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Item Ships From: Italy
Rare and Unusual Mid-Century Modern Beni Ouarain Wool Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in t...
Category
1940s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Aldo Londi Koala Bear Savings Box for Bitossi, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Aldo Londi Koala Bear Savings Box for Bitossi, Italy 1960s
A beautiful Aldo Londi designed Koala bear in the shape of a savings box.
The Koala is made of heavy ceramics - pottery,...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Chenet en forme de lion surmontant un écusson bronze
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Chenet en forme de lion surmontant un écusson bronze
Category
1970s Baroque Revival Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Folk art walking stick depicting a man on a chain-shaped shaft, USA 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick of American folk art.
The stick is made entirely from a single branch of fruit wood, carved and ingraved. The tip is made of copper, smooth with decorative lin...
Category
1880s American Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
21st Century Hook Magazine Holder Leather Basket with Fabric Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Pinetti elegant basket made with upcycled leather with inside fabric in linen and cotton is part of Hook collection.
The frame is composed of a grid-like structure of leather belts ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Cotton
Vintage 1950s Copper Lanterns - Unique Patina
Retro Charm
Located in Manzano, IT
Vintage 1950s Copper Lanterns - Unique Patina & Retro Charm
Elevate your interior or exterior decor with this striking pair of vintage copper lanterns from the 1950s. These exquisit...
Category
1950s Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$336 Sale Price / set
60% Off
21st Century Leather Olimpia Round Bathroom Set Made in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Olimpia, in all its beauty.
A complete set with all the bathroom essentials: A round soap dispenser, a toothbrush holder and a cotton pad holder to...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage wooden and brass ship
s compass with side weights, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Vintage old ship's compass, in solid wood and gilded brass, dome with internal compass and colored side weights, very fascinating navigation work tool, from Italy from the 1900s. max...
Category
20th Century Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
$4,618 Sale Price
20% Off
Erotic folk art walking stick depicting a man in act of praying, England 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Erotic folk-art walking stick, made from a single carved fruitwood branch. The knob depicts a man standing in the act of praying with folded hands and a large caricature head with a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Rare Antique Ukrainian Pile Rug With Floral Garlands in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare Ukrainian pile rug woven with a pattern characteristic of Aubusson and Savonnerie French carpets. Carpets such as this one were woven at a time when the classical French style was extremely in favour among the Russian aristocracy, who decorated their homes with period French furniture...
Category
1870s Ukrainian Bessarabian Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Caucasian Floral Qarabagh Rug in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
The floral ornamentation typical of French and English carpets of the 18th-19th century has influenced specific oriental carpet families. In the Caucasus this style became extremely ...
Category
1930s Russian Bessarabian Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Italian Hand Painted Ceramic Vase in Lustro Glaze by Riccardo Gatti Faenza 1950s
By Riccardo Gatti, Bottega Gatti
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful unique ceramic vase made by Bottega Gatti in Faenza, most probably during the 1950s or earlier.
The vase is hand painted, hand carved and glaz...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Boxwood folk art stick depicting a man with snake and lizard, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art stick: single branch of naturally growing boxwood, punctuated by a series of carvings with different subjects, depicting a snake wrapping around the cane and a lizard, the f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman
s Ceremonial Head Cover
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head scarf in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the re...
Category
1930s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Wedgwood Ceramic Jug, with Hunting Scenes, England 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
The jug is made of fine pottery with a cream colored glaze cover. The flared body shows elements in relief in the first elevation. Then a central band wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Carved Solid Walnut Kneeler from 1600s in Patina
Located in Cesena, FC
Lombard / Venetian kneeler from the 1600s, in patina
Solid walnut with Greek carved details under the top and capital feet
Drawers panelled in briarwood...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Folk Art bag, made by Coca Cola crown caps. Burkina Faso, late 80’s.
Located in Milan, IT
A small funny and unusual folk Art bag, made by Coca Cola crown caps wired together. Burkina Faso, late 80s.
Category
Late 20th Century Burkinabe Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Guido Coletti Sculptural Modular Chairs (1995) - Heart-Shaped Abstract Collage
Located in Manzano, IT
Guido Coletti Sculptural Modular Chairs (1995) - Heart-Shaped Abstract Collage
Key Features
Artist: Guido Coletti (Italian, born 1944) - renowned painter and sculptor.
Design: Pai...
Category
1990s Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$8,659 Sale Price
60% Off
Vintage Embroidered Central Asian Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woollen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia...
Category
1930s Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Toy Car, Military Wind Up Tri-Ang Tiger Tank, Lines Bros Ltd., 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Military Wind up tri-ang tiger tank is a vintage toy representing a First World War tank.
Part of the toys produced by the famous Lines Bros Ltd.
M...
Category
Early 20th Century English Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti
Paolo de Poli Il Sole Enameled Copper 1956 Padova
By Gio Ponti, Paolo De Poli
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Il Sole enameled copper original idea by Gio Ponti produced in 1956 by Paolo de Poli, Padova.
With signature, date, and original label on the back.
Lictera...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Walking stick, matches candle holder, by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Belgium 1910.
By Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick with candle holder system, with black bovine horn tip. The cane is made of light colored Malacca (Rattan) wood. The handle is made of gilded brass, hexagonal in section...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
An Austrian handbag decorated with petit point embroidery. Austria, 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Lady's arm bag with chain and sharp corner zip in golden brass. The hinge features a cloisonneé enamel decoration with stylized green and white flowers on a black background, adorned...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Early Ivory Minimal Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and relatively early example of monochrome Tulu rug, distinguished by a completely open field embellished by almost calligraphic touches of natural brown wool. Tulus of this t...
Category
1920s Turkish Tulu Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A group of five example of wooden articulated dummie’s hands. Italy, 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A group of five samples of articulated hands for dummies, made in various types of wood: national walnut, chestnut, maple. Mounted on bases, made of cast iron and brass for the locki...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Cotton Dhurrie Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The weaving of flat-woven cotton carpets known as dhurries is cited in Mughal chronicles of the 15th century. Probably one of the earliest forms of floor covering, dhurries were wove...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early Anatolian Kilim Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning early Kilim from Central Anatolia distinguished by a rare apricot background, by a spectacular array of early colors including aubergine and by a bottom compartment decorated by stylized carnations (or Mother Goddess fertility figures...
Category
1750s Turkish Kilim Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled industrial yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, its weft directed pattern converges towards the centre, in a manner that remi...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
1980s Ditmar Urbach Crackle Pitcher
Bowl - Czech Ceramic Art
Located in Manzano, IT
1980s Ditmar Urbach Crackle Pitcher & Bowl - Czech Ceramic Art
Enhance your collection with this stunning ceramic pitcher and bowl set from Ditmar Urb...
Category
1980s Slovak Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$962 Sale Price
60% Off
Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
By Renato Bassoli
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful.
The statue would appear...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$1,443 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Toy Motorbike by Oriental Metal Industries, India, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Metal Industries Motorcyclist is vintage mechanical toy, realized in 1970s.
Vintage metal toy representing a big motorcyclist on hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Large Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, this represents 'art brut' within the domain of the textile arts. Weavings such as this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Unusual Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, this represents 'art brut' within the domain of the textile arts. Weavings such as this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Vintage High Atlas Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven Berber rug from the Zenaga region, located in the Moroccan High Atlas, distinguished by a light indigo blue background decorated by paralle...
Category
1960s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Shepherd
s Tulu Hand Knotted Wool Rug Coat
Located in Milan, IT
An original Anatolian Tulu pile rug hand knotted with natural, undyed wool and tailored into a coat. This was used by the shepherds inhabiting the area of Karapinar, in central Anato...
Category
1930s Turkish Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A Grand Tour wooden maquette, depicting the Tower of Pisa, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature Wunderkammer Grand Tour architectural model, entirely handmade, in painted wood white color and polystyrene, depicting the Tower of Pisa. The bells made of brass are insert...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Polystyrene, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Central Anatolian Kilim Rug with Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual flat-weave from the Karapinar region in central Anatolia decorated by vertical stripes in the tones of ivory, grey, camel, yellow and black.
Category
1950s Turkish Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Golden iron handle walking stick with acorn, Berlin, Germany 1840.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare walking stick with gilt brass ferrule and iron tip. Hot-formed ram's horn barrel, iron handle.
The shaft, clear, is made by putting it in a hot shape by boiling, sometimes fry...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Limited Edition Devotion Omnia Gray Rug
By Sitap Carpet Couture
Located in Milan, IT
Combining the traditional weaving and modern technology, this elegant limited edition rug is entirely hand-tufted in India from refined bamboo silk...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Textile
$5,740 / item
Marry Me Red Rug
By Sitap Carpet Couture
Located in Milan, IT
A captivating declaration of passionate love, this stunning red Marry Me rug flaunts a lush rose silhouette and a gorgeous geometric petal pattern. Entirely c...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Textile
$2,865 / item
Antique Central Asian Fur Rug
Located in Milan, IT
This is a rare example of a 'postak', used by the Kirghiz people inhabiting the Pamir mountains, made up of strips of animal fur hand-stitched together to form a pattern. It represen...
Category
Early 20th Century Kyrgyzstani Tribal Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Fur
Brutalist Hand-Made Iron Sculpture by M. Di Giovanni, Italy 1970s
By M. Di Giovanni
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
It is made in iron entirely worked by hand.
This sculptural panel of great scenographic impact unfortunately it is not signed but it is certainly by M. Di Gio...
Category
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Exquisite Red Ground Vintage Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Mguild tribe is located in the mountainous region of the Moroccan Middle Atlas. Together with the Beni Ouarain, they represent the earliest Berber presence in that region as...
Category
1930s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
System walking stick for entomologists, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick: stick with the function of entomologist. Rattan cane, ivory and brass knob. Inside a brass folding lens with ivory handle and pin, also with ivory handle. France...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Tajik Silk Embroidered Ruband Bridal Veil
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Ruband veils such as this example, which are hand-embroidered in silk on a cotton foundation, were used to cover the bride's face when she moved to the groom's house, as well...
Category
Early 20th Century Tajikistani Suzani Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Fly Away Silvery Scultpure
By PB Studio Artigiano
Located in Milan, IT
An ode to freedom, this sculpture flaunts a sinuous bird captured right before flapping its wings. Precious silver leaf covers its entire body, lending a stunning shimmering quality ...
Category
2010s Italian Other Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Silver Leaf
$3,225 / item
Ancient box with popular scene in inlaid wood
Located in Catania, IT
Ancient box with popular scene in inlaid wood. Product in good condition with small wear caused by years and use. Please view the attached images carefully
Category
1950s Italian Folk Art Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
Walking stick, a boar’s head, by Joseph Ladislav Nēmec, Prague 1900.
By Josef Ladislav Némec
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: L-shaped silver handle, depicting a boar's head with Baltic amber acorns and embossed and carved leaves. Cabochon garnet stone eyes. Ebony wood shaft. Metal ferrule. S...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Metal
A wooden nutcracker depicting a friar, France 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Schiaccianoci in legno di nocciolo intagliato. I manici sono a forma di fuso a connettersi alla parte superiore. La scultura raffigura il busto di un monaco con tonaca e cappuccio. L...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Portrait Painting of a Man – Original Gilt Wood Frame
Located in IT
This exquisite 18th-century French portrait painting depicts a man and comes in its original gold-painted gilt wood frame. The painting showcases the fine artistry of the period, cap...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
South East Asian lacquered wood Buddha, 19th century
Located in Milano, IT
In the midst of the 18th century, in the enchanting land of Burma during the Shan period, a magnificent masterpiece of spiritual artistry was born—an extraordinary Seated Burmese wo...
Category
Early 1800s South Asian Anglo-Indian Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,154 Sale Price
20% Off
Gilded lacquered wood sculpture depicting Buddha Burma
Located in Milano, IT
In the heart of a tranquil sanctuary, there resides a sublime masterpiece, a statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, a figure that radiates serenity and enlightenment. As you approach this divi...
Category
19th Century Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early American Hooked Floral Rug, 1880
s
Located in Milan, IT
Decorated by a floral pattern inspired by French Aubussons and Savonneries, this rare American hooked carpet is very finely woven using coloured...
Category
19th Century American Colonial Revival Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Monsieur Nox Head Vase
By Stefania Boemi
Located in Milan, IT
Timeless and stately, this versatile vase of a Sicilian nobleman will be a refined statement piece in a garden, patio, or kitchen decor. Fashioned of terracotta, this piece is marked...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,245 / item
Ade Salmon Dead Vase
By Stefania Boemi
Located in Milan, IT
This splendid range of vases is entirely crafted by hand as in Sicilian tradition and is a gloriously inspired by Greek mythology. In this example, the Ade vase features a matte salm...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,547 / item
Rare Antique Zemmour Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare mixed technique Berber rug ascribed to the Zemmour people, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas, originally used as a saddle cover - an item of great prestige among Berber tri...
Category
1920s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
System walking stick with a brass plomb line, France 1910.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick: stick with the function of determining the vertical direction with respect to a specific point. Ebony barrel, ivory knob. Inside the knob there is a plumb line. ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Articulated mannequin made with the percussion hammers of a piano Italy 1940
Located in Milan, IT
A one of a kind, small articulated mannequin, made with the percussion hammers of
a pianoforte. The metaphisically shaped feet and face, are made from dampers: these are wooden blo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Painting on Copper, "The Mockery of Christ”
Located in Milano, IT
Painting on copper. Italian school of the late 17th century. The scene, which recounts a moment in the Passion of Christ, is filled with the charac...
Category
17th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$8,178 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare and Unusual Antique Uzbek Geometric Julkhyr Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Julkhyrs are the long-piled rugs of the Uzbeks of central Asia and are representative of an ancient weaving tradition, when carpets were woven by the people living in the freezing hi...
Category
Early 20th Century Uzbek Tribal Italy - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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