Q-Where can I find out more about folk furniture, and who specializes in it? A-For the most part, folk or folk art furniture was handcrafted by itinerant woodcarvers, family members and artisans who ...

Here in the New World in a land of plenty, pioneer immigrants had the resources to develop an American style of folk art never dreamed about in the Old Country, hence the creativity of these ...

Creative craftsmen seem attracted to the possibilities of twisting, bending or assembling natural materials into a chair. Bamboo and wicker have been used for formal and folk-art furniture since the ...

Christie’s is pleased to announce that Americana Week 2015, a series of auctions, viewings and events, will be held from January 16-26. Christie’s sale of Important American Furniture, Outsider and ...

Painted furniture–whether it`s antique, merely old or brand new–is enjoying a revival. What today`s popular pieces have in common is their roots in the folk art tradition. Scout yard sales and ...

The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum (AARFAM), which will commemorate its diamond anniversary in 2017 and is one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, will launch its celebratory year ...

Crafts, art and demonstrations will be featured today and tomorrow during the Sixth Annual Summer Crafts ’89 show at the Central Florida Fairgrounds. The show will include Appalachian baskets, quilts, ...

Years ago Jim Murphy admired an antique bird tree carving by the 1800s Pennsylvania German folk artist Wilhelm Schimmel. There was just one catch. The whimsical carving was valued at $88,000. “I ...