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Period: Early 20th Century
Art Deco Sideboard in Rosewood from Paris Around 1925
Located in Greven, DE
We were able to acquire this wonderful piece of furniture directly from Paris. The sideboard has a wonderful rosewood veneer which, with the reddish tones, creates a nice contrast to...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Chrome
$6,923 Sale Price
35% Off
Ivory handle walking stick depicting an owl on cherry flower, Great Britain 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: Art Nouveau ivory pommel Japanese carving, depicting an owl resting on branches of cherry blossoms. Eyes in glass paste. Silver metal ...
Category
British Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Handcrafted Wooden Tool Caddy, Primitive Ziggurat Design, USA, 1940s
Located in Round Top, TX
Handmade wooden tool caddy featuring distinctive stepped ziggurat details that give it sculptural presence and architectural charm. Originally conceived as a functional carrier, its ...
Category
American Primitive Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare and Antique Mexican Carousel Horse
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1920. We offer this wonderfully charming Carousel Horse from Mexico. Handmade caved from wood with fabulous patina.
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
French Wallpaper Printing Roll
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1900 French wallpaper roll made from oak. The rolls have lovely designs which would have been run through ink and then used to print a pattern on wallpaper. These make great ...
Category
French Industrial Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Handcarved Swedish Primitive Wabi Sabi Stump Chair, Lambswool Seat, 1900s
Located in Odense, DK
An authentic primitive stump chair made in one piece of solid wood. Seat reupholstered in great quality shearling lambswool.
Hand carved by a Swedish...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Lambskin, Sheepskin, Wood
Antique Adana Kilim Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Natural Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Adana region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colors and tex...
Category
Turkish Kilim Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
$13,500 Sale Price
25% Off
Hand Carved Folk Art Bull Dog Chair
Located in Peekskill, NY
We could not resist acquiring this chair. The shape and high back give it a classy feel but with humor. The double headed dog on the chair back are well done as are the dog foot legs...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century English folk art scratch-built ship model of S.V Liverpool
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English folk art scratch-built ship model of S.V Liverpool
One of the best examples we have uncovered, an early 20th Century example of an English folk art scrat...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Chinese Signboard with Red Coloured Calligraphy from Hardwood, C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
With a wood coloured base this signboard (crafted entirely from wood) highlights two large red coloured Chinese Characters. The signboard dates to the early 20th Century and has aged...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Coke Button Sign
Located in Alpha, NJ
This is a vintage enameled Coca Cola Sign. This is in good overall condition with minor wear along edges and faint surface soiling. Otherwise, this sign presents well.
Category
American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$6,500
Early 20th Century Korona Home Portrait Camera
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Korona Home Portrait Camera. It depicts a square wood camera body and base with square glass in the back and metal hardware. In the middle, there...
Category
American American Craftsman Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Mangbetu Female Figure, D.R. Congo, early 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Mangbetu Female Figure
Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
Early to mid-20th century, likely Lang period (c. 1920–1945)
Hardwood
Height: 45 cm
Provenance: Privat...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Goyard Trunk, 1910 France
By Goyard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Astounding vintage Goyard trunk in a rare extra large size. The oldest and largest antique Goyard trunk available for sale anywhere. Completely or...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$38,000
Art Deco Sideboard Made of Rosewood with Brass Applications, Paris, around 1920
Located in Greven, DE
Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all of our furniture unrestored so that we can be sure that it is really original. We then offer these as original until we recondition the furniture in our workshop and then offer it as restored furniture...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$3,446 Sale Price
50% Off
Nautical diorama in rectangular case of the French battleship Suffren of 1899
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical diorama in rectangular-shaped wooden and glass case of the French battleship Suffren launched in 1899.
Italian manufacture of the early 1900s
Display case size cm 35.5x9.5x2...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass
United State Marine Corps Parris Island Pennant ca 1917-1930
Located in York County, PA
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PENNANT FROM PARRIS ISLAND, circa WWI (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1917-18) -1930’s
Faded, red, felt, United States Marine Corps pennant with a variant of the central device of its official seal printed in blue, yellow, gold, tan, and white pigments, and “Parris Island S.C.” in white beyond, slightly arched, extending toward the tapered point. Note the whimsical profile of the letter “c,” with an exaggerated, scrolling tail. The device generally consists of a federal eagle perched upon a globe, superimposed on a canted anchor with a whirling chain, the combination of which is to symbolize the Corps’ watchful, worldwide, maritime presence. In this instance the image was modified to fit the elongated profile of a pennant’s basic design, with the anchor rotated slightly clockwise to the horizontal, an adaptation sometimes encountered in both Marine Corps and U.S. Navy examples.
The colors used to represent the Marine Corps changed over time. The present combination of scarlet red and gold, predominant here, were formally adopted in 1925, but American military traditions tend to be as hard to extinguish as the men and women of their ranks, and the Corps was certainly no exception. 14 years would pass before the official change caught up with the Marine Corps’ flag...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Felt
French Early 20th Century Leather Horse Sculpture
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome early 20th century French Leather Horse Sculpture. Beautifully poised in a rearing position. Wonderful patina. A terrifi...
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Early 20th Century Toy Noah
s Ark, German
Located in Incline Village, NV
Toy Noah’s Arks for children to play with were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, and Germany was very prolific in their production. This particular ark is all ori...
Category
German Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,650 / set
Early 20th Century Hand Crafted Mechanical Mallard Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare Early 20th Century Hand Crafted Mechanical Mallard Duck Decoy, circa 1920s, by an unknown "factory" decoy maker. The decoy bears a close resemblance to the Evans Standard Grade ...
Category
American Sporting Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Erotic Porcelain Figurine
Located in Pomona, CA
These "spring palace paintings" (春宫畫), Chinese erotic porcelain figurine were historically given to brides and young couples, sometimes as a form of "sex education" in a culture wher...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Nepal Ritual Mask Himalayan Asian art Antiques Tribal masks Interior design
Located in London, GB
Nepal Ritual Mask Himalayan Asian art antiques
A fine old Nepalese ritual mask of Shiva with moustache
Hard dense wood with aged patina and traces of pigments
Height 23 cm
Perio...
Category
Nepalese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th century pair of Fairground Figures
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century pair of Fairground Figures
Dimensions: H 63” x W 19” x D 1”
Weight: 8kg the pair
Date: Circa 1920 - 1940
Origin: Unknown
Material: Pine
Info: These figures do n...
Category
British Late Victorian Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of Mentawai Tribe Hand-Carved Wooden Bowls with Handles, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Crafted from ironwood these Mentawai tribal bowls feature handles and subtle wood detailing. Wonderful decorative bowls or table centrepieces certain to invoke conversation. The Ment...
Category
Indonesian Other Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early 20th-Century Apache Wooden Fiddle (Tsii’edo’a’tl) by Amos Gustina
By Amos Gustina
Located in Denver, CO
This rare early 20th-century Apache wooden fiddle—known as tsii’edo’a’tl, meaning “wood that sings”—is a remarkable example of Native American musical craftsmanship and cultural heri...
Category
American Native American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
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
North American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
An antique large padlock
skeleton key - France - Early XXth century.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Antique large padlock accompanied by its original functional skeleton key.
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$555 Sale Price
20% Off
1928 Pair of Election Patriotic Products Herbert Hoover Alfred Smith Pitchers
Located in Red Lion, PA
A delightful pair of 1928 campaign pitchers made for the Hoover–Smith presidential contest. Each pitcher is molded as a caricatured portrait: Herbert Hoover is rendered with a dramat...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Billiken" Cast Iron Still Bank, American, Circa 1909
Located in Incline Village, NV
Original "Billiken" cast iron still bank patented in 1908 by Florence Pretz (patent number on the back in raised letters "NO39BO3". It was manufa...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Native American Yakama Basket
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Yakama polychrome gathering basket. Fully imbricated, one flat side, having a geometric chevron design. Exceptional piece that would display nicely in any handmade indigenous basketr...
Category
American Native American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Unique Hand Carved Black Forest Tree Trunk Grandfather or Longcase Clock w. Bear
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning clock for the collectors of very rare and truly stylish Black Forest antiques.
Tree trunk design longcase or grandfather clocks are a rare find and this 6.5 feet tall specimen could hardly be in better condition. All handcrafted and hand carved in the first half of the 1900s this wonderfully naturalistic tree trunk floor clock is the perfect home decoration for anyone with a nature or Black Forest inspired room or interior. This finest workmanship antique comes with the original dial face, weights and pendulum and they all have the same wonderful leaf and flower patterns that complement the tree or forest theme of this work-of-art tall clock. The natural aging of the carved wood has also grown this clock its stunning patina, making it even more of a gem to enjoy and to look at. The large door comes with the original, antique and perfectly beveled glass window which makes this unique clock...
Category
European Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Mexican /American Indian Weaving Pillows -Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican /American Indian weaving striped pillows with black linen backings.Sold as a pair.
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wool
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau walking stick, silver guilt knob with leaves, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Art Nouveau walking stick: curved gilded silver knob, depicting leaves in relief. Snakewood shaft. Brass ferrule. France circa 1900.
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique Moroccan Moorish Handcrafted Ceramic Bowl Dish from Fez
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique handcrafted large Moroccan Moorish polychrome decorative ceramic bowl from Fez.
Bleu de Fez, very nice designs hand painted by artist in Fez.
Antique ceramic handcrafted bowl...
Category
Moroccan Moorish Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique WW1 1916 Trench Art Shell Case – Oak Leaf and Acorn Design - 2Y494
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This antique World War I shell case from 1916 is a remarkable example of trench art, showcasing the creativity and skill of soldiers or artisans who transformed wartime materials int...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Berber Stone Necklace, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Berber necklace, hand-crafted with stone beads and wool clasp, with a pair of copal amber center stones. Morocco, early 20th Century.
Green and blue amazonite, turquoise, red cor...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Ca. 1900 RUSTIC Hanging Cabinet, Scandinavian Country Style Farmhouse Cupboard
Located in Skien, NO
Primitive antique Arts and Crafts hanging cabinet, kitchen cabinet, key cabinet, small wall cupboard with stunning wood carving floral / dragon style pattern from the end of the 19th century / ca. 1900. Handcrafted / Handmade / Hand-Painted Victorian / National Romantic style / Arts and Crafts Style...
Category
European Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Birch
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Miniature Hickory Salesman Sample Settee, Chair And Rocker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing miniature hickory three piece matching child's or doll set is in amazing condition.Sold as a collection of three.They are very hard to find in such good condition and co...
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hand Carved Wood Bear Head Nutcracker Brienz Switzerland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Hand Carved Wood Bear Head Nutcracker Brienz, Switzerland
A wooden carved nutcracker with a bear head. It is a fine antique Black Forest woodcarving ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique Woman’s Abaca Fiber Tube-Skirt, Philippines
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Woman’s Abaca Fiber Tube-Skirt, Philippines
The Subanen are an indigenous people living in the mountainous interior of Zamboanga del Sur on the Zamboanga Peninsula in w...
Category
Philippine Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
African American Pine Burr Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional African American pine burr quilt. All hand quilted and pieced. Found in Selma, Alabama. Fantastic color placement and design. These quilts ...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Carved Oak Early 20th Century Rabbit Sculpture
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Early 20th Century Characterfully stout, anatomically enigmatic Rabbit. Oak. European, Circa 1920.
Category
English Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Early Pennsylvania Wool and Velvet One-Patch Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century one-patch quilt from Pennsylvania. This fun and colorful quilt is made from wool and velvets. The back is a polished cotton and has cotton ties through out. This w...
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Velvet
$540 Sale Price
56% Off
Silver handle walking stick, depicting the head of a horse Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: silver handle, depicting the head of a horse. Ebony wood shaft. Metal ferrule, brass and iron. Germany circa 1900.
Category
German Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver, Brass, Iron
Antique Navajo Chief Blanket Third Phase Revival
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a Navajo chief blanket of the third phase circa 1895-1920s. The chief blanket is the highest achievement of the Navajo textile develop...
Category
American Navajo Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Early 1900 Terracotta Sculpture of Fighting Panthers on a Marble Base by Fagotto
By A. Fagotto
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking sculpture of two ferociously fighting big cats.
This stunning sculpture does not depict two panthers in a playful fight, these two are in it to win it. This is a perfect ex...
Category
European Art Deco Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
French folk art sculpture - A monoxylous sharpening stone case
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A sharpening stone case, a monoxylous work of French folk art from the early 20th century. Hand-carved walnut wood, a superb and rare decorative object
Category
French Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Folk Art Scratch Built Ship
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art Scratch Built Ship
Without doubt, one of the nicest examples of an early 20th Century English folk art ship model named Victoria. Amazing detail and charm...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Native American Sioux Indian beaded moccasins with buffalo hoof design, beaded tabs and parfleche soles. Stunning geometric beaded designs done in colors of green, red, blue, and whi...
Category
American Native American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
A rare double sided pharmacy trade sign, origins of France, dated to the early part of the 20th century, made from metal ...
Category
Early Victorian Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Copper Ottoman Empire Coffee Pot or Tea Kettle, Early 20th century
Located in Lomita, CA
This Ottoman Empire copper kettle has a beautiful patina and the Ottoman mark built into the handle. This is part of a collection of Ottoman pieces from Istanbul that includes artifa...
Category
Other Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$391 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Folk Art Circus Tumbling Acrobat Toy Model, C.1920
Located in London, GB
An incredibly charming tumbling acrobat toy made in France by M.P.F Paris. c.1920.
A decorative and fully functional piece. The hand painted papier mâché circus acrobats perpetual...
Category
French Industrial Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Mendi Compensation or Revenge Doll Loloata Tribal Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Mendi 'Compensation' or 'Revenge' Doll, traditionally made with pandanus leaves, bilum string, shells, wood, seeds and objets trouve with pigments.
These dolls represent individua...
Category
Papua New Guinean Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box 9.5cm Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English resin moulded "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in a jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's.
The chess p...
Category
British Medieval Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Resin, Pine
Giant John Dewar Whisky Sign Scotch Pub Mirror Antique 10 Ft 3.3 M
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Monumental John Dewar & Sons royal warrant pub mirror (c. 1900-1920) - reverse painted, triple panel scotch whisky advertising
Big size at ten feet wide - 335 CM
Great piece of salvaged Scottish whisky history, great for behind a bar or in a pub Description:
The royal standard: a giant Dewar’s whisky mirror...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Mirror
Early 20th Century Folk Art Crab Restaurant Sign
Located in Solebury, PA
A rare carved wooden crab display sign or merchandising piece, this example features a painted surface and an iron hanger. It retains early metal patches and the paint has been light...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fine Yoruba Ibeji Pair Ilorrin African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
A pair of Ibeji figures from lIorin region Nigeria
A male and female pair with purple brown patination and encrusted with cam wood powder
Fine carvings from early 20th century
Siz...
Category
Nigerian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Oceanic Ramu River Sepik Papua Crocodile headrest Tribal Art Interior Design
Located in London, GB
A superbly executed carved and painted Crocodile Headrest from the Sepik region of Papua new Guinea
The crocodile image finely carved in linear form with serrated tail with the cane Legs, the crocodile is revered and is a important part of the mythology of the Sepik region and features heavily in Sepik art...
Category
Papua New Guinean Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Arne Bang Signed Monumental Midcentury Danish Scandinavian Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Arne Bang
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare large work by Danish designer Arne Bang. Truly special.
Beautifully glazed and signed with artist mark and number on the base.
Would be a great addition to...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Amish Braided
Crochet Rug From Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These Amish Braided & crochet area rugs are very hard to find in good condition.They were made in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania in Amish country.Its a mix of wool and polished cotton.
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
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