Folk Art Wall Decorations
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
Reverse Glass Painting of Saint George and the Dragon
Located in Stamford, CT
Verre églomisé, or reverse glass painting with gilding of Saint George and the Dragon. St George shown riding his steed, slaying the dragon...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
"De Laval" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1905, Near Mint
Located in Incline Village, NV
Having started in Sweden, the company opened up in America in 1888 as the "De Laval Cream Separator Company" in New York City, with a production plant ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Tin
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Abstract Penguin Pictorial Persian Flat-Weave
Located in New York, NY
Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the 20th century with a stand alone penquin on a khaki ground. This was originally belonging to a private Persian collector who requested to ma...
Category
20th Century Persian Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Swans, 1847,
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of swans.
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of 9 Original Antique Prints of Waterbirds After Francis Lydon, C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 9 antique prints of waterbirds
Lithographs after the original drawings by Alexander Francis Lydon
Original colour
Published by John C. Nimmo, Circa 1880.
Unframe...
Category
1880s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Folk Art Organic Mixed Media Wall Sculpture by Wilma Halliburton
Located in Troy, MI
27x37 Vintage Modern Folk Art Organic Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture
Very cool mixed media assemblage by Wilma Halliburton of Michigan 1969
Titled Birds Under the Trees
Comprise...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Roberto Benites Pair of Modernist Figural Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of acrylic paintings on canvas of traditional Peruvian figures executed in a modernist minimalist folk style. Signed Roberto Benites and presented in wood frames.
Category
20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Antique Prints of Fish, 1847
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of fish
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
JOHN R. WATTS, Folk Art Watercolor
Gouache Landscape Painting, U.S., C.1890
Located in Chatham, ON
JOHN R. WATTS (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - Folk art watercolor and gouache landscape painting on paper - unframed - twice signed and dated lower right (one with applied paper stam...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
18th Century Folk Art Wall Shelf, Island of Amager, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th century Folk Art wall shelf, Island of Amager, Denmark
Shelf is decorated with carved figures.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$9,850 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Set of 6 Original Vintage Natural History Prints. French, C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images of natural history
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Chromo-lithographs
Published, C.1920
Free shipping.
...
Category
1920s French Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
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 Wall Decorations
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
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Enamel
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
The Hunt, Reverse Painting on Glass, English, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderfully colourful reverse painting on glass, depicting a traditional fox hunting scene in rural England. English, most probably 19th century.
Here we have the huntsman, leader ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
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...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
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...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Collection of Worldwide Traveler
s Hand Carved Folk Art Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of worldwide traveler's hand carved folk art masks, circa 1940s - 1970s, possibly earlier. We purchased the estate of an Atlanta Coca Cola executive, who traveled the worl...
Category
1950s Balinese Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Framed Antique Ottoman Emboidery, L 19th C. Turkey
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. Turkey
Ready to go on a wall.
Framed...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Sarah Rishel Art Print Intaglio Etching "Applique Quilt", 13/200
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Limited edition print "Applique Quilt" features a section of stylized traditional Country-style quilt, framed with an abstract flower garland. The etching captures an old fashioned, ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, 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 Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Embroidered Military Souvenir
Located in Fort Collins, CO
Beautiful and extraordinarily rare 5400early 20th Century hand embroidered panel, commissioned to a Japanese artisan for a European sailor to document his travels in the navy. The pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Glass, Walnut
Late Naive English School "Bull Broke Loose" Bull Baiting Oil on Canvas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th century oil on canvas depicting a bull baiting scene
In England during the time of Queen Anne, bull-baiting was practised in London at Hoc...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Maple, Canvas
$1,233 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Folk Art Ecuadorian Tapestry with Olga Fisch Style
By Olga Fisch
Located in Dallas, TX
78310 Vintage Folk Art Ecuadorian tapestry with olga Fisch style, 01'11 x 02'09
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Unusual Vintage Paper Mache Folk Art, Parade "Carnival" Mask
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual vintage papier mâché Folk Art..parade "carnival" theater mask.
Category
1960s American Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Bulgarian Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Large Vintage Russian Illustration Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Vintage Russian Illustration for Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan
Extraordinary Illustration of Pushkin’s Fairy Tale “Tsar Saltan” in oil on canvas. The large for...
Category
20th Century Ukrainian Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
American Folk Art Elk Head
Located in Northport, MI
An exceptional and rare example of 19th-century American carved folk art, this monumental elk head is mounted on a striking polychrome shield plaque. Dating to circa 1890 and origina...
Category
1890s American Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Glass, Wood
$31,000
Antique Bessarabian Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, US
This exceptional antique Bessarabian tapestry, woven circa 1900, exemplifies the rich pictorial and decorative traditions of Eastern European folk textiles. At the center is a finely...
Category
Early 20th Century Romanian Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Original Antique Print of a Hereford Bull, 1847
Unframed
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a Herefordshire bull.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph with original hand color.
Published 1...
Category
1840s English Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Antique Danish 1841 Mangle Board Wedding Love Gift Colorful Hand-Carved Wood
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Antique Danish or Scandinavian mangle board (clothing and bedding press) dated 1941. It has this text cut into it: KM JDR 1841 and a short text painted on both sides of the handle. I...
Category
1840s Scandinavian Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Framed Korean Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Folk Painting One of the Four
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting watercolor on silk mounted with brocade border and framed. The watercolor was likely dated from late 19th century to the tur...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Wood
Antique Circa 1900 Gouache Painting of Great Lakes Lighthouse Steamships, signed
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming and historic antique circa 1900 gouache on board painting, signed "Tully", of the United States Lighthouse Tender (USLHT) Steamship Fleet. The ships ran supplies (tended)...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Birdseye Maple, Paint
Bali Hindu Textile Framed
Kamasan
Painting, Indonesia C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Antique Balinese Kamasan painting, rendered on handwoven cotton, beautifully captures the timeless elegance of classical Wayang-style storytellin...
Category
Early 1900s Balinese Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Paint
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Agapito Labios Mexican Folk Art Oil Painting on Canvas of a Girl
By Agapito Labios
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting oil painting on canvas of a girl in a ceremonial dress against an architectural background executed in a distinct naive folk art style. Signed Agapito Labios and presented...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Arthur Nevin Print of a Mallard Hen Duck Decoy, Bay Head, NJ
By Arthur Nevin
Located in Downingtown, PA
The large print by Arthur Nevin is inscribed Mallard Hen Decoy, Bay Head, New Jersey, 1920, it is also signed & numbered 45/150.
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
American Needlework Sampler by Eliza Jordan, Aged 12, Late 18th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American needlework sampler by Eliza Jordan, aged 12, late 18th century, a very fine and fanciful pictorial needlework sampler on l...
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Late 18th Century American Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen
2003 Portrait of Mother With Child, Folk Art, Oil Painting on Board
Located in San Carlos, CA
FOR SALE: Stunning Folk Art Oil Painting – Andean Woman & Child with Birds
Bring color and culture into your space with this marvelous folk art (outsider art) oil painting on a wood...
Category
Early 2000s Peruvian Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
$500 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair Of Scandinavian Rococo Folk Art Wooden Paintings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of early Swedish Rococo Folk Art wooden paintings or table tops.
Category
Mid-18th Century Scandinavian Antique Folk Art Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$4,080 Sale Price / set
40% Off
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Folk Art wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art wall decorations 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 wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Purvis Young, Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo, and Arthur Nevin. 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 wall decorations 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 $48,000 while the average work can sell for $949.
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