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About Antique Folk Art

Antique Folk Art Antique Painted Funiture & Folk Art: We specialise in antique furniture and artefacts of the humble household and artisans workplace, often termed vernacular, primitive or naive. These are not pejorative or derogatory terms, but for those with the eye they simply define one-off pieces that, in some indefinable way, are so peronalised by the creators vision as to transcend the purely commercial and functional design to acheive an intrinsic quality that we call art. The iconography in all media celebrates the lives, loves, acheivements, beliefs and politics of the working man and his family. It demonstrates their profound love and respect for the animals, birds and fish that provide their sustinance i.e. chickens, ducks, cows and sheep. It further demonstrates their pride in and their...

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