snake heads. The
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Painted Carved Gilded Sofa with Lion
s Head Decoration
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
19th century Italian sofa with original gilding and paint with wonderfully carved lion's head
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Sofas
Materials
Wood
1940s Mexican Large Carved Wood Horse Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Mid-Century Mexican Folk Art whimsical hand-carved wood polychrome horse head sculpture
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Armchair in Carved Walnut with Lions Heads, Renaissance Revival, 19th Century
Located in L
Etang, FR
Antique armchair / throne in carved walnut wood with lions heads.
Renaissance Revival, France
Category
Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Fabric, Wood, Walnut
A set of five chairs with carved eagle heads
Located in New York, NY
A set of five chairs, the tops of the chair backs are carved with two eagle heads turned inwards
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood
$14,000 / set
Exotic Indian Art Deco Sculpted Head in Wood by Arias
Located in Oakland, CA
Original wood carved Peruvian Indian head in the Art Deco style. Lots of geometric and triangular
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Guatemalan Folk Art Carved Head of Maximon aka San Simeon
Located in Lenox, MA
Made in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, this carved head depicts Maximon, also known as San Simeon or
Category
20th Century Guatemalan Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Exotic Indian Art Deco Sculpted Head in Wood by Arias
Located in Oakland, CA
Original wood carved Peruvian Indian head in the Art Deco style. Lots of geometric and triangular
Category
Vintage 1940s Ecuadorean Art Deco Busts
Materials
Wood
Huge Ethnographic Wood Carved Pair Bird Sculptures- Tycoon Provenance
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
sculptures. Detailed wood carved designs on the head sitting on the intricately hand carved body, wonderful
Category
Mid-20th Century African Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Swiss Realistic Hand Carved Deer Head with Real Antlers, 19th Century
By Brienz Switzerland
Located in Frisco, TX
A great looking hand carved original wooden Swiss deer head wall decoration. A great piece for a
Category
Antique 1880s Swiss Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Antler, Wood
Staff with duck head carving
Located in Woking, GB
Long staff with carved and painted duck head
Hazlewood shaft with carved and painted duck head with
Category
Vintage 1910s English Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Buddhist Head
Located in Merrimack, NH
This Chinese Buddha head was rescued from a collapsing temple. It was beautifully carved with the
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster, Wood
18th Century Louis XV Lectern / Lutrin w Ornate Multiple Carved Heads, Giltwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
d'Orleons) sculpted wood Lectern with multiple carvings of angels , as well as an eagle head , ram head
Category
Antique 1710s French Louis XV Music Stands
Materials
Leather, Wood
Extraordinary Chainsaw Sculpted Buffalo Head
By Don Colp
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Carved from a solid piece of old redwood by renowned chainsaw artist, Don Colp. Signature etched
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
19th Century African Wood Head Rest with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century pair of distinctive ebonized wood head rests ('carved pillows') with mother-of-pearl
Category
Antique 19th Century Central African Tribal Art
Hermann Steiner Character Head in Merano Costume
By Hermann Steiner
Located in Wien, AT
Woodcarving by Hermann Steiner (1878-1963).
Fruitwood with original framing. Steiner won a gold medal at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. His works are represented in the Vatican...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Italian Renaissance Style Lion-Head Curule Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Italian Renaissance style curule bench all original carved wood, including the original
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Benches
Materials
Wood
Solid Walnut Stool with Creature Heads, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
with two creature heads attached at the end. Each beam is uniquely carved and the stool includes its
Category
Antique 18th Century European Regency Stools
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century Victorian Deer Head Trophy
Located in New York, NY
A Late 19th Century / Early 20th Century Carved and Painted Victorian Trophy
Category
Antique 19th Century English Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Lion Head from Oak Antique Mask
Wood Rosette
Hand Carving Craft Wall Art
Located in St Petersburg, St Petersburg
High quality carved mask from oak or beech of your choice.
>> SKU: M-014
>> Dimensions (A x B x C
Category
2010s Victorian Architectural Elements
Materials
Oak
Fragment of an Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Depicting a Head
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
hard woods in order to satisfy their creative impulses. The cultural horizons of ancient Egypt’s long
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Zulu African Tribal Ceremonial Head with Horns
Located in Bedford, NY
CARVED HEAD OF WOOD THEN WRAPPED IN SOME TYPE OF SKIN. IT IS THEN DYED BLACK AND WAXED. UNIQUE
Category
20th Century Folk Art Primitives
Materials
Wood
Seated Philippine Miniature Bulul Figure with Hands on Side of Head, Eroded
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Carved wood seated Philippine miniature Bulul figure with hands on either side of head, eroded and
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Expressive Fragment of a Dragon Head from the Middle Ages
Located in Eltville, DE
Fine carved and painted fragment of a dragon head from the Middle Ages, German, circa 1500.
The
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Guatemalan Folk Art Sculpture Maximon AKA San Simeon Parade Head
Located in Lenox, MA
Made in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, this polychomed carved wood parade head depicts Maximon, AKA
Category
20th Century Guatemalan Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
European Red Deer Stag Head
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Cast from a one-of-a-kind, French 19th century carved wood sculpture, this head and antlers are
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Italian Neoclassical Marble-Top Demilune Console, Lion Heads or Paw Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
carved and gilded lion heads and paw feet, old label.
Marble is 1" thick.
Measures: Overall 44" W x 19
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Neoclassical Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Chinese Head from a Puppet in the Form of a Buddhist Arhatt, 19th Century, No 2
Located in Eltville, DE
Fine carved Chinese head from a puppet in the form of a Buddhist arhatt, mounted on a wooden base
Category
Antique 19th Century Central Asian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Head from a Puppet in the Form of a Buddhist Arhatt 19th Century, No 1
Located in Eltville, DE
Fine carved Chinese head puppet in the form of a Buddhist arhatt mounted on a wooden base, 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century Central Asian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Double Headed Eagles on Marble Bases
Located in Natchez, MS
Pair of 19th century silver gilt carved wood crowned double headed eagles on marble bases.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Luba Memory or Story Board with Head Congo Early 20th Century African Tribal Art
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A rare finely carved Luba memory or story board in the shape of a carved paddle with inlaid bead
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Side Tables with Elephant Motive
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of mid-20th century Hollywood Regency style white painted wood side tables with carved
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Side Tables
Materials
Wood
French Antler Table with Shaped Top
Located in Southampton, NY
Stag Horn base with carved Gesso and wood Fox heads and leaves. Shaped wood top.
Category
20th Century French Adirondack Center Tables
Materials
Horn, Gesso, Wood
Wolf Spirit Jar
By Peter Wright
Located in Asheville, NC
Blown glass black jar by New Mexico artist Peter Wright. The lid of the jar is a carved wood wolf
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Wood, Watercolor
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- 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 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 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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