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Material: Wood
Antique Black Americana Portrait American Lawyer, Signed 1862
Located in South Burlington, VT
Black Americana
Antique Folk Art or Outsider Art Portrait Black American Lawyer, Signed June 10, 1862
This is an original historical and detailed hand incised work of art on wood p...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Decorative Swedish Folk Art Pieces, c. 1900-1930
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Set of 3 Decorative Swedish Folk Art Pieces, Hand-Carved and Hand-Painted, c. 1900-1930
This charming set consists of three beautifully crafted decorative items: a large spoon, a sm...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Nice old Asian ritual festival mask Sri Lanka Ceylon Tribal Interior design
Located in London, GB
Nice old Asian ritual festival mask Sri Lanka Ceylonese
A pretty cool mask with smiling grimacing man painted with ochre
Period early 20th century, from a UK collection.
Condit...
Category
Early 20th Century Sri Lankan Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mexican Folk Art Woodcarving Alebrije Fortune Wheel Folkloric Art Oaxaca Toy
By Agustin Cruz Tinoco, Edilma Cruz Prudencio, Socorro Cruz Prudencio
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This colorful fortune wheel alebrije is made by Agustín Cruz Tinoco in Oaxaca Mexico.
“I came up with the idea as a toy for children,” says Mexican master wood carver Agustin Cruz ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$3,000 Sale Price
21% Off
Wooden Make-up Box From The Kuba Tribe, Dr Congo, late 19th century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
A very old wooden make-up box Circa: late 19th century
Origin: DR Congo
Very rich tribal aged patina and traces
9.5 x 15.5 cm, height 9 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set 18th Century Wooden Sculpted Balls
Located in Nijlen, BE
Playing balls from the 18th century in France.
Although the most famous variant, pétanque, only emerged in the early 20th century, a precursor already had a long history. The game w...
Category
18th Century French Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Organic Natural Wood Turned Weed Vase Vessel
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made and sculpted wood-turned weed vase by famed American (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. The natural. organic wood grain is quite spectacular in this...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Massive Antique Garage Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Carved and painted dimensional lettering adorned to a large painted plank to advertise a service station/car repair garage.
145.5" W x 25" H
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Giant Wood Early 20th Century Hand Painted Americana Barber Shop Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large and chunky Americana! Fantastic and original Barber Shop trade sign in the shape of a barber pole. Great statement piece. Layers of super graphic red and white original paint. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Scale model of an Italian motorboat from the 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model of an Italian speedboat 1950s, wooden planking hull, mounted on wood and brass base.
Length cm 25 - inches 9.8, width cm 8.8 - inches 3.4, height with base cm 8.5 - inc...
Category
1950s Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A pair of 18th century Austrian winged cherubs
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of 18th century Austrian carved gilt wood angel cherubs with their original hooks to the back .
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
$2,081 Sale Price / set
20% Off
American Arts And Crafts Antique Pyrography Portrait Charles H. F. Turner 1898
Located in South Burlington, VT
A sensitive and superb antique Arts and crafts pyrography portrait of a lady in a feathered hat.
This unique work of art was hand incised in 1898 by Charles H. F. Turner (1848-1908) .
Signed obverse lower left : CHT 98
Boston Art Club Exhibition label verso:
Flemish Girl- Artist C H...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Set of Antique French Limonaire Frères Carved Wood Carousel Pig Figures
Located in London, GB
Rare Set of Antique French Limonaire Frères Carved Wood Carousel Pig Figures
A unique pair of antique French carved wooden carousel pig figures, attributed to the world renowned Limo...
Category
1890s French Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Wabi Sabi Antique Pine Book Shelf, Scandinavia 1800s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Beautiful antique book shelf in pine. Handcrafted by a Swedish cabinetmaker in the mid 1800s.
A great vintage book shelf with a lovely patina. Orig...
Category
19th Century Swedish Romantic Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Japanese Fish Shape Meditation Drum (Gyoban), Edo Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Monk Meditation Fish Gong, Edo Period (Zen fish shaped drum, Gyoban)
In the Zen Buddhist temples of Japan, suspended in front of the entrance to the refectory, you will not...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Antique Danish Folk Art Tobacco, Tea Box with Sliding
Door
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This personalized tramp / Folk Art tobacco box has two Chambers. One for waste tobacco/tea and one for unused. It is made from repurposed wood from Old Danish cigar containers. It ha...
Category
1890s Danish Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Mexican Alms Box
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this early 20th century Mexican Alms box.
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th C Lancaster County Original Painted Small Bin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing all original paint decorated or grain painted over mustard painted base is dovetailed construction & square nails as well. The lid comes off and has a brass shaker...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$1,836 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Wood Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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 Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
20th C. American Folk Art Carved and Painted Wood Emu, Life Size
Located in Kent, CT
An excellent, 20th Century American, carved wood emu with a wooden base and painted finish. While there is some finish loss, the piece is in great antique condition. .
Dimensions: ...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
17th Century Oil on Board Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful early 17th century oil on board painting of Saint Eugene - The Archbishop Of Toledo, Spain. Wonderful brushwork and intricate detail....
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20Th Century English Maritime Sailors Gambling Game Box ‘Crown
Anchor
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A early 20th century sailors ditty box, with painted ‘Crown & Anchor’ lid and original dice.
C & A was a gambling game, its origins can be traced back to the beginning of the 18th c...
Category
Early 20th Century English Wood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Original Painted Surface Cutlery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original painted wood cutlery with a handle. It is square nail construction and original blue/green painted surface. The condition is very good too.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Dogon Ladder, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Dogon ladder, Mali
Wood
Early to mid-20th century
Measures: 75.5 x 14 in. / 192 x 36 cm
With a textured, eroded patina, this ladder was originally used outdoors. Ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Other Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,900
19th Century Original Painted Lard Bucket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century lard bucket in original blue and grey painted surface is in fine as found condition. The lid is stamped P.Square Pure Lard Co. under the painted surface. Fantastic ...
Category
1890s American Country Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Boxwood
$460 Sale Price
61% Off
Vintage Hand-Carved Wood Popeye Figure with Original Paint Surface
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage popeye figure. Hand-carved wood with amazing alligatored paint surface complete with anchor forearm tattoos. Created from three pieces of...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Carved and Dovetailed Walnut Alms Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 18th century Italian carved and dovetailed walnut alms box, circa 1725
Large dovetails and old handwrought nails give this small scale box a hea...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Masonic Table with Leather Bible Compartment Flip Lid Compass Legs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Rare and fabulous 19th century faux book with compass legs as legs. Mustard paint on the legs with Gilt on the pages of the leather bound book. Looks to be original tassle.. Possibly...
Category
1860s American Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Paint
Late 19th C Memento Mori Calligraphy In memory of Maria Arthur Manchip Died 1899
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899.
On paper, in a gl...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Wood
Rope Oval Gueridon Adrien Audoux
Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Oval Mid-Century wood & rope gueridon Audoux Minet, Circa 1960.
Height / 19 inches.
Diameter / 23 inches by 15.5 inches.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Wall Mirror, Sori Yanagi for Akita Mokko, Japan, 1980s, Wabi Sabi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
A beautifully crafted round mirror designed by Sori Yanagi for Akita Mokko.
The solid wood frame, finished in a warm brown tone, reflects Yanagi’s philosophy of organic simplicity — ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Wood Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Child Coat Rack
By Bob Alderette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Really wonderful antique child’s coat rack. This piece which looks to be all original including original paint is most likely from the 1940s or 50s possibly earlier. I tried to find ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small 1920s Danish Shipyard Model in Pine
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Danish shipyard model from the 1920s-30s, crafted in pine with fine detailing and a naturally aged patina.
Despite its modest size, this piece exudes character and reflects the sk...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Other Wood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage Hand Painted British Motorcycle Shop Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage graphic Motorcycles sales and service sign. Great hand-painted lettering. Wood with original paint surface. Found in the northeastern United States. Fun Americana with a Brit...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Samuel Robb Carved Tobacciana Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Tobacciana trade sign carved by Samuel Robb, New York, Circa 1885. Figure holds a knife and bundle of cigars with tobacco boxes. Retains original base. Total height from floor is 74"...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Quirky American Folk Art Human Form Chair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Have a seat! One of a kind human form chair. Wonderfully carved muscles, toes, clenched fists for support. Looks like the chair is ready to go crawling ac...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Antique Carved Wooden Face Mask, African Folk Art. Hangable.Decorat
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Antique Carved Wooden Face Mask, African Folk Art. Hangable.Decorative
Solid wood, hand-carved, Africa probably 20th century
The face ...
Category
20th Century African Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bernard Kindt Three Piglets Carousel Sculpture, Polychrome Wood, c. 1960
By Bernard Kindt
Located in Almelo, NL
A rare mid-century carousel sculpture attributed to Bernard Kindt, master Belgian sculptor. Hand-carved in wood and finished in original polychrome paint, this expressive piglet exem...
Category
1960s Belgian Folk Art Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Cigars Store / Trade Folk Art Wooden Carved Sign. c 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
American Folk art wooden "CIGARS" sign from the 1920's.
Great old Store Trade sign. Wood cut to cigar shape. Lettered in Gold Paint.
In good conditions, it was a in doors sign. Perfect for any cigar smoker.
Cigars History:
A cigar is basically dried tobacco leaves that are rolled and wrapped by other tobacco leaves in order to give you a full tobacco smoking experience.
Cigars are becoming more popular all around the world recently because they are exposed to a pop culture where a lot of famous people like Michael Jordan and Arnold Schwarzenegger smoke them.
In order to understand why cigars have become very well-known, we need to take a good look at their history and where they came from. That way, we can truly understand this pop phenomenon. Here is a brief history of cigars.
Origin of Cigars
The exact origin of cigars is not entirely known but historians believe that cigars were first invented by the ancient Mayans.
The ancient Mayans would collect tobacco leaves and wrap them up in a plantain leave in order to smoke it. An ancient Mayan pot...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19c French Antique Telescope with Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptional 19th-century brass telescope mounted on its original adjustable tabletop tripod stand. This fine optical instrument reflects the craftsmanship and scientific curiosity...
Category
19th Century French Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Brass
mid century modern hand sculpted solid oak Impressionist bear
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century hand carved solid oak figure of a bear. This modern impressionist sculpture of a bear is in Golden Oak with a rustic patina. This impression sculpture was made ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Flick Stick Cane
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
20th Century flick stick cane with silver knob handle which when flicked reveals a 7 3/4" pike blade, hardwood shaft, and horn ferrule. 1 1/2"H x 2 1/4", overall 36 7/8"L
Family Own...
Category
20th Century American Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,450
Elegant Damascus Jewelry Box - Rectangular, Inlay Marquetry with Red Velvet
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Discover the beauty of this elegant Damascus jewelry box, featuring intricate marquetry and a luxurious red velvet interior. This rectangular, flat box is ideal for storing jewelry, ...
Category
20th Century French Empire Wood Folk Art
Materials
Velvet, Wood
$213 Sale Price
68% Off
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Rocking Horse Toy Trace of Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish antique Rocking Horse from Boden Norrbottern,Northern Sweden.
A very charming horse with trace of original paint.
The tail...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
American Antique Folk Art Flying Eagles Heraldic Trunk, 1900
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection.
An elaborate antique american folk art pyrography wood trunk. This highly detailed suitcase is hand craft...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Wood Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mahogany Sheep Rocker in White Wool
By Jose Gomez
Located in Saint Louis, US
An original design and make by the artist and designer Jose Gomez, the one of a kind sheep rocker. Outfitted with authentic New Zealand wool, this piece is a beautiful take on the be...
Category
2010s American Modern Wood Folk Art
Materials
Sheepskin, Wool, Mahogany
20th Century Crow Decoy
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Early 20th Century crow decoy. Carved and painted decoy on wood base. Glass eyes. Initials on bottom "AM."
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: United States
Size: 10"L x 14"H x 5"D
...
Category
20th Century American Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,265
20th Century, Carved Wood Nafana Bedu Plank Mask, Tribal Art, Decorative Object
Located in Odense, DK
An authentic large wooden “plank” mask from the Nafana people of West Africa, mid-20th century. Hand-carved with bold geometric forms and stylized facial features, this piece was tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
East Coast Swan Decoy
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Decorative swan decoy with carved feathers and glass eyes. Paint sanded in a way to slightly reveal wood underneath. Neck is long and delicate with unpainted details around eyes and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,200
Wabi sabi solid wood "Oromo" stool, Ethiopia 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Wabi sabi hand crafted stool. Made by the Oromo people of Ethiopia around the 1950s. Carved from a single piece of hardwood. Skillfully made and highly decorative. The top is made co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Folk Art Wood Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$795 Sale Price
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Early Leo Sewell Assembledge, Sculpture, Seated Male Figure
By Leo Sewell
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early Leo Sewell Assembledge. Sculpture, seated male figure, signed and dated, 1977. A charming array of whimsical found objects, Italian chair incl...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Charming Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture of a Man with Toothache, Signed
K.R.
Located in Lisse, NL
Man with toothache, head wrapped in cloth.
This expressive and whimsical wooden sculpture captures a universally relatable moment: a man suffering from a toothache. The figure leans...
Category
Early 20th Century European Expressionist Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Pine
Indian Midcentury Folk Art Shiva Trimurti Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Indian hardwood Shiva Trimurti sculpture is intricately hand carved with three sides of the face of Lord Shiva, one of the 3 major Gods of the Hindu...
Category
20th Century Indian Tribal Wood Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Genuine wooden figure in frame from the Holo tribe DR Congo, first haf 20 th C.
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine carved wooden frame with a figure inside carved from 1 single piece, these kind of items called "Nzambi".
Upper Kwango area DR Congo
Tribal aged using patina
Heigth 24 cm, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Marroquin Arab 1870 Koummya Dagger With Sheath In Wood Silver And Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Marroquin forged steel dagger with sheath.
Beautiful koummya dagger with a sheath from the region of Morocco, circa 1870. The blade was created with forged steel, mounted in wood and brass and embellished with silver parts decorated with chiseled and engraved motifs. The dagger is curved with a tick double edge blade, the handle is ornate with silver and wood. Like swords and daggers in most cultures, the Islamic dagger...
Category
1870s Moroccan Islamic Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass, Steel
$1,588 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Black Forest Swiss carved chair having bear on fallen log. Carved bear on lifting seat which once had a music box. Part of the Brienz collection pla...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dogon Door with Carved Details, Mali Early 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nature has been a source of inspiration for artists, craftsmen, and to people of all trades since the dawn of time. This traditional Dogon door from Mali is ideal to bring a piece of...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Granary Door Lock, Bamana Peoples, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Granary Door Lock, Bamana Peoples, Mali
A figurative wood door lock from the Bamana (Bambara) people of Mali. This probably depic...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Wood Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rustic Carved Wood Bird on Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rustic Carved Wood Bird on Stand
" A very nice rustic carved bird on rustic stand.
Dark wood with "reddish" highlights. Partial label on the bottom."
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Wood Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
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