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Creator: Unknown
"The Hunter" Unsigned 20th Century Folk Art Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is dated on the stretcher frame 1940 and the large over sized dog is a pointer or know as a bird dog. The birds are quail. This painting is amazing and very well done. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
R.S. Berkely Silver Plated Flugelhorn, 2006
Located in Doylestown, PA
R.S. Berkely silver plated flugelhorn, model FLU669, 2006.
If used for playing, this horn is suitable for intermediate and professional trumpeters. Recognized for its durable con...
Category
Early 2000s Other Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
$1,100 / set
19th Century Original Surface Pueblo Child
s Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original old surface child's chair from the Pueblo in New Mexico. The construction is mortised on all sides.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
19thc Original Decorated Buggy Box from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Original paint decorated buggy box that was used for mail and important documents.The condition is very good and strong painted surface. The paint has a Pennsylvania German...
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Navajo Saddle Blanket Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These saddle blanket weaving's have red stars pattern in the end corner of each pillow. There are two pairs in inventory. The backing is in a black cotton linen. Condition is very go...
Category
1930s American Native American Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$795 Sale Price / set
33% Off
19Thc Early Folk Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19thc oval portrait painting of a young gentleman on a new oval board.The condition is very good with no repairs.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Sponge Ware Pottery or 19th century Bean Pot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oversize sponge ware pottery bean pot is in good condition and is perfect for fruit or a bake dish.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
20thc Yei Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Native American Yei Indian weaving bolster pillow. The backing is in cotton linen homespun fabric. The insert is down & feather fill.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
19thc Oil Painting on Board of Wagons on the Dusty Trail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc oil painting on Board Wagon Train on Dusty Trail. Great Scenery of the difficulties of a life left in the past when manual labor and travel was based...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Navajo Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows, Two
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of geometric Indian weaving pillows is in fine condition and have black cotton linen backing.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Wool
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th C Monumental Hand Carved
Painted Eagle Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Monumental Hand Carved & Painted Eagle Sculpture. It is possibly from a Federal or government building. It's a Architectural Folk Art Element. The Eagle is carved of wood and...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$11,600 Sale Price
20% Off
CF BP Bluepass by Caturegli Formica
Located in Geneve, CH
CF BP bluepass by Caturegli Formica
Dimensions: W 225 x L 240 cm
Materials: Wool
Carpets as deep information
Carpets are very common items. But it has never really been clear...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$16,466 / item
Rooster Weather Vane in Tin and Iron on Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handcrafted rooster weather vane on a wood plank base. This is a early hand cutout vane.
Category
1890s American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
$716 Sale Price
62% Off
Large Folk Art Wood Carved Deer Head with Real Antlers, Austria 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 Austrian Black Forest Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19thc Sponge Ware Barrel Pottery Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc blue & white sponge ware barrel pottery pitcher. This is a very hard to find pitcher.
Category
Early 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century, Original Painted Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original painted black and white trade sign reads Reserved for district. This cool one sided sign was probably from a old vintage court house.
Category
20th Century American Country Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Smith Stoneware Jar Crock from NY
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Salt glazed stone ware jar with "W Smith Stoneware New York" as a front stamp. Great size and great form.
Gorgeous 7.25 tall.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara Culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Tangas are thin concave triangular ceramic pubic covers found in burial mounds associated with fem...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Tribal Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Navajo Indian Geometric Weaving Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine pair of Navajo Indian weaving pillows are in fine condition and have cotton linen backings. Sold as a pair.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Wool
Traditional Silver Torque Necklace Chocker from Rajasthan India
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Traditional torque or Hansuli silvered necklace choker from Lambadi or Banjara and Sugali People, Andhra Pradesh, India.t India, circa 1940.
Fabulous vi...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Moroccan Berber Tuareg Metal Tribal Flask Overlay
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Berber Tuareg metal brass powder flask. African decorative brass with front richly decorated with Moorish embossed brass ocverlay. Moroccan tribal powder fl...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Large French Bread Basket from a Bakery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic double handled basket is in good condition and could handle a bunch of fruit or bagged bread. The condition is very good. A great display piece for a kitchen or retail...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Hickory
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Early Twentieth Century Nigerian Door Panels
Located in London, GB
This set of three early twentieth-century panels, from the Nupe culture in Nigeria, display a blend of beautiful decorative designs, carved in low relief against a plain background. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Round Italian Colorful Hand Painted Ceramic Majolica Fruit Platter
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A colorful jewel toned polychrome majolica platter decorated with various embossed fruits such as peaches, grapes, tomatoes, pears and various green foliage. It has been hand painted...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$262 Sale Price
25% Off
Three Hand Carved Folk Art Canes / Sticks by Joseph Deveau, Circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A pair of folk art hand carved canes or walking sticks and a small stick by Joseph Deveau (1901-1999). Deveau lived most of his life in Essex, MA., bu...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Wooden Octagonal Tramp or Folk Art Basket, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An octagonal decorative wooden tramp art basket. Created from popsicle sticks, this basket is lightweight, perfect for holding remotes or other odds and en...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$187 Sale Price
25% Off
Framed Nude Portrait Painting of a Man in Gilt Wood on Board Untitled
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A framed portrait painting of a man in the nude on wood. With wonderful texture, and muted greens, beiges, and browns, this painting will be a...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wire
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Folk Ceramic Butter Churn, Crock or Vase with Blue Stripe Decoration
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This fine ceramic butter churn or crock is in fine condition for its age. Its body is cream, with a fluted top. Two blue stripes decorate the body, all ...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Ironstone
$337 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Sponge Ware Butter Crocks / Collection of Four
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These 19th century sponge ware pottery butter crocks measures 6 x 4 and are all in good condition. Each one is slightly different from the next. So nice to see a grouping on a kitche...
Category
19th Century American Other Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,356 Sale Price / set
20% Off
John Wayne Silhouette, from a Traveling Cinema, 1980-1997
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Silhouette
From a traveling cinema
1980-1997
Print on cardboard, wooden backing
Dimensions: 190 x 70 cm.
Category
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Geometric Eye Dazzler Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large eye dazzler bolster pillow has a black cotton linen backing. This brown and grey with black trim eye dazzler is in good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Navajo Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$775 Sale Price
20% Off
Middle Eastern Dallah Islamic Arabic Brass Coffee Pot
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Middle Eastern traditional Arabian brass Dallah coffee pot.
Islamic Arabian Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased Moorish brass with riveted brass finish an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Omani Islamic Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Brass
African Carved Wood "Tree of Life" Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful, impressively sized and elaborately carved "Tree of Life" sculpture from Tanzania, Africa. These carvings are created from a single piece of wood and feature "Ujamma" or ...
Category
19th Century Tanzanian Tribal Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Low Stool
Located in London, GB
This stool, from the Gurage culture of Ethiopia, has been carved from a single piece of heavy, dense wood. The stool exhibits a flat, low form and over time, has developed a lovely d...
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Cast Iron Lady Boot Jack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unusual and worn 19th century cast iron lady boot jack is in good condition.
Category
19th Century American Other Antique Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Ceramic Nemadji Vase in Turquoise Brown and Orange, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful ceramic nemadji vase. Marbled in unglazed turquoise, brown, and orange, this will be a beautiful piece to add to a current collection.
Dim...
Category
20th Century American Native American Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$150 Sale Price
25% Off
African Folk Art Hand Carved Sculpture Fork and Spoon
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand carved African tribal wood carved sculpture of a men and women,
Africa tribal Art Decor.
Kenyan tribal sculpture featuring an elongated standing man and women with a crown and metal choker.
Very simple modern look carved ethnic sculpture...
Category
20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique French Wood and Metal Pagoda Domed Birdcage, 1900s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous natural brown French pagoda-style birdcage. Created in the early 20th century of wood and metal, this lovely cage is shaped to look like a chinoiserie pagoda with a dome at the top. Topped with a round hanging hook, this piece can hang in just about any space. Metal vertical bars surround...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Rajasthani Hand Painted Indian Portrait Painting of a Man in Traditional Dress
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous piece of hand-painted Folk Art created in India. This painting depicts a traditional Rajasthani man in traditional dress. He wears a decorative yellow and pink dress and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Anglo Raj Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$412 Sale Price
25% Off
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Green Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this green board box in a variety of colors. ...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Paper
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Finely Carved Tanzanian Chieftain
s Stool
Located in London, GB
This beautifully carved title stool, from the Gogo culture in Tanzania, features a wonderful looped and adjoining structure. Dating back to the mid-twentieth century, this fine examp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine
Sowei
Mask. Mende, Sierra Leone
Located in London, GB
This fine Mende ‘Sowei’ mask was worn exclusively by women. The mask represents an ideal of feminine beauty admired by the Mende: elaborate hairstyles, full forehead, small facial fe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Traditional Ethnic Woven Ajat Basket Borneo Indonesia
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handmade ethnic aged Borneo Ajat basket made from natural Rattan. Motifs of Burung Kenyalang / Hornbill Bird.
Traditional ethnic Borneo woven natural organic fiber rattan basket
A ...
Category
1950s Indonesian Folk Art Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Moroccan Ceramic Vase with Arabic Black Calligraphy Writing Moorish Glazed Fez
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez.
Moorish Granada style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of art writing looks calligraphic i...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
African Urembo Beaded Vintage Necklace Choker by the Maasai Tribe Kenya
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage African Urembo beaded necklace choker.
Handmade in Kenya by the maasai tribe.
Urembo means “beauty” and the handmade pattern and unique ...
Category
Late 20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Vintage Hand-Colored Lithograph of Kachina Doll by Artist Swankar Hanumann
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage hand-colored lithograph by artist Swankar Hanumann depicts a traditional Kachina (Katsina) doll, a central figure in Hopi and Pueblo ceremonial traditions. The doll is s...
Category
20th Century American Native American Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting By Gudmund Olsen
Located in Lejre, DK
This oil painting by Gudmund Olsen is an impressive example of abstract art. The painting exudes a harmonious balance between geometric shapes and color contrasts, with rich red, blu...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Hand Painted Feline Motif Upholstered Leopard Print Wood Chair in Green
Orange
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A whimsical hand painted wooden chair with upholstered leopard print cushion. The back of this piece is wood, with a stylized carved design in or...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Coster Napa Nobu Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Coster Napa Nobu Edit Rug by HENZEL STUDIO
Dimensions: W 139.7 x L 220.98 cm.
Materials: Silk, Wool.
Calle Henzel stands as a trailblazer in the realm of organic, free-form shaped r...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
$6,461 / item
Sea Shell Encrusted Folk Art Photo Frame - 4" x 6"
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A rectangular sea shell-encrusted photo frame with protective glass and a black easel at the back. Perfect for a side table or nightstand.
Dimensions:
The overall size of the frame...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Glass
$187 Sale Price
25% Off
Green Floral Fabric Placemats and Napkins, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Set of four floral mint green cloth placemats and matching napkins. A wonderful accent to a table setting, each set includes one placemat with a matching...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
$187 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Lucky Chinoiserie Famille Rose Pink Ceramic Vase Birds and Geckos, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall chinoiserie famille rose vase with a floral and bird motif. This gorgeous ceramic vessel will be fabulous on a center table, side table, or in a foyer on a credenza. The neck ...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Leather Pillow with Fringes
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large African Tuareg hand tooled leather pillow.
Great colors, hand painted with tribal geometric design with long leather fringes on each side.
Handcrafted in Africa with pieces of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Tribal Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Beautiful Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A refined Austrian early 20th-century hand-carved wooden bird, mounted on its original stand for wall display. Executed in the traditional “Viechtauer” style, these sculptural folk a...
Category
20th Century Austrian Black Forest Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique English King Charles Cavalier Hand-Painted Dog Doorstop
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Form meets function with this King Charles Cavalier doorstop. This iconic English dog is believed to be made from plaster or similar material and is filled with sand. The pup wears a red collar with a lock at the front with a small chain leash draped over its back. It is painted in a light brown, with deep brown spots throughout. Use this to bring a touch of classic English decor...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$600 Sale Price
25% Off
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Box and Fan
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker
(American, b.1949)
Box and fan
signed on side P.E.W. ‘94
box: 8 ¾ inches wide by 5 ½ inches deep by 2 ½ inches tall
Paul Walker is a Savannah, Georgia outside...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Native American Commanche Decorative Ceramic Trinket Dish by Clyde L. Otipoby
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A one-of-a-kind hand-made ceramic trinket dish by Native American artist Clyde L. Otipoby. At first glance, this piece reminded us of an oyster. I...
Category
20th Century American Native American Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Felt, Paint
$337 Sale Price
25% Off
Set of Three, Vintage, French, Pierrot Boudoir Doll Faces from the 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
What a wonderful discovery, rare Pierrot doll faces from the 1920s . All three pieces are in very good condition with minor age related flaws. These fabri...
Category
1920s French Modern Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Textile
$1,056 Sale Price / set
26% Off
1950s British Coastal Scene Seascape Oil on Board Painting by Arthur E. Milne
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Wonderfully textured West Country coastal scene in oil using palette knife signed by Bristol artist, Arthur E. Milne. Milne was a painter of landscapes, portraits and flower pieces in oil, watercolour and pastel.
Capturing the mood of the rugged West Country coast with his technique of laying on thick layers with visible palette-knife strokes. Signed bottom right Arthur E.Milne, complete with labels on the reverse.
Arthur Edwards...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,540 Sale Price
20% Off
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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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