Folk Art Decorative Art
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
Framed Antique Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, 19th C.
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. Uzbekistan
Ready to go on a wall.
Fr...
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19th Century Uzbek Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Professionally Framed Indian Kashmir Shawl Fragment, India, 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.
19th C. India
Ready to go on a wall.
Framed Item ...
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Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Set of 4 Large Original Antique Prints of Cats, Circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of cats
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithographs after Cpt. Brown, Gilpin and Edwards with original ha...
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1830s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Folk Art Painted Picture Frame. English, Circa 1830
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely painted picture frame
Great piece of folk art
Original paint. Painted on pine.
The measurement given below is the outside of the frame
Internally it measures 9.75 x 8.25 i...
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1820s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Pine
Original Antique Print of Lions and Tigers, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of lions.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Pub...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Astronomy Print. C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of the solar system
Unframed.
Chromo-lithograph
Published, C.1900
The measurement is the paper size of the print
Free shipping.
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Early 1900s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Hummingbirds, 1847,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of hummingbirds
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Pub...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Persian Kashan Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century Persian Kashan rug
Measures: 1'3'' x 2'6''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
$1,500
Framed Antique silk Embroidered Delhi Shawl Half, early 20th Century.
Located in Istanbul, TR
It is finely embroidered in silk on a cotton background. It is lucky to have the tassels intact.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
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 Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of A Bat, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a bat.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Published...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Parrots, circa 1850,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of parrots.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Publish...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Dolphins, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of dolphins.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Professionally Framed Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, Uzbekistan, E 20th C.
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.
E 20th C. Uzbekistan.
Ready to go on a wall.
Fram...
Category
Early 20th Century Uzbek Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Framed Antique Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, 19th C.
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. Uzbekistan
Ready to go on a wall.
Fr...
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Original Antique Print of Hummingbirds, 1847,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of hummingbirds
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Pub...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Dogs, 1847,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of dogs
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Publi...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Renaissance Style Carved Wood Picture Frame. English, 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful carved wood frame in renaissance style
I particularly like the Greek key ornament
Carved tropical hardwood
Chipped to one of the corners
The measurement given below is ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Original Antique Prints of Sporting Dogs, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of sporting dogs
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 Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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 Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Monkeys, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of monkeys.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Publish...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Beetles, 1847,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of beetles.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original color.
Published, 1...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Gold Framed Embroidered Needlepoint Floral and Peacock Wall Hanging
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely square framed hand embroidered wall hanging of a peacock and roses. This beautiful piece has been cross stitched by hand in a variety of bright and bold colors. A peacock ta...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Wood
Pair of Tramp Art Frames With Botanical By Karl Blossfeldt
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of botanical photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt (German, b. 1914 - d. 1932), "Urformen der Kunst", First Edition 1929, Berlin. Mounted in a wonderful pair of chip carved Tramp A...
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Dutch Enameled Metal Farm Animal Feed Sign
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Antique Dutch enameled metal farm animal feed sign featuring a bull and a rooster. Metal Folk Art sign with original enamel finish and a patinated metal p...
Category
20th Century Dutch Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Original Antique Bird Prints, Parakeet. 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of parakeet
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 Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Beatrix Potter Print. Peter Rabbit And Friends C.1905
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely image by Beatrix Potter
Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice "
Possibly a 1st edition from 1904
The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Prints of Whales and Dolphins, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of Whales and dolphins
Unframed.
Lithographs after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Published, 1847.
The measurement is for 1 print
Free shipping
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Zabihi Collection Blue Vintage Persian Souf Pictorial Kilim
Located in New York, NY
A mid-20th century Souf carpet woven somewhere in Central Iran.
1'8'' x 3'2''
Souf rugs are very rare technique found as they have a raised low and high...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Tonala Folk Art Pottery Plate Hand Painted with Birds, Mexico, circa 1960
s
By Ken Edwards
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Ken Edwards ceramic plate Tonala Mexico Folk Art Pottery.
Vintage Ken Edwards Mexican ceramic birds and flowers from Tonala Pottery.
...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original Antique Animal Prints, Monkeys, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of monkeys
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 Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Cranes, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of cranes
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Published...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Wooden Marquetry Figure Wall Plaque
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Marquetry Figure wall plaque. Hand executed..Art Deco , African influenced.Several mixed species of exotic woods.
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Professionally Framed Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, Uzbekistan, Early 20th C.
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 20th C. Uzbekistan.
Ready to go on a wall.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Uzbek Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Original Antique Print of a Blue Tit, circa 1880,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Blue Tit
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Original color
P...
Category
1880s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Whale, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whale.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Publish...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Couroucoui, 1847 Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Couroucoui
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Publi...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Rustic Figures in a Farmyard, in the Manner of Jack Kampmann, C.1950.
By Jack Kampmann
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Charming painting of 2 female farm labourers
Unsigned. In the style of Jack Kampmann
Oil on board.
Possibly Faroe Islands
Presented in an antique whi...
Category
1950s Faeroese Vintage Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Beatrix Potter Print. Peter Rabbit And Friends C.1905
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely image by Beatrix Potter
Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice "
Possibly a 1st edition from 1904
The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 15 Large Original Antique Animal Prints, 1830s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of animal prints
Lithographs after the drawings by Cpt. brown.
Original hand color.
Unframed
The measurement given below is for one print.
Category
1830s Scottish Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Beatrix Potter Print. Peter Rabbit And Friends C.1905
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely image by Beatrix Potter
Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice "
Possibly a 1st edition from 1904
The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Framed Antique Eastern European 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 20th Century. Bulgaria
Ready to go on a wall...
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Early 20th Century Bulgarian Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-masted Ship under Steam,
HMS Minotaur or HMS Agincourt,
Minotaur Class Broadside Ironclad,
circa 1880
The sailor's woolie depicts a portsi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Original Antique Print of Snakes, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of snakes.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Publishe...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 5 Framed Seaweed Specimens
Located in Hastings, GB
Wonderful framed set of 5 seaweed specimens, all pressed behind miniature glass frames.
Dimensions are
18 cm x 13 cm, 18 cm x 13 cm, 18 cm x 12 cm, 18.5 cm x 13.5 cm, 19 cm x 14...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
$1,088 / set
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 Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Framed Antique Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, Uzbekistan
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. Tajikstan
Ready to go on a wall.
Fra...
Category
19th Century Uzbek Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Original Antique Print of Beetles, 1847,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of beetles.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original color.
Published, 1...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Karl Viktor Mayr, Austrian Oil on Canvas "An Exotic Nude Girl"
By Karl Viktor Mayr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Karl Viktor Mayr (Austrian, 1882-1974) a very fine Austrian oil on canvas "An Exotic Nude Girl" depicting a young semi-nude woman, revealing her breast...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$9,850 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Antique Print of Crocodiles, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of crocodiles and alligators.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original ha...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Woodpeckers, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of woodpeckers.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown with original hand color.
Pub...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 6 Large Scale Original Antique Prints of Bats, circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Amazing images of bats.
Copperplate photogravure engravings by Walter L. Colls.
Good quality wove paper
Published C.1900
Free shipping.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Professionally Framed Greek Embroidered Chemise Hem Fragment, 19th C.
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. Greece.
Ready to go on a wall.
Frame...
Category
19th Century Greek Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Vintage Charcoal Rubbing of Thai Musicians
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Thai Temple charcoal rubbing. Hand crafted temple scenes at the Wat Pho temple located in Phra Nakhon district in Bangkok Thailand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Partridge, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of partridge.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 8 Original Antique Prints of Monkey
s, circa 1780
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 8 copper-plate engravings of monkeys after De Seve
I particularly like the naivety of the drawings.
Published C.1780
Unframed.
Free shipping.
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1780s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Professionally Framed Silk and Cotton Ikat Fragment, Uzbekistan, L 19th C.
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.
L 19th C. Uzbekistan.
Ready to go on a wall.
Fram...
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Vintage Thai Temple Charcoal Rubbing on Rice Paper
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Thai Temple charcoal rubbing. Hand crafted temple scenes at the Wat Pho temple located in Phra Nakhon district in Bangkok Thailand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Grasshopper Warbler, circa 1880,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Grasshopper Warbler
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon.
Origin...
Category
1880s English Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Beatrix Potter Print. Peter Rabbit And Friends C.1905
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely image by Beatrix Potter
Rescued from an early edition of " The Tale of Two Bad Mice "
Possibly a 1st edition from 1904
The measurement given is the paper size not the actua...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Folk Art decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art decorative art 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 decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art decorative art made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Africa pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Familia Lorenzo , and hettler.tüllmann. 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 decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $300 and tops out at $2,931 while the average work can sell for $1,300.
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