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Period: 1950s
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Modernist Collectors Vase by Art Rumi Orobico, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and rare, unique ceramic vase hand painted and signed with G.R. by artist from Italian ceramic studio Orobico Arte Artigianato (ART RUMI) in the 1950s.
The vase is made of ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Howard Finster Falcon
By Howard Finster
Located in Richmond, VA
Early hand carved wooden falcon sculpture by American folk artist Howard Finster.
Finster was a Baptist minister from Georgia turned folk/outsider artist best known for his cover art...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,400
Vintage 1950s Copper Lanterns - Unique Patina
Retro Charm
Located in Manzano, IT
Vintage 1950s Copper Lanterns - Unique Patina & Retro Charm
Elevate your interior or exterior decor with this striking pair of vintage copper lanterns from the 1950s. These exquisit...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folky Mid-Century "Automium" Model Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This interesting lamp was home made by a person who visited the 1958 Worlds fair in Brussels. After being so impressed by the signature structure "The Automium" (see tear sheet attac...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Long Folk Art Hand Carved Pine Whimsy Chain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful, whimsical folk art chain whittled from one continuous piece of wood (pine, in this case). One end features what resembles an arrow fletching,...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Rare Glass Pedestrian Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic glass pedestrian street crossing sign. Great coloring. Excellent condition. Illuminates beautifully in sunlight.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Space Age Inflatable Table Top Globe w/ Metal Stand, CS
Hammond
C, US, 1950s
Located in Deland, FL
Attention collectors! Introducing a nearly 75 year old table top globe in 100% original, vintage condition. Featuring a space-age metal stand with geometric feet this globe shows the...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ikat Textile from Timor Island with Stunning Naturally Coloured Dye, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Timor, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. This textile is know as a "Tais" – meaning woman’s skirt...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Restored Long Two-Strand Rattan Wall Mirror W/ Stick Reed Rattan Border
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Frankl-style rectangular rattan mirror features a single-strand rattan frame with an inner stick rattan border. Restored to new for you. All rattan, bamboo,...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Rattan
Large Modern Abstract Impasto Oil Painting on Board, "Night Club" Jazz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Modern Abstract Impasto Oil Painting on Board, "Night Club" Jazz,,Unfortunately illegible signature. Great use of color, space, movement, depicting night club "jazz" scene, Mus...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Picture Hunting Mieczysław Krzyżak (1914-1984)
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present picture hunting of the famous polish painter Mieczyslaw Krzyzak (1914-1984).
Highly recommended item will be perfect complementation o...
Category
Unknown Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
French Hand-forged Blacksmith Sign
Located in London, England
Beautifully crafted blacksmith trade sign.
Hand-forged and riveted, not welded.
A seriously striking decorative piece of 20th century folk art.
In exceptional original co...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$1,011 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Hand Painted Ceramic Vase in Lustro Glaze by Riccardo Gatti Faenza 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful unique ceramic vase made by Bottega Gatti in Faenza, most probably during the 1950s or earlier.
The vase is hand painted, hand carved and glaz...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Large Mosaic Tile Top Cocktail Table by David Holleman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist large mosaic tile top cocktail table by David Holleman, stunning mosaics,,colors ,,composition.. Classic mid century modern design,, ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage Prison Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage metal road sign for a United States Prison. Sign is letting the car know that they are now "LEAVING the TRAVEL RESTRICTED AREA." Interesting piece of automotive memorabilia...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Mid-century 3
Foot Hand-Hooked Bird Tapestry Rug Wall Hanging
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand-hooked late Mid-century wool tapestry rug featuring a Modernist abstract portrait of a Parrot done in yellow, orange, and brown against a beige background It is an excellent pie...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Yoruba Indigo Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hand dyed Yoruba (Nigeria) cloth from the Esie area, 1950s.
Category
Nigerian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$3,900
Italian Tuscan Landscape Painting Grand Tour Pastoral Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Italian oil painting showing a classic Tuscan landscape
Great work of Grand Tour art with the ruined temple to the left of the painting
The rest of the work shows a idylic p...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Organic Bend Bamboo Sconce Woven Bamboo Cased Fiber Shades France 1950, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of original handmade French Folk Art wall lights, sconces in bend Bamboo and cased natural fiber shades.
takes 1 light bulb with max 60 watts.
In working condition.
Projecti...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Natural Fiber
1950s Decorated Brass Table Mirror Made in Italy
Located in Vigevano, PV
Decorated brass table mirror from the 1950s, made in Italy.
This item is in excellent condition. Ideal for a makeup set.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Statue of a Woman
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern abstract statue of a woman. Finely sculpted figure of a woman with her arms wrapped around herself in a sitting position. The scul...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cement
Vintage Djebel Amour Saharan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare weaving attributed to the Djebel Amour tribe, located in Algeria close to the border with eastern Morocco along the Saharan Atlas. Although the tri...
Category
Algerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Jug
Located in London, England
Glazed black pottery jug with blue interior glazing. Circa 1950
H 29cm x W 20cm x D 16cm
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$258
Navy Framed Mud Cloth or Kuba Cloth in Floating Acrylic Frame Gold Standoffs
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Navy blue Kuba cloth or Mud cloth framed in acrylic with gold standoffs. Beautiful dark navy blue mud-cloth sandwiched between two pieces of custom acrylic. Four holes on the four co...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Lucite
Finger Lakes Telephone Corporation Building Facade Painting, Marcellus New York
Located in New Windsor, NY
Very nice painting with a folk art feel by the artist, Horace M. Stone, Jr. (1919-1978). The piece was executed in 1956. Stone has depicted the brick facade of the main offices of th...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Helmet
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Great piece of Folk Art. Handmade metal helmet with leather flaps.
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$400
Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful.
The statue would appear...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$1,424 Sale Price
20% Off
Gaston Chaissac, Ink on Paper, France, circa 1956
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964),
Ink on Paper,
Signed and dated "24.12.56" on the bottom left corner,
France.
Measures: 20 x 26.5 cm.
Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) was the son of a shoemaker, who discovered painting with Otto Freundlich...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Midcentury American Craft Artisan Hand Carved Bowl
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Unusual and highly figurative hand carved artisan bowl, mid-20th century, American. This one of a kind hand carved bowl is made from a single large pi...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
1950s Vintage Moroccan Black Zemmour Kilim Runner Rug
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Moroccan nomadic Tuareg rug, black camel hair with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs.Those rugs are light for easy fding and travel for the Nomadic peop...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pair of Staffordshire Spaniels
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniels.
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Rope Bottle Carrier Adrien Audoux
Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope bottle carrier for two bottles Audoux Minet, circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Ancient box with popular scene in inlaid wood
Located in Catania, IT
Ancient box with popular scene in inlaid wood. Product in good condition with small wear caused by years and use. Please view the attached images carefully
Category
Italian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$389 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Tree Branch Tabletop Easel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tabletop easel composed of tree branches nailed together (ca. Mid-20th century, USA).
Wonderful American Folk Art craft in the Adirondack / Rustic styl...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Moroccan African Tuareg Vintage Runner Rug
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Moroccan nomadic African Tuareg rug runner with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs.This rug was used for room separation in the Berber tents...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage 1958 Jos. Schiltz Large 73" Lighted Brewing Beer Advertisement Bar Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1958 Jos. Schiltz Large 73" Lighted Brewing Beer Advertisement Bar Sign. Item features a large impressive size, fluorescent lighted bulb interior, wonderful color, original l...
Category
Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art The Buttercherner by Outsider Artist Andrew "Grandpa" Pfiender
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-109 carved and painted wall panel.
Andrew "Grandpa" Pfiender born 1909 died 1986 was an outsider artist from upstate NY.
Used found objects to create his...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Wood Working Chisels, 1950s France
By Blanchard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing set of 3 wood working gouges and chisels. Numbered 2 (long), 3 (medium) and 4 (short). Maple pommel on each with a steel tang running through the handle. Each tool also has a...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$725 / set
Very Large Midcentury Wall Mirror with Carved Tribal Sculptures in the Center
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The original mid-century wall mirror with carved tribal male and female sculptures is in the center, surrounded by a combed wood mirror. Eac...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
Mid Century Gabbeh Inspired Wool Area Rug
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Enhance your space with this wool abstract Mid-century area rug. Featuring a captivating blend of geometric shapes and vibrant hues, this rug fashions after the rugs made famous by t...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Metal
Wire Rooster Chair
Located in Hanover, MA
It is impossible not to smile when sitting on the back of this vintage metal craft rooster. Constructed of scrolled metal wire loops it is strong ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$1,400 Sale Price
60% Off
Mid-Century Modern Central Anatolian Kilim Rug with Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual flat-weave from the Karapinar region in central Anatolia decorated by vertical stripes in the tones of ivory, grey, camel, yellow and black.
Category
Turkish Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Physics Educational Diagram
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Physics instructional educational diagram, chart or poster.
Highly collectible ephemera from 1950's Sweden.
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Lion Painting
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous French abstract lion painting found at an antique fair in the South of France. Great color palette of blues, greens and oranges creating this s...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$2,500
Iron Perpetual Motion Folk Art Texas Zoo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This black and white painted iron perpetual motion object was said to have been used to market the zebra exhibition at the San Antonio Zoo. The zebras...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Rare Scandinavian Craft Geometric Trivets by Kaija Aarikka
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large 11 1/4 x 6 in.
Medium 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.
Small 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
An ingenious and unusual wooden and metal wire rod trivet from the Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka. The Aarikka design house is over 50 years old, started in 1954 by Kaija Aarikka who, as a textile design student, was unable to find suitably attractive buttons for a suit she had created for a final assignment. She decided to carve her own - and was surprised that her five buttons turned out to be the star of the day. That same year she and her husband founded their company, called Aarikka Oy, and opened their first sales outlet in Helsinki. In the ensuing years the company has focused on creating unique decorative and household designs showcasing local Finnish materials - which entails quite a bit of birch wood. The wooden circles are echoed by the circular wire loops at the end of each row of rings. The construction allows it to be slightly flexible but quite sturdy, while the open loops allow air to circulate under the pot. The wires can be rotated. The Aarikka Finland...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$540 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Post War Persian Style Runner Hand Loom 1950s Rug Runner
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Nice Persian runner rug 1930s excellent shape for age a great addition to any fine home.
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Vintage Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Mguild tribe is located in the mountainous region of the Moroccan Middle Atlas. Together with the Beni Ouarain, they represent the earliest Berber presence in that region as...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Painted Iron and Blue Glass Trolley, Attributed to Pier Luigi Colli
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful trolley designed and produced in the 1950s , attributed to Pier Luigi Colli, with glass possibly made by Cristal Art.
The trolley is made entirely of white painted iron, wh...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$2,658 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Buck on Mirror with Walnut Frame
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand Painted artwork Mirror with Buck in nature with tree and foliage. The frame is a natural walnut wood finish.
Dimensions: 32.5 x 21"
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Porcelain Handicapped Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage porcelain handicapped sign. Great colors. Newly framed and floating in a shadow box. Great vintage condition.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Elizabeth Arden Vintage Wooden Signs
Located in Milano, IT
Rare advertising sign of Elizabeth Arden, an entrepreneur who founded, in that name, her cosmetics company, dating from the 1950s, taken from the Lake...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$1,708 Sale Price
20% Off
Circular Rattan Mirror
Located in London, England
Circular rattan mirror.
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Glass
Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Totem by Raymond Williams
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
(1933-1988) This finely crafted wood totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of William's carvers. The carved totem pole features and eagle, frog, and an orca. Signed on back. Also marked "hand carved Indian made from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Seattle, WA 1899." 19"H x 5"
Raymond Williams was the son of Sam Williams...
Category
Canadian Native American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint surface. These appear to be one of a kind carnie made pieces fo...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Nantucket Ship
s Wheel Dining Table
By Nancy Chase
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique ship's wheel dining table from Nantucket Island, made by the renowned Scrimshaw artist Nancy Chase (1931-2016). Nancy bought this Late 19th Century Ship's Wheel from an antiq...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Moroccan Authentic Tribal Kilim Rug North Africa
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moroccan Zemmour rugs are flat woven by the Berber women leaving near Khemisset, Zaiane and Azrou.This flat weaves, Kilim rugs are often used a wall coveri...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Carved Wooden Statue of a Dancer "Queen Dancer", Egba People, Abeokuta, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A tall hand-carved statue of a dancer "Queen Dancer" crafted by the Egba People, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, circa 1950s.
The statue is hand-carved in a rather rough way, not very...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Carved Wooden Horse Head
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Carved Wooden Horse Head
This Superb character is carved from a single piece of wood and is set on a wooden stand, it has a good dark patina
The head is in very good conditi...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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