Painted Furniture
Early 1800s Austrian Directoire Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 1800s Austrian Directoire Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1830s German Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1820s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1800s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
18th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1880s American Rustic Antique Painted Furniture
Tin
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Furniture
Oak
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1730s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1810s Italian Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
1910s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Painted Furniture
Fabric, Pine
1820s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Painted Furniture
Steel
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1870s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Brass
1830s Swiss Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Painted Furniture
Wood
1780s Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
1790s Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
1830s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Pine, Paint
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1820s American American Colonial Antique Painted Furniture
Paint, Wood
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Painted Furniture
Pine, Plywood
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
Late 18th Century French Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Metal
Mid-19th Century American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1880s American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
Early 1600s German Renaissance Antique Painted Furniture
Iron
1780s Italian Country Antique Painted Furniture
Fir
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
2010s Italian Other Painted Furniture
Wood
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine, Paint
1840s German Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Mid-19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Pine
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1920s American Primitive Vintage Painted Furniture
Wood
1840s American Antique Painted Furniture
Wood
1930s Industrial Vintage Painted Furniture
Iron
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Furniture
Wood, Cherry
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.