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Creator: Unknown
19Thc Original Indigo Blue Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine indigo blue pantry box is in original dark blue paint.Found in New England estate.Condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
1930
s Appliqué Eagle Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930's Appliqué eagle quilt From Pennsylvania. This Quilt is in great condition & has Fantastic Piecing & Quilting.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Czechoslovak Wooden Rocking Horse, Hand-Painted, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
This mid-century wooden rocking horse, crafted in 1960s Czechoslovakia, displays the playful yet artisanal qualities characteristic of post-war Central European design. The hand-pain...
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Black Forest Folk Art Alpine Devil Dwarf Wooden Carved Mask, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful black forest Folk Art wood carved mask. This is a wonderful example of black forest carving. This can be used as a Wall decoration or as...
Category
1930s Austrian Black Forest Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Folk Art Carved Wood Deer Head with Glass Eyes, 19th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A great looking hand carved original wooden Folk Art deer head wall decoration. A great piece for a suitable ambiance in a trophy room or the office of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Black Forest Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Blanket Chest in Original Comb Painted Surface
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early finely paint decorated tall blanket chest is in fine condition. The tall lift top chest has two top false drawers and all original drawer...
Category
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,796 Sale Price
42% Off
African Art Kongolo, Relief in Brass, 1979
Located in Delft, NL
African Art Kongolo, Relief in Brass, 1979
An African Art a relief in brass with a scene of a man with fish
Signed and dated 1979
The measurement is 82 cm high, 41.5 cm wide and the...
Category
20th Century Congolese Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Large Deer Head Shooting Lodge Sign Black Forest Folk Art Wooden Trophy 1893
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A great looking hand carved original wooden Folk Art wall decoration and shooting lodge plaque. A great piece for a suitable ambiance in a trophy room or the office of a Hunter or Wo...
Category
1890s Austrian Black Forest Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Amish Ohio Broken Dishes Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20thc rare Amish Holmes County, Ohio broken dishes quilt with double inner borders. This quilt is from the thirties and is very unusual pastel colors. The condition is very good.
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Concrete Lamb Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc concrete sculpture of a lamb probably from a garden area.Found in New England.
Category
1920s American Adirondack Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cement
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Olokun Head, Kingdom of Ife, Western Nigeria Hand Carved Hardwood
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Fascinating detailed Olokun head from the Kingdom of Ife in Western Nigeria.
Hand carved hardwood face with almond shaped eyes, neck creases and astounding facial incisions
Circa 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Beninese Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Handwoven Bamboo
Painted Wood Decorative Fan Wall Accent
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Celebrate old-world craftsmanship with this striking vintage handwoven bamboo fan featuring a delicately pierced body, sculptural leaf-like silhouette, and hand-painted wooden handle...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood, Paint
$56 Sale Price
25% Off
Art Deco Miniature Furniture Set Painted in Yellow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely Art Deco miniature yellow painted wood lounge chair and side table furniture set. The chairs are 5.75 x 6.25 x 6.5, table is 4.375 x 3.75 x 3.5. In lovely original condition w...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Middle Eastern Dallah Arabic Coffee Pot
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
19th century Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted brass...
Category
Late 19th Century Omani Islamic Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Beautiful Viechtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th century w...
Category
1920s Austrian Black Forest Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Original Painted Juggling Pins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These original painted red and cranberry monumental juggling pins are in fantastic condition and very large scale. The patina is the very best.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
IKaros Hand Painted Carnations and Tulips Decorative Plate Rhodes Greece
By Iznik Pottery
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A decorative I Karos pottery, I Caro collector polychrome hand painted and handcrafted in Rhodes, Greece ceramic wall decorative plate with an antelope, carnations and tulip polychrome design.
The plate is decorated with a white, blue, aqua, green, and sienna red design and gilded with 24-karat gold.
These are intricately, hand painted plates made in Rhodes, Greece by the famous I Caro pottery.
Rhodes is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which are glazed and multicolored.
It has a beautifully hand painted carnation and tulip in burgundy, light and dark blue and turquoise foliage.
An Islamic ceramic plate in the Iznik style, painted in vivid colors with decoration of tulips and carnations.
The back of the plate is signed and numbered, it has a string to the back for hanging. It is marked
“handmade in Rhodes Greece by Ikaros Pottery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Greek Revival Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Handpainted 19th Century Grand Tour Museum Copy of a Greek Geometric Amphora Jug
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite 19th-century hand-painted ceramic amphora is a finely crafted Grand Tour museum replica of an ancient Greek Geometric-style vessel, circa 800 BCE. The amphora features...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Yeager Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Yeager Night Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 243.84 x L 299.72 cm.
Materials: Silk.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-form shaped rugs, with...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Silk
$12,358 / item
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle.
Great condition.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Hemp, Natural Fiber
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
18Thc Hand Carved Wooden Peel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18Thc Hand crafted early bread peal used in the old pot belly stoves or home made fireplaces. The condition is very good notice the burn marks on the paddle portion.This is to be ex...
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Wool Amish Saw Tooth Diamond Quilt From Penna.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lancaster County wool Amish Saw tooth diamond in a square quilt circa 1930's in fine condition.
Made by Mrs. Noah King for one of her daughters. Rebecca or Fanning.
Princes Feather f...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$3,116 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C Rare Wool Amish Log Cabin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 19thc all wool Amish Lancaster County,Pennsylvania log cabin quilt is in fine condition.We have never had or seen pastel with dark wool pieces.It is so typical of Lancaster...
Category
1890s American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Nobleman Wooden Gingerbread Cookie Speculaas Springerle Mold
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 19th century wooden gingerbread cookie or speculaas springerle Mold, circa 1860-1880 (Nobleman). Made of hand carved wood. Found at an estate ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Patriotic Folky Uncle Sam, Outdoor Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handmade and painted Uncle Sam in all original painted surface.We made a wood block stand for the carved Uncle Sam folky sign.
Category
20th Century American Country Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Petite Wood Carved Cherub Angel Heads, Vintage German 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair beautiful petite hand carved cherub angel Heads, found at an estate sale in Germany. Made by a woodcarver in the Tyrollean Area in Austria, this area is well-known for their w...
Category
1960s German Baroque Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20thc Coffee Shop Cafe Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
E20thc Cafe Sign on a custom stand. Great patina that shows wear consistent with age and use. The custom stand is a sturdy base for this sign.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Pennsylvania Decorated Stone Ware Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine blue decorated salt glaze crock in fine condition. It has stripes and a blue 2 on the front face.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C Rare Center Square Amish Lancaster, Pennsylvania Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 19th C amazing colors center square with in a square Lancaster County, Pennsylvania all wool in fantastic colors & condition.These center square all wool Amish quilts are super ...
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century mask, from the Chokwe culture in Angola, displays unusual features. Carved from a light wood and decorated with yellow pigments, this fine mask exhibits ...
Category
1940s Angolan Tribal Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Carved Bear Whip Holder or Wall Hook, Antique German 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 1890s black forest Brienz wood carved Bear as a Whip Holder or Wall Hook. Nice addition to your room or just for use it on your wall. Made of hand carved wood. Found at an es...
Category
1890s German Black Forest Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19Thc Original Grey Painted Carrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC Original blue / grey painted knife box or carrier. This cutlery is square nail construction and strong and sturdy.
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$388 Sale Price
20% Off
African Art by Luzolano, Oil Painting, 1978
Located in Delft, NL
African Art by Luzolano, Oil Painting, 1978
African Art , oil painting
Signed by Luzolano, 1978,
A scene of two African woman
The measurement is 60.5 cm ...
Category
20th Century Angolan Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Exclusive Set of Extra Large ‘Bambi’ Brass Deer Sculptures, France, 1970s
Located in Voorburg, NL
Exclusive and graceful brass extra large set of Deer designed in the 1970s in France. Large and solid brass ‘Bambi’ sculpture in an excellent vintage condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Cast iron Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century cast iron door stop of basket with assorted fruits. Great weight and great wear from age and use. Wonderful painted fruits. Great condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Green Monster Carnival Parade Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This "Green Monster" head resembles a sea creature or swamp monster, he originally had a smoking pipe...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19Thc Navajo Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows -2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows made from 19thc eye dazzler weaving and backed with distressed leather. The inserts are down & feather fill. Amazing weaving with great vibrant ...
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wool
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Amish Wool Pennsylvania Diamond in A Square Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early Amish 20thc diamond in a square quilt in wool.Amazing condition and colors from a 50 year collection never offered for sale before. The colors are most unusual for Lancaster Am...
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Amish Roman Stripes Contained Bars Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Howard County, IN made by Beulah ( Marner ) Cobb,
This fine Amish Quilt from Indiana is in fine condition.
Six Inch squares randomly sized strips, alternating with squares of solid...
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Moroccan Ceramic Glazed Water Jug Handcrafted in Fez Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large pair of Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic water jug with handle.
Hand painted ceramic handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Extra Large Sea Devil Carnival Parade Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This extra large "Sea Devil" head with a seahorse sticking out of the top and an eel going through th...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19Thc Decorated Stone Ware From Evan Jones Cake Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 19thc decorated stone ware cake crock is signed by Evan R. Jones and made in Pittston,Pennsylvania.It has two hand applied handles on each side.Th...
Category
1870s American Folk Art Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Fantastic Colorful Pastel Star Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
On One corner it is dated January 22 1936 as show in the images. This fantastic large star quilt has wonderful quilting and an amazing chevron border & binding.It is all hand quiltin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Art Deco Traditional Wooden Hand Large Artist Mannequin Scale Model
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A handmade wooden Artist mannequin hand model - all joints move as they should. Found on an Estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Shows some minor wear - but looks beautiful on display! So...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Hand Painted Dog on Board Signed
Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky & fun dog painting on board has a fold in stand on the reverse side. It is also signed by the artist D.Buttler & dated 1989. Fantastic folky large dog sign.
Category
Late 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Original Painted Hubley Gorilla Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original painted Hubley gorilla door stop in fine condition. This is very rare and unusual.
Category
1890s American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Iron Humpty Dumpty Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun bank was purchased out of a collection and has an aged patina and unpainted surface. The condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Sponge Pitcher with Floral Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century sponge ware pitcher with floral design in good condition.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Stunning Swiss Antique Pine Cottage Set, Hutch, Table, Chairs w Awesome Carvings
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare folk art set with great carvings on cottage cupboard, table and matching chairs.
If you are looking for a unique set for your chalet, home, cott...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze Crock Sipe
Sons Cake Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine Sipe & Nichols decorated stoneware cake crock has amazing hand painted blue decoration and in very good condition.Minor rim chip as you...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th C Oil Painting Of Chrysanthemums
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Early 20th C oil painting of Chrysanthemums. Nicely Framed in an Arts & Crafts Lemon gold wood frame.
Category
Early 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Dallah Arabic Middle Eastern Coffee Pot
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
19th century Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted brass...
Category
Late 19th Century Omani Islamic Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
19thc Mocha Yellow Ware Seaweed Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare green yellow ware mocha seaweed bowl is in pristine condition. The sage green color is very good.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Medium Sculpture in Olive Wood by Rectangle Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sculpture in olive wood by Rectangle Studio
Dimensions: 23 x 23 x 33 cm
Materials: Solid Olive Wood
It is collected from the roots and branches of different olive trees i...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Olive
$2,510 / item
United Baskets by RF Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
United baskets by RF Studio
Unique Piece
Dimensions: D 300 x H 310 cm
Materials: Reed
United Baskets explores the process of landscape transformation and the persistence of local cr...
Category
2010s Peruvian Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Reed
$24,045 / item
Continental Silver Mounted Rosewood Gentlemens Walking Stick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental Silver Mounted Rosewood Gentlemens Walking Stick.
Late 19th Century, German or French. Appears unmarked. The handle cast as a lion surm...
Category
20th Century Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Spanish hand painted Retablo Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. Depicting a Saint and a child painted o...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Tin
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Mexican Hand Carved Wood Horse Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand carved horse head has a wonderful aged patina.This horse head was found in SantaFe but was carved in Mexico.
Category
1920s American Adirondack Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Sponge Ware Butter Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century sponge ware butter crock in very good condition.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Moroccan Ceramic Covered Jar Handcrafted in Fez Morocco 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic jar tureen with cover.
Hand painted ceramic Jubbana, handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco.
Mo...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Unknown folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Unknown folk art are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of fabric and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Unknown folk art, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 1,446 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 51 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original folk art by Unknown were created in the folk art style in north america during the 20th century. Prices for Unknown folk art can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $75 and can go as high as $52,726, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $978.
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