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Item Ships From: Maryland
Arne Tjomsland 1950s Artic Musk Ox Mid-Century Scandinavian Norway Sculpture Vtg
By Kay Bojesen, Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare small musk Ox figure/carving. Hand worked Norwegian Pine wood and leather. Burnished makers marks to bottom. Arne Tjomsland was Norways leading souvenir designer in the 1950s...
Category

1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood

1960s Emil Milan Modernist Bird Sculpture Sumac Cabin Modern New Hope Era
By Emil Milan
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Well planned active sumac grain really enhances this sculpture.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood

1950s American Garage Craftmans Bits Plywood Cabinet Tabletop Chest WW2 Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
As-found. Petite painted plywood bits and bobs cabinet, factory or garage custom in house job. No makers markings. Chips, dents to wood, splat and paint patina from normal uses.
Category

1950s American Industrial Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Plywood

Patriotic Flag Quilt Old Glory
Located in Darnestown, MD
Nothing could be more of the moment than this patriotic flag quilt depicting Old Glory. It was most likely made either for the admission of Arizona into st...
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

1950s American Studio Craft Iron Triangle Dinner Bell
By Russel Wright
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand-forged dinner triangle, delicate swan head, in the manner of Early Russel Wright designed Iron Works, very reminiscent of the deer andirons.
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Pair of Vintage American Handmade and Painted Duck Decoys
Located in Germantown, MD
Elegant pair of Vintage American Handmade and Hand Painted Duck Decoys in good vintage condition, measuring 15" in width, 4" in depth and 5.5"in height fo...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Mid-Century Hand-Crafted and Hand-Painted Hardwood American Duck Decoy
Located in Germantown, MD
An Mid Century, large, Hand-crafted and Hand-Painted American life size Duck Decoy measuring 20" in width, 9" in depth and 13" in height.
Category

Mid-20th Century American American Classical Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Cub Vintage Midcentury 1950s Figure Sculpture Norway
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Arne Tjomsland was Norways leading souvenir designer in the 1950s and 1960s. Arne Tjomsland's artistic style is characterized by soft structural lines and minimal detailing on his cr...
Category

1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Teak

1900s, Gilt Framed Madonna of the Chair Painting Print on Wood
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Germantown, MD
The Madonna Della Sedia commonly known as the Madonna of the chair is a painting by an Italian artist Raphael dating back to 1513 -1514. It is currently hou...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood, Giltwood

1950s Norwegian Teak Sitting Bear Figure Sculpture Midcentury in Tjomsland Style
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1950s solid hand carved teak sitting bear cub figure. Burnished markings; Genuine teak, made in Norway. Designer is unknown, but in the manner of Arne Tjomsland, and from t...
Category

1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Teak

Courthouse Steps Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Classic courthouse steps log cabin quilt with a good use of lights and darks. Solid red and orange logs play well against the printed fabrics. Excelle...
Category

1890s American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Jacob s Ladder Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is the most interesting version of the Jacob's Ladder quilt pattern that I have seen. The colors and fabrics make it unusual as well as the strong diagonal patterning. Use of th...
Category

1890s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Ohio Amish Ocean Waves Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is a very fine example of a classic Amish Ocean Waves quilt. The colors, quilting and condition make it a real stand out. The black background is cotton sateen giving a nice sh...
Category

1920s American Country Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Patriotic Flag Quilt Dated 1777
Located in Darnestown, MD
Although we think of the year 1776 as the time of the birth of the United States, it was actually not until 1777 that the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Co...
Category

1870s American American Colonial Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Early Wild Goose Chase Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Richly colored Wild Goose Chase quilt (aka Geese in Flight) from the early 19th century. Abutting the triangles gives a terrific up and down movement to the "geese". Streak of Lightn...
Category

19th Century American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton, Linen

Orange Peel Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Several features make this quilt quite unusual. Most obvious is the Orange Peel pattern that is not often seen. It is set within concentric frames that are not one hundred percent consistent in terms of colors but they blend well together. Most unusual is the center applique. It is a takeoff of the overall Orange Peel pattern but with the addition of arms that look like a thistle. This appears to be an original design. The initials AES are elaborately embroidered on one of the triangle corners...
Category

1870s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

1970s Southern California Design Studio Pottery Vase Brent Bennett Leaf Motif
By Brent Bennett
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful intense handcrafted tall stoneware vessel or vase. Good size, just over a foot tall. Heavy. No chips, no cracks.
Category

1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

1880s Onion Porch Lantern Rustic Caged Globe Cabin-Modern Nautical Bubble Lamp
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Nice antique onion lantern, unknown maker. A wonderful rustic decor for tabletop or hanging. Sold as a prop for decor only, the function of the o...
Category

Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Glass

Antique Chinese Embroidery Brocade Collar Qing Dynasty Crane Floral Asian Arts
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Museum quality antique 1800s Childs collar on baby blue clothe background, appears much lighter in photos. Stamped on verso Sarit Centre Westland’s Nairobi Kenya Africa. Background is baby blue, appears lighter in images. Measures: Collar diameter 12.5 in. (Beads about 1.75 inches additional.) Square frame is 17.75 in. From a Norwegian and then Kenya State Department Official's Estate in Bethesda MD...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Fabric

Wild Goose Chase Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Wild Goose Chase Quilt has a wonderful variety of fabrics, including glazed chintz from the mid 19th century. The generous size of 91" x 98 " would make it an excellent bedcover...
Category

19th Century American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Thousand Pyramids Quilt with Lily of the Field Border
Located in Darnestown, MD
Thousand Pyramids quilt with a wonderful border of Lily of the Field ( a pattern not often seen). The triangles are made of a beautiful assortment of mostly printed fabrics from the last quarter of the 19th century. The unusual border pattern as well as the fact that it is done with solid colors make for a strong frame. Condition is excellent. Measurements are 80 inches square.
Category

1870s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Ohio Amish Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Double wedding ring was one of the most popular patterns of the 1920's and 30's. Almost always, it was done with pastel colors on a white ground. ...
Category

1920s American Country Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Original French Art Deco Period Poster by Paul Colin 1928
By Paul Colin
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an original French Art Deco Period advertising poster ‘Marguerite Valmond’ by Paul Colin printed by H. Chachoin. Made famous in 1928, spectacular and exquisitely made. This...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Windmill Blades Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Windmill Blades (aka Pineapple Log Cabin) quilt done in wool challis with a cotton print backing. The solid colors make the pattern especially dynamic ...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Rose Wreaths Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This appliqued wreaths quilt goes by various names, most often Rose Wreath. It is in excellent, unwashed condition. Finely cross stitched on the back are the initials CWK. Could this...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Caesar s Crown Quilt with Pillow Shams
Located in Darnestown, MD
It's not often that one finds a quilt with a matching pair of shams, especially those that are quilted. This Caesar's Crown is splashy for several reasons. The pattern; the double zi...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Center Medallion Applique Quilt with Lovebirds
Located in Darnestown, MD
At first glance, some would think this is a Hawaiian quilt - not so. It is similar to Hawaiian in that it has the solid color central applique design b...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Spirit of St Louis Lindbergh Airplanes Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
In May, 1927, Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic He went from New York to Paris in 33 hours. Quiltmakers were inspired...
Category

1920s American Country Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Rare 1960s Dirk Rosse Tear Drop Cutting Board American Studio Craft Midcentury
By Dirk Rosse
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Modernist tear drop form. Dirk Rosse (1925-2014) was an exhibited studio furniture maker. Cutting board in walnut, signed with his DDR mark to edge. 13 inches in length total when hu...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Mennonite Original Pattern Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This original pattern Mennonite quilt most closely resembles the Philadelphia Pavement pattern. The use of entirely solid colors changes the look consi...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Antique Late 19th Century Seascape Lighthouse Oil Painting
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unsigned Maritime oil painting. Very good quality, by the hand of a professional painter. The painting is soiled from 100 years of exposure. The frame has some losses (chips) to the ...
Category

19th Century American American Classical Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Swirling Fans Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Graceful and unusual quilt pattern of swirling Fans. The quilt is done in the perfect shade of blue. The white areas are nicely quilted with diamonds and the blue block centers follo...
Category

1920s American Country Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Plaids One Patch Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This one-patch quilt made almost entirely of plaid cotton flannels is both simple and sophisticated. It took an artistic eye to put together this large combination of plaids in a pal...
Category

1920s American Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

LeMoyne Stars and Maple Leaves Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is an early and unusual quilt combining LeMoyne Stars and Tulip patterns. It is made with a wonderful array of early 19th century fabrics. The tan sashing was the perfect color...
Category

19th Century American American Colonial Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Gambler s Choice Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is certainly a one of a kind quilt made for the card playing or craps playing gambler. The green fabric is also reminiscent of the top of a pool table. Dice are shown in the c...
Category

1960s American Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton, Wool, Velvet

Thomas Jefferson Crannock Carved Cane
Located in Darnestown, MD
Unique carved cane that chronicles the life and achievements of Thomas Jefferson. Among the carved words are "Thos. Jefferson of Va Born Apr 2,1743 Wa...
Category

19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood

American Flag Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Patriotic quilts were often made at the time a state was admitted to the Union. It seems highly probable that this 49 star quilt was made to commemorate the ad...
Category

1950s American Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

RICH Sign
Located in Darnestown, MD
This seemingly straightforward sign is open to several interpretations. Is it a statement of aspiration or having arrived? Might it be Richard's nickname? In any case, it is wonderfu...
Category

1930s American Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

RICH Sign
RICH Sign
$1,800
Princess Feather Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Here is a bold Princess Feather quilt, all in solid colors, well done in every way. The red and green feathers are offset by orange centers and a similar orange flower at the center ...
Category

1890s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Mariner s Compass Quilt with Swag and Bow Border
Located in Darnestown, MD
Elegant version of the always desirable Mariner's Compass quilt pattern. It is an extremely difficult pattern to execute with the numerous fine points an...
Category

19th Century American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Patriotic Quilt Titled "Stars and Stripes" Forever
Located in Darnestown, MD
This fabulous 48 star Patriotic quilt has the embroidered title "Stars and Stripes Forever." The stripes of the flag are created in an unusual way. Rather than using horizontal stri...
Category

1920s American Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Evening Stars Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Evening Stars Quilt is a lovely variation of a traditional pattern. Placing one star within another and placing the red stars abutting one another creates a variety of optical i...
Category

19th Century American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Folk Art Gate in form of a Face
Located in Darnestown, MD
One of a kind iron gate in the shape of an elongated face. It would be functional as a gate but would also be terrific hung indoors as a piece of outsider art. The movable earrings...
Category

Early 20th Century American Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Jim Houser Earthman Silkscreen Spector Gallery Artwork Philly Margaret Kilgallen
By Jim Houser
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1999 Earthman, Spector Gallery, show announcement silk screened artwork, Philadelphia, PA by Jim Houser. Measures: W 12 x H 18 in. Shipped unframed.
Category

1990s American Folk Art Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Victorian Era Wooden Bead Centerpiece Bowl Czechoslovakian Art Craft Studio
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Mesmerizing design, great table prop or functional decor, signed to bottom, Made in Czechoslovakia. Measures: Bowl only diameter 10.25 x height 3.25 in.
Category

1910s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Lone Star Quilt with Broderie Perse
Located in Darnestown, MD
Glorious is the best way to describe this lone star quilt with chintz border and applique (broderie perse). The colors are as vibrant as the day it was ...
Category

1830s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Vintage Kurt Naef Bauhaus Style Building Blocks Toy Wood Mid-Century
By Naef Spiele
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Huge lot of 67 Bauhaus style wooden blocks. Architectural pattern making toys. Sold as found, unrestored condition. 1 1/16 inch cubes.
Category

1930s Swiss Scandinavian Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Spiderweb Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
I have delayed posting this quilt because I have been on a search for a name for the pattern. The closest I have come are: The Banner Quilt; A Dainty Quilt and Spiderweb. None seem t...
Category

1880s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Mid-Century Hand-Crafted and Hand-Painted American Duck Decoy
Located in Germantown, MD
An Mid Century, large, Hand-crafted and Hand-Painted American life size Duck Decoy measuring 21" in width, 9" in depth and 9.5" in height.
Category

Mid-20th Century American American Classical Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic, Plaster

Irish Chain Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Finely quilted Irish Chain in which the white off blocks are quilted with a variety of patterns that include hearts and feathers. Stitched in two of the blocks are the name Mary and the date 1883 with the 3 backwards. The white background is lighter than appears in the close ups. The zig zag border makes the perfect frame. The quilt is in excellent, unwashed condition with some basting stitches remaining. Measurements are 72" x 84. Made in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Mennonite Touching Stars Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Mennonite Touching Stars quilt clearly reflects the Victorian era in which it was made. The stars are made of totally irregular pieces simila...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Schoolhouse Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Schoolhouse is one of the most iconic of American quilt patterns. This lovely example has each Schoolhouse set in a vivid red frame with x's at the intersections between the blocks. ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Country Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Chinese Coins Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This strippy quilt is a wonderful take off on Chinese Coins. The strips are mostly rectangular but have a lot of variety adding squares, triangles and irreg...
Category

1880s American Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Light and Dark Calico Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Light and Dark Log Cabin quilt has more depth than the usual version of this pattern. The blocks are outlined with both red and indigo creating a frame around each of the diamond shape blocks. The placement of fabrics gives this quilt a nice dimensionality. All of the fabrics in the quilt are calico with the exception of the red used for the frame and border. The red border is quilted with diagonal lines. Measurements are 80 inches square...
Category

1880s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Vintage Rare Scandinavian Craft Geometric Trivets by Kaija Aarikka
By Kaija Aarikka
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large 11 1/4 x 6 in. Medium 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Small 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. An ingenious and unusual wooden and metal wire rod trivet from the Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka. The Aarikka design house is over 50 years old, started in 1954 by Kaija Aarikka who, as a textile design student, was unable to find suitably attractive buttons for a suit she had created for a final assignment. She decided to carve her own - and was surprised that her five buttons turned out to be the star of the day. That same year she and her husband founded their company, called Aarikka Oy, and opened their first sales outlet in Helsinki. In the ensuing years the company has focused on creating unique decorative and household designs showcasing local Finnish materials - which entails quite a bit of birch wood. The wooden circles are echoed by the circular wire loops at the end of each row of rings. The construction allows it to be slightly flexible but quite sturdy, while the open loops allow air to circulate under the pot. The wires can be rotated. The Aarikka Finland...
Category

1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Pine and Oak Rocking Cradle
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a charming, very rustic hooded rocking cradle with an interesting and unusual “bird house” with a circular opening, built into the shallow hood,...
Category

Late 19th Century Irish Rustic Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Oak, Pine

Mennonite Roman Stripe Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Solid black triangles abutting strips of lighter material, both solid and printed, make for a striking pattern in this Roman Stripe quilt. The solid black blocks make for a strong di...
Category

1890s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Pinwheels Variation Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
The interesting use of color make this much more than the usual Pinwheels quilt. All are printed fabrics with the exception of the solid orange triangle...
Category

1880s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Feathered Stars Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Finely crafted Feathered Stars quilt made more unusual with the pieced Bars alternating blocks. The quilt is in unwashed, excellent condition. It is quilted with chevrons throughout. There are some tiny, tiny brown specks in the double pink calico fabric. As the quilt appears to be in unused condition, they may have been present when the quilt was pieced. Sewn to the back is a label that says: Feathered Star Made by Lois Smith's Great Grandmother Charlotte Robinson and her sister Mary Hill circa 1875-85 at Smiths Mills, New York (near Silver Creek...
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

One Patch Barnraising Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Barnraising pattern quilt is made with One Patches rather than the usual Log Cabin strips. The sold reds against the printed fabrics make a very strong statement. The prints are...
Category

Early 1900s American Country Antique Maryland - Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

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