Painted Furniture
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
1850s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1780s Italian Country Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
20th Century Indian Agra Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Furniture
Pine
18th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1880s American Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Mid-18th Century French Baroque Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1820s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 18th Century French Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
1880s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1770s Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
1780s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Glass, Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Painted Furniture
Steel
1730s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Early 1600s German Renaissance Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine, Plywood
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1790s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Baltic Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century European Other Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-18th Century Brazilian Other Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1800s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
1790s Italian Louis XVI Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1920s American Primitive Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
1840s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1890s American Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Pine
1840s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood, Paint
Mid-19th Century European Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1810s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Painted Furniture
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1910s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Painted Furniture
Fabric, Pine
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
1840s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Vintage, New and Antique Painted Furniture
Vintage, new and antique painted furniture enhances a room through patterns, blocks of color and ornamental flourishes. Decorating furniture with paint was especially prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States when folk artists used chairs, chests, tables and cupboards as their canvases. Although a later trend involved stripping antique pieces of their paint, early American homes were vivid with furniture painted in an array of colors.
The practice of painting furniture has a rich heritage, with remnants of pigment identified on a 12th-century painted chair from Sweden. It has come in and out of fashion over time — in the design of 17th-century Mannerist furniture, paint was lightly used to enhance carved ornamentation, and painted furniture gained popularity with designers working in the chinoiserie style, as 18th-century European artisans mimicked Chinese lacquer in furniture motifs. In France in the 18th century, furniture was lavishly painted or gilded in gold.
Now painted furniture is popular for pieces that are both utilitarian and works of art. A color from a pattern can inform the whole design of a room, or, as bold and saturated tones are in vogue, a vibrantly adorned piece can be a bold focal point. Muted palettes can contribute to an air of calm for a study or bedroom while bright reds, yellows or blues can enliven a dining room or living room.
On 1stDibs, find a variety of vintage, new and antique painted furniture to match any space or taste.