Folk Art Furniture
FOLK ART STYLE
Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.
Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Folk Art
Welsh Fruit wood Cricket Table
Located in Faversham, GB
A beautiful 19th century cricket table with a generous thick pine top and a fruit wood base.
Beneath a symmetrical cupids bow frieze and raised on gently chamfered square section bl...
Category
19th Century British Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Professionally Framed Ottoman Embroidery Fragment, Turkey, Late 19th Century.
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
Late 19th C. Ottoman Turkey
Ready to go on a wall....
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silk
Antique Painted Folk Art Farmhouse Bridal Chest 1840
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
Beautiful painted bridal chest from Germany, specifically from the Franconian Alb. The chest is painted in oxblood red and features beautiful floral decorations on the front panels. ...
Category
1840s German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Joaquin Taller Tinta Ecuador Bird MCM Sculpture - 1960s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Wear consistent with age and use.
The artisan metalsmith crafted bird table sculptures, heavily influenced by South American historical design elements.
Joaquin Taller Tinta Ecuador...
Category
20th Century Colombian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Cast Iron Patinated Green Eyed Black Cat Doorstop / Sculpture by Hubley
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Cast Iron Patinated Green Eyed Black Cat Doorstop / Sculpture by Hubley, circa 1930s. Super cool vintage cast iron cat doorstop / sculpture manufactured by Hubley. The piece ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Okimono Bronze Figure of a Rat 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Japanese Okimono Bronze Figure of a Rat.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 6.25 in Width: 4.25 in Depth: 3.5 in.
Hand made in Japan circa 1950s.
A large heavy vintage bronze statue of a rat made i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Folk Art Whale Carving
By Randy Kolhoff
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is and amazing one of a kind Carving by Artist Randy Kolhoff of Sag Harbor New York. Large at 72" Its it is both Unique and original. Carved from fir wood and painted in layered...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fir
Mid-Century Modern Red Cheese Mold Decorative Bowl, Finland, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Red Cheese Mold Decorative Bowl, Finland, 1960s
Category
20th Century Finnish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th century fairground figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure
In the form of Benito Mussolini this early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown figure is in or...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Large Navajo Weaving Geometric Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillow in red,white & blue colors.The backing is in a vintage blue denim.Insert is down & feather fill.
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Small 19th Century original painted sarcophagus box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small 19th century original painted sarcophagus box circa 1870.
Beautiful decorative box with original paint. Sarcophagus shaped lidded box in original paint with traces of origin...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Primitive Early 20th Century French Shelf in Patinated Oak, Wabi Sabi, 1920s
Located in Odense, DK
This striking three-bay bookcase, crafted from solid oak, features a warm, rich patina that highlights the wood’s natural grain and age. Generous in scale and presence, its bold, arc...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak
Vintage Studio Pottery Stoneware Vase - Indistinctly Signed - Circa 1980
s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage wheel thrown stoneware studio pottery vase with incised decoration - finished with a brown glaze - clear glaze to the neck and interior - indistinctly signed on the base rim ...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of handmade Folk Art Tunisian bedside tables or shelves
Located in Lyon, FR
Adorable pair of bedside tables or shelves made in Tunisia and directly brought back from our last holidays there.
Carved wood and handpainted.
With a secret space for you to put you...
Category
1980s Tunisian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
$613 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Vintage Boho Hand Built Ceramic Undersea Totem
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Embrace vibrant, handcrafted charm with this unique vintage ceramic totem sculpture. Skillfully hand built, this imaginative piece features a fascinating, densely layered composition...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Jesus and Virgin Mary Folk Art Sculptures from the Jesuit Center
Located in Hamburg, PA
A religious pair of monumental wooden sculptures depicting Jesus and Mary from the Berks County Pennsylvania Jesuit Center. This dynamic ha...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Wandjina Spirit Figure Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal painting featuring a Wandjina figure. The painting is made with natural earth pigments which are han...
Category
20th Century Australian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Folk art /surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. Circus scene. " Burning Tent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Folk art / surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. depicting circus scene. "Burning Tent".. Very well executed.. amazing detail..
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish flour Wooden storage box 1800
s Handmade Folk Craft blue painted
Located in Forest, BE
Swedish antique pine and birch wooden flour box. All made by hand, the lid is perfectly adjusted to the barrel. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the late 18 century ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Birch, Pine
$2,405 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Carnival Prize Chalkware Bulldog Statue / Figure
Located in Cordova, SC
**Historical Background**
American carnival chalkware flourished from 1900-1950, with bulldogs being among the most popular prizes. These pieces were mass-produced as affordable carn...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Vintage 70s Wrought Iron Chandelier Eight Candles Swedish Art Glass 2 Extenders
By Erik Höglund
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of opulence to your home with this charming candle chandelier! This 60s Wrought Iron Chandelier with eight Swedish Art Glasses holds ball globe candles which are not incl...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Framed Antique Palestinian Embroidery Fragment , Early 20th Century.
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame.
Early 20thC.Palestine
Ready to go on a wall.
Fram...
Category
Early 20th Century Palestinian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silk
Sarreguemines French Majolica Pink Pig Pitcher, Vintage France
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Decorate a shelf or a kitchen counter with this elegant antique barbotine pitcher. Created by Sarreguemines, France in the 1930s, the pitcher depicts...
Category
1930s French Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Vintage Dimitri Omersa Lion Leather Footstool, circa 1950s
Located in Vis, NL
Vintage Dimitri Omersa lion footstool with light wear and patina on the leather consistent with wear and age.
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Leather
Antique Regensburg 1 Liter Lidded Ceramic Beer Stein, 1880s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful beer stein made in the city of Regensburg in Germany. This beer stein was made in Germany, circa 1880's or earlier. Absolutely beautiful piece, still in great condition, ...
Category
1880s German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Deer Antler Chandelier antique Austria, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Large chandelier. The Fixture requires an European E27 / 110 Volt Edison bulb, up to 60 watts. Beautiful in his shape and design. It gives a very warm light and represents the Mounta...
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Original Painted Swedish Console Dated 1849
Located in Round Top, TX
This Swedish console retains its remarkable original painted pine base in dark blue, red, yellow, and white. Three front panels feature faded florals, birds, borders, and a central d...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Oak Stool
Located in Kastrup, DK
A distinctive Swedish country stool made from solid oak.
The seat is carved from a single, solid oak plank and supported by three turned, splayed legs.
It remains in untouched, orig...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Oak
Chinese rice barrel
Located in
S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Rice barrel with lid. Decorated with cartouches with flowers and butterflies.
China, early 19th century.
Category
1830s Chinese Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,022
Mexican Paper Mache Lion Coffee Table by SerMel Tonala Style Sergio Bustamante
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible hand painted and handmade papier mâché lion coffee table in turquoise green by Sermel Tonala Jalisco, Mexico in the style of Sergio Bustamante. It is signed SerMel Tonala ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Glass, Lacquer, Paper
Original Antique Animal Prints, Deer and Seals, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of deer and seals
Unframed.
Lithographs after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Published, 1847.
The measurement is for 1 print
Free shipping
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Santa Claus Belsnickle Chocolate Mold Antique 1910s, German Walter, Berlin
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous chocolate mold. Made of metal, marked Walter, Berlin and #4572. Beautiful and ready to use or display, with nice patina. The 1890s to 1920s were the golden age of Chocolat...
Category
1910s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 Hand-Painted Ceramic Plates by Vital Janeiro, Portugal
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Charming set of four hand-painted earthenware plates by Vital Janeiro, made in São Pedro do Corval, one of Portugal’s most renowned pottery villages.
Each plate depicts a colorful ru...
Category
1970s Portuguese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Swedish Small Blue Folk Art Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish small sideboard in folk art from an area called Hälsingland. Locally in Hälsingland this type of sideboard is also known as ”mössbord” or ”hat table” in English. Made...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Swedish Wedding Chest ca 1750 from Delsbo, Hälsingland
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Wedding Chest ca 1750
from Delsbo, Hälsingland
With its characteristic shape and traditional painting style, this piece is a true gem.
T...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique Folk Art Tejne Wood Container Original Blue Paint, Denmark ca 1850s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Antique Scandinavian wooden container with original dark blue paint which is worn off at places. The side are made of one single piece of wide bent wood, closed will stiches of natur...
Category
Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20Thc Blue
White Postage Stamp Quilt Chain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blue and White Postage stamp Irish chain quilt with blue calico fabric.
White binding with blue calico border.
Mint condition. Found in Pennsylvania .
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding a peace pipe and tomahawk wearing a headdress of white and red feathers, wearing a decorated tunic, supported by “s” scrolls, possibly a cover for a paddle boat wheel...
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
$10,320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Swedish Green Painted Box Dated 1815
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish original green painted and carved bentwood box from the Gustavian Folk Art period. These small 19th Century Scandinavian collectibles were usually hand crafted and sometime...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Decorated Stoneware Blue Decorated Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine double handled blue decorated stone ware crock is in good condition with minor chip on interior. There is an embossed three above the hand painted and decorated flowers on ...
Category
1850s American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pottery
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Folk Art Plywood Bust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This stacked plywood Folk Art piece showcases the unique vision of its creator. An intriguing sculptural piece from every angle.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Plywood
Large Early 20th.Century Pine Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Early 20th.Century Pine Horse
This is a substantial animal, he has previously been stripped back to mostly bare wood, which does help to show what sound condition he is in
He...
Category
1910s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Collection of vintage Swedish handwoven straw Christmas ornaments.
Located in Boden, SE
Collection of vintage Swedish handwoven straw Christmas ornaments.
The tradition of using straw for Christmas decorations has deep roots in Swedish culture, dating back to ancient ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Straw
19th Century French Folk Art Painted Wooden Panel With Baby Christ Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Very beautiful Folk Art wooden panel with a very rich decoration full of flowers and a Christ figure in the center
France, dated 1823. Weathered. H:64,5cm W:92cm D:3,5cm .More photo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,172 Sale Price
45% Off
Ebony Benin Kingdom, Bust Carving Of A Young Nigerian Warrior, 1970
s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Hand carved ebony hardwood bust of a young Benin warrior
Traditionally carved Benin artistry
Circa 1970
Height 10.75 inch, Width 5.5 inch, Depth 2.75 inc...
Category
Late 20th Century Beninese Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Swedish folk art painted wooden box "Timplåda" with sliding lid
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Painted box with a typical Swedish art work decor, dated 1836.
A 'timplåda' is a traditional Swedish wooden box, handcrafted with care. Popular during the 18th and 19th centuries,
...
Category
1830s Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
$463 Sale Price
30% Off
Krampus Companion of Belsnickel Devil Candy Container Figure Antique Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This unique Christmas figurine Candy Container from Austria features a handmade figurine of the Christmas character Krampus, Belsnickel's companion. The vintage piece dates from the ...
Category
20th Century Austrian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Composition
Mid 18th century hand painted traditional Swedish pine chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 18th century hand painted traditional Swedish chest/box circa 1750.
Stunning traditional Swedish box hand painted in the original paintwork. Decorated on all sides with swags ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pelican Copper Weathervane Mounted on Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique metal weathervane in the shape of a Pelican. The metal has developed a rich patina over time, with a mix of greenish oxidation and brown rust, indicative of age and exposure...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Copper, Iron
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Pine Storage Bench or Settle in Decorative Paint
Located in Baltimore, MD
What an amazing bench! In line and form it is very much like other Central European storage benches we offer, albeit a very fine example. It has straight back rails enclosing three ...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Rare antique Whistle Soda cast iron advertising shaped display
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare cast iron antique Whistle Soda advertising piece. This figurative shaped hand has a screw off thumb that was made to hold an hourglass shaped bot...
Category
1920s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Folk art pine wedding chest, dated 1901
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pine wedding chest from 1901. The illustrations are traditional with images of flowers and tulips. The chest was part of a dowry package and would have been in the clean room of th...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Cast Iron Doorstop "Floral Arrangement in Green Vase" Amercan, Circa 1930 SCARCE
Located in Incline Village, NV
My title for this beautiful and excellent condition cast iron doorstop is appropriately called "Floral Arrangement in Green Vase". I have not seen this before, and it is not noted in...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
Set of 4 Original Antique Prints of Game Birds, 1830s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of game birds. Partridge, Quails, Ptarmigan and Grouse.
Lithographs after the drawings by A. Rider, A. Wilson and Cpt. Brown.
Original color.
Unframed
The measurement...
Category
1830s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Character Stein of the Nuremberg Tower, City Wall Tower Lidded Beer Stein, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous beer stein, made in Germany by the famous Gerz Company. This beer stein has been made in Germany, circa 1960s. Absolutely gorgeous piece still in great condition, without ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Hand painted Pine Wedding Cabinet, anno 1782
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A beautiful cabinet from the rural south of Germany dating from 1782. The cabinet was once given as a wedding gift. Made of solid pine and hand painted in vibrant colours. The cabine...
Category
1780s Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Red Painted Two Door Armoire from Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
This painted pine armoire still maintains the quality and details of the elaborate hand-painted finish. The vibrant red and blue patterns were traditional Eastern European folk art s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Swedish oval pine table Dated early 1700 Folk Art Peasant Hand Crafted
Located in Forest, BE
Unique Swedish hand crafted pine table made around 1740/60. The unusual oval table top makes it a rare finds. Typical 1700 engraving with some erased parts and remaining on some othe...
Category
Early 18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Tatupeba Table Lamp in Natural Palm Fiber
Medium
- EU plug typ C
Located in BR
Prized as the best work of its category in the Novos Talentos Brasileiros (New Brazilian Talents)
Award in 2020, the Tatubepa lamp is a piece with unique and valuable design. It was ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Sheet Metal
Folk Art furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Mosche Bianche, Jim Rose, and Nils Olsson. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $20 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $1,252.
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