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
Old lacquered wrought iron bed, coming from a religious congregation circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old lacquered wrought iron bed, coming from a religious congregation, decorated with two painted medallions.
for a mattress 203 x 90 cm
lack of paint especially on the medallions
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mahogany Jewelry Box with Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mahogany box with inlaid mother of pearl and mirror, on small round brass feet.
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Mother-of-Pearl
$312 Sale Price
26% Off
19th Century Original Blue Painted Hanging Rack with 12 Pegs, Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
This festive hanging rack is a wonderful example of the folk art found in Eastern Europe during the 1800's.
The original blue painted background has traditional contrasting red trim....
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Zabihi Collection Silk Pictorial Herekeh Rug
Located in New York, NY
3rd quarter of the 20th century Fine Turkish silk one-of-a-kind Herekeh rug with a beautiful pictorial animal garden design
Measures: 1'4'' x 1'11'.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Folk Art "American Eagle" Silhouette Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk art decorative box with eagle motif in attractive red paint (ca. 1910-1920, USA). The hinged top opens to reveal a divided storage compartment, per...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship Coming into Port,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork has a dramatic view of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship coming i...
Category
1860s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Japanese Tall Ikebana Basket, Bamboo
Black Accents, Suruga Sensuji Style
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage bamboo Ikebana basket features tall cylindrical shape with prominent rounded handle. The basket is woven of thin round bamboo strips that are secured with black fiber, addin...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker
Antique Creamware Horse Hand Painted English Folk Art Animal c.1800
Located in Katonah, NY
This antique English creamware horse was hand-painted at St. Anthony’s Pottery in Newcastle around the year 1800.
This charming figure is modeled in a standing position on a green-gl...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Creamware
Vintage "Siren Fire Chief" Car by The Marx Toy Company, New York, Circa 1930
By Marx Toy Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Made of pressed steel and in excellent all original condition, this wind-up toy has just about all of it's original strong paint with zero touch-up and no restoration (see images). It works great (video available upon request), and is quite substantial and sturdy in stature and size at 14 1/2" long; almost has the feel of a keystone or buddy L piece.
Girard made an almost identical vehicle, so it is my feeling that Marx bought the patent from them and manufactured under their own name.
There are no scratches or dents and the original gold stenciled writing to the doors and engine hood states "Fire Dept...
Category
1930s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
Late 18th Century Boldly Turned Windsor Stool in Old Red Paint
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Boldly turned 18th century Windsor stool in old red paint having a slightly dished circular seat with molded sides raised on three ring and ball legs with ball feet.
Category
Late 18th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Sweden Arte Povera Kitchen Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1900s ceramic wall spice rack hand painted and glazed ceramic containers. Original condition. Wood base is hand made.
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Original Antique Print of a Racehorse, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a racehorse.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after George Stubbs with original hand color.
...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Kuna Mola Appliqué Brightly Colored Bird Wall Tapestry, Central America
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large brightly colored fabric appliqué collage tapestry of a bird with fish in its mouth. This dramatic fabric piece features carefully cut geometri...
Category
20th Century Panamanian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Fabric
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Peruvian Folk Art Framed Negreria Dance Cape
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce framed fragment of "Negreria" dance cape, circa 1940s, Huayucachi, Junin, Peru.
Dating to the mid-20th century, the rare large size South ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Sequins
Vintage Turkish Reindeer Animal Rug
Located in New York, NY
Late 20th-century Turkish Anatolian Pictorial rug with 8 jolly full Reindeers.
Measures: 2'5'' x 3'7''.
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
19thc Santa Clause Penny Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc old Santa Claus cast-iron Bank and all original paint 1890 to turn the century Hubbly and very good condition. Nice patina the painted super rare Bank.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
R LUDWIG - Folk Art Oil Painting on Panel - Signed - Canada - Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
R. LUDWIG - Vintage folk art landscape oil painting on primed Masonite panel - untitled - unframed - signed lower right - Canada - early 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - ...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Swedish Craft, Bowl, Wood, Sweden, 18th Century
Located in High Point, NC
An organic wood bowl produced in Sweden, 18th century.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
World War 2 / WWII Era Wooden Airplane Propeller Folk Art Mantel Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This wooden Folk Art made propeller clock is presumed to have originated in England and fashioned into a mantel clock in North America in circa 1960. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Grouping of Five Hand-Painted and Carved American Folk Art Fish Decoys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Group of five Folk Art fish decoys composed of painted tinned iron sheet metal or aluminum fins and tails and carved wooden weighted lead bodies, some with ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
A Cabinet of Curiosities: Diminutive Tramp Art Secretary Desk
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Cabinet of Curiosities: Diminutive Tramp Art Secretary Desk
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This remarkable Tramp Art Secretary Desk is ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
British Sailor
s Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seafaring Artistry: A British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship,
Circa 1865–75
This remarkable British sailor's woolwork, or "wool...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Tramp Art Box, Large Scale and Unusual Form. Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Large scale tramp art box of unusual form. At 2 feet wide quite impressive in scale and equally impressive in the ambition of the craftsman who created it. The geometry of the psuedo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Swedish Wooden basket 1800
s Handmade Folk Craft natural color
Located in Forest, BE
Swedish antique pine and birch wooden basket. It was left with the natural wood who now have a charming patina. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 century...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Birch, Pine
Turkish WWI Prisoner of War Glass Beadwork Amulet Necklace
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptionally good quality Turkish prisoner of war glass beadwork amulet necklace dating from the first world war 1914-1919. These pieces were made by Turkish prisoners of war, ca...
Category
1910s Turkish Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Glass
1920s 21 box apothecary cabinet
Located in Waxahachie, TX
As seen on Pawn Stars!
Pawn Stars Does America season 2 episode 5 on The History Channel.
Possibly old Titanic advertising inside??
Boards used from advertising make the shelves and shell of this piece.
Made from 21 antique cheese boxes...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
$800 Sale Price
60% Off
Rare Amish Bars Doll Quilt
By Amish Quilts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920-1930 s bars doll quilt with corner blocks in very good condition.Machine quilted pieced & quilted.Published on page 30 in "Amish Doll Quilts " by...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Sampler, 1834 by Ann Kelk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
1834 'Knowledge' Sampler by Ann Kelk. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Simple embroidered border. Colors black, crea...
Category
1830s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Zabihi Collection Lion Motif Northwest Persian Long Runner
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century Northwest Persian Conversational Animal Pictorial Runner.
Details
rug no. j2802
size 2' 7" x 12' 5" (79 x 378 cm)
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, American Bison, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of an American bison and Indian ox.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown and Marech...
Category
1830s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chest in natural wood from the alpine pastures
Located in PARIS, FR
This grand natural wood chest from the alpine regions of Northern Italy captures the charm and rustic beauty of traditional mountain craftsmanship. Inspired by the Queyras style, a d...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Whales and Dolphins, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of whales and dolphins
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown, Gilpin and Edwards wit...
Category
1830s English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Travel Box / Chest with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th century Swedish Folk Art travel box from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Beautiful untouched originalpaint.
Decorated with handwrought iron around the box and...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Italian Folk Art Fish Sculpture from 18th/19th Century Fragments Found Objects
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous large Italian folk art fish sculpture. Hand-crafted in the 21st century using found 18th and 19th century architectural fragments and decorative antique / vintage elements...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Shell, Driftwood, Giltwood, Reclaimed Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Box with Untouched Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish wooden box from Umeå västerbotten,Northern Sweden
An beautiful untouched original painted box with beautiful colors dated 1825...
Category
1820s Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique Wrought Iron and Walnut Handpainted "Pledge of Allegiance" School Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a statement piece for all American Patriots.
Its the Pledge Of Allegiance handpainted on an antique school desk.
The desk dates the early 20th century. Its made of wrought Ir...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Swedish Stump Chair late 1700 century
Located in Farsta, SE
Exceptional Swedish Stump Chair ca 1650–1700
Crafted from driftwood sourced in Dalarna, Northern Sweden, this remarkable chair is made from a sing...
Category
1690s Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
English Folk Art Shop Counter Milk Man Figure
Located in London, GB
English folk art shop counter milk man figure.
A charming mid-20th century folk art shop countertop display figure. In the form of a man pushing a milk cart...
Category
1950s European Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Zabihi Collection Turkish Kars Small Roosters Rug
Located in New York, NY
a mid 20th century Turkish Kars rug depicting 2 roosters on a camel color field
2' x 3'5''
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool
J. RILEY - Floral Still Life Painting - Framed - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
J. RILEY - Vintage acrylic still life painting on canvas covered panel - signed lower left - untitled - contained in a solid oak frame with white pickled finish - Canada - mid/late 2...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1970 Outsider Art Figural Stoneware Decorative Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming outsider art charger / decorative plate depicting a jovial young girl. Pleasant color palette and figure with age-appropriate crazing to the glaze...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Traditional Large Hanging Pub Sign, Wethered’s Winterbourne Arms
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Traditional large hanging pub sign. Wethered’s winterbourne arms
This is a large and heavy piece dating from the first half of the 20th Century, it is double sided though the pain...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
African Wooden Decorative Tribal Art Drum with Hide
Rope Produced Early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare African tribal wooden decorative drum with hide and rope produced in Africa early 1900s. In good original condition.
Dimensions: H: 38 cm / 14.95" Diameter: 17 cm / 6.70"
Category
1920s Burkinabe Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Hide, Wood
Russian Kovsch in Silver Gilt, Cloisonné Enamel and Silver Pearl
Located in London, GB
Russian kovsch in silver gilt, cloisonne enamel and silver pearl
Russian, 20th Century
Height 7cm, width 12cm, depth 7cm
This kovsch is a meticulously crafted piece, made by marryin...
Category
20th Century Russian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Monumental Antique Folk Art Carnival Double Target Game Board
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rare monumental fairground double target game board inscribed “ 3 Darts for 2d and Score 25 or Over”. Hand painted wood and wire. A wonderful collectors item.
MD
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Bentwood box from Jämtland, Northern Sweden.
It has untouched original painting with a nicely painted leaf loop on the lid.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Emile Taugourdeau French Faux Bois Concrete Mosaic Tile Garden Table
Located in Forney, TX
A whimsical faux bois concrete garden table by Emile Taugourdeau (French, 1917-1989).
This extraordinary outdoor table from France has been designed in whimsy faux bois fashion, le...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Original Hand Painted Swedish Cabinet Cupboard, Dated 1818
Located in Round Top, TX
Beautifully crafted large Swedish painted pine cabinet with curved upper bonnet and graceful panel doors standing over 7' tall.
The original hand-painted finish is in excellent condi...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Vintage Mexican Carved Wood Sculpture Polychrome Bookends Siesta Folk Art 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A pair of vintage 1950s North American Mexican handmade polychrome painted wood "Mexican Siesta bookends".
Beautiful, colorful design and a great example of Mexican Folk Art male and female wood sculpture book ends, Circa 1950s.
The set is hand-carved from wood and depicts a sleeping Mexican peasant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Children
s Bowling Game of "Fancy Ten Pins" by Spears Works Bavaria, Circa 1935
By JW Spears 1
Located in Incline Village, NV
This rare and unique game is in excellent all original condition with it's original, highly lithographed colorful box, This seemingly little used pre-war game is completely intact an...
Category
1930s Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century English Mochaware Mug
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
An English mochaware mug with black and blue machine-turned bands and a tree pattern on a soft brown glaze.
This large mochaware mug features rouletted bands of black and blue frami...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Center Table with Originalpaint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Center table from Burtrask Vasterbotten ,Northern Sweden.
A charming & deliciosly colorful table with original painting.
Fine wood imitation painting.
The tab...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique Wooden Folding Chair, Black Forest Style carved Wood, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This early 20th century folding chair from Germany is an excellent example of the black forest style. The piece has a rustic-looking seat made of wood and a wood carved backrest. The stool has a simple, understated design which is typical of early 20th century garden or yard furniture...
Category
1910s German Vintage Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Metal
antique shepherd’s chest, 1850’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Low shepherd’s chest with a beautiful appearance and proportions. These chests were made in the same way for centuries. They were decorated with traditional magical geometric symbols...
Category
1850s Romanian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Beech
Rare 19th Century Large Original Painted Lightning Rod on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic folky oversized 19th century mustard over copper Lightning rod ball on a professional iron stand. The base is a plank of original work that the...
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Copper
$700 Sale Price
71% Off
Animal Motif Tibetan Large Lumbar Size Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Bolster size pillow made from a mid-19th century animal motif Tibetan rug in red blue and camel. Backed in cotton, zipper closure provided too.
Measures: 16" x 26".
Category
19th Century Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Dated 1827 - Antique Norwegian Wall Hanging Cabinet, Hand-Painted by Embrik Bæra
Located in Skien, NO
Antique Norwegian Wall Hanging Cabinet - 1827, Hand-Painted by Embrik Bæra
This exceptional primitive wall-hanging Cabinet / Cupboard / Sideboard ...
Category
Early 19th Century Norwegian Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Iron
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Pillow Cover Made from a Vintage Indian Block Printed Textile
Located in Istanbul, TR
It does not come with an insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper closure.
Dry clean is recommended.
Item above is made from a vintage and used textile th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Sugarcane Harvesters From Puerto Rico Watercolor Painting by Epifanio Irizarry
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Sugarcane Harvesters Scene Painting in Puerto Rico by Epifanio Irizarry. It depicts a watercolor painting of three sugarcane workers in a canaveral or cane landscape. One i...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Canvas
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 Antique Folk Art Furniture
Materials
Wood
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
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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