Antique Folk Art Furniture
Give Your Home a Modern, Eclectic Touch with Indian Furniture and Décor
Indian style furniture tends to have a lot of sculpting, color, design, fabrics, textiles and detail. In order to fuse Indian furniture with the concept of modern furniture, it’s important to keep it simple without too much fru fru. This can involve a lot of editing when it comes to shopping for Indian furniture, as Indian style design pieces tend to have a lot of personality and flair.
Many modern furniture stores have reproduced antique Indian furniture pieces, focusing on the rustic influence it has. To keep it modern, it’s important to focus on certain elements of Indian style furniture and décor to capture the right look for your modern home. Here are some ways to capture modern minimalism with the historical essence of Indian culture.
Solid purples and reds
These two colors seem to capture the essence of the Indian style best. Knowing how to sift through the amazing color palette of Indian style furniture and décor is not easy and involves a certain design discipline. Keep in mind purples and reds for a chic, opulent look. In order to keep it modern, it’s best to stay consistent with one color and fabric and not get too wild with too many colors.
Velvets and silks
Dated back into ancient times, Indian style has always utilized velvet and silks in its fabric and the upholstery of its furniture. Dark purple velvet cushioning lining the sofa or bright red silk pillows on the bed add a certain bourgeois feeling to the home you are decorating. There is a sense of royalty and nobility while eyeing or sitting on a velvet-draped chair, a feeling that exudes confidence and esteem. Even a silk throw blanket or velvet-lined drapery gives off a modish kick, capturing that antique look as well.
The art of silver-folding
A lot of antique Indian style furniture and décor was made from pure sterling silver, hand-crafted and solid, with elaborate details and creativity. Intricate designs were inlayed into the silver, which was used for headboards, stools, chairs, trunks, desks, statues and the opulent adornment in luxurious kingdoms.
Nowadays, modern furniture stores are reproducing and drawing inspiration from these ancient design pieces with a process called silver-folding. Brass and metals are being imprinted with historical, elaborate Indian designs. It is a timely process, because many items are done by hand, but the outcome is a piece of furniture that will last you a lifetime and never tarnish or lose its durability. In essence, it’s a great investment.
Indian art and decor
In many minimalist homes, the piece of artwork in a room is the standout item. It sets the stage for the furniture, fabrics, patterns, styles and overall vibe. Yoga and spirituality are huge influences of Indian culture and symbols of these practices can be hung against the walls of your modern home to give off a more peaceful presence.
A piece of folk art featuring Lord Shiva or Lord Ganesha (strong symbols of Indian culture) is always a nice touch to a hallway or foyer. Chakra and mandala symbols, intricate oil paintings of Buddha and Batik paintings are classic Indian staples that adda lift to any modern home.
Ancient Indian accessories
A handmade Indian jewelry box on the dresser in your bedroom adds historical value to your home. Serve your guests with Indian style pots, bowls, dishes and silverware, which are usually deeply embroidered with beautiful ethnic motifs. A statue made from wood, stone, marble or brass is always a nice addition to a room that needs an extra jolt.
Usually these items are created by artisans and craftsman, making them quite expensive but well worth it. A stylish rug made from Kashmir, Agra or Badohi in pure silk and wool is another element one can use in designing their modern home with Indian elements. Wood carvings or marble plates on display featuring India’s coveted symbols of peace and tranquility is another design possibility.
Indian culture has created some of the finest pieces in design and art. When designing your modern home, it’s important to think of the Indian culture for inspiration, good energy and a positive flow.
antique mirrored windows by doug rouhier
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“All we ask is a fair trial” Black American prison folk art $100,000.00 |
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Lawrence Lebduska Folk Art $100,000.00 |
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Antique Pair of Iconic American Folk Art Carved Pine Wood Eagle Sculpture – RARE $20,000.00 |
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Mamie Falk Folk Art Oil Painting – Considered Minnesota’s “Grandma Moses” $19,750.00 |
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Yuri Gorbachev ORIGINAL Landscape Oil painting Folk Art $17,500.00 |
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Antique American Folk Art Oil Painting Horse & Homestead in background.see pics! $10,000.00 |
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Rare Postmortem 1810 Young Girl w/ Dog Portrait Pastel Painting Dated Folk Art $9,995.00 |
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Original Oil On Canvas Painting by Minni Hines Bayou Scene Folk Art 24×48 $9,995.00 |
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Folk Art wood statue of Grover Cleveland 1894 $9,500.00 |
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Antique Ship Captain Folk Art Carved Coconut Chalice $8,500.00 |
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Chinese folk art sculpture carving stone inkstone for painting and handwriting $6,890.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art stone sculpture carving inkstone inkslab fly dragon $6,329.00 |
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Banjo Boy/ Pre-Civil War Folk Art on Linen $6,000.00 |
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Yuri Gorbachev Original Oil Painting Russian Art Folk $5,990.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab—Avalokitesvara $5,590.00 |
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AMERICAN FOLK ART PUPPET THEATRE QUEENS,NY $5,000.00 |
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Clementine Hunter Signed Framed Folk Art Painting Cotton Pickin’ c1977 20×26.25 $5,000.00 |
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vincent van gogh sculpture outsider folk art Dale Teachout assemblage junk $5,000.00 |
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Bessie Harvey Folk Art Found Object Museum Piece!!! $5,000.00 |
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ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART FISH HOOK MASSIVE IRON TRADE SIGN $4,999.99 |
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PAIR OF 19TH C FOLK ART PORTRAITS PAINTINGS SIGNED P MARTIN 1886 HUSBAND & WIFE $4,999.99 |
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ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART ETCHED GLASS ALLEGHENY CTY PA GERMAN WOW $4,999.99 |
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Signed OLD master GESSO FRAME OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAIT NELSON pipe Folk art $4,999.00 |
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Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting Signed “Picking Cotton” $4,850.00 |
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Chinese folk art sculpture carving stone inkstone double dragon holding the sun $4,690.00 |
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A Outstanding Early Trade Axe,Folk Art Hatchet, $4,500.00 |
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Corbels Pair Wood Winged Griffins Victorian Old Paint Architectural Folk Art $4,500.00 |
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FOLK ART OIL PAINTING PORTRAIT CHILD ICONIC RED DRESS PRINCE CHARLES SPANIEL $4,500.00 |
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FOLK ART PAINTING SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK J R GEROW $4,500.00 |
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Johnnie Swearingen! Great Folk Art!!! Peddling Melons $4,500.00 |
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New England Folk Art Portrait on Canvas Ca.1830 $4,500.00 |
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Clementine Hunter Signed Framed Folk Art Painting Wash Day c1977 19.25 x 23.25in $4,500.00 |
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Yuri Gorbachev Original Oil Painting Russian Art Folk $4,490.00 |
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FANTASTIC FOLK ART CHEST $4,200.00 |
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Clementine Hunter Signed Framed Folk Art Painting African Headdress c1977 25.5h $4,000.00 |
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ANTIQUE MINIATURE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART WOOD RURAL SCENE FRAMED 12 1/4″ UNIQUE $3,885.00 |
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*RARE TRAMP / FOLK ART Shoe Shine Box – Brass/Wood-Detailed-Ornate-Exquisite $3,800.00 |
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Antique KNOTTY Tree Root Twig FOLK ART CHAIR Set GOODY KOONCH West Virginia $3,750.00 |
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Original Mexican Folk Art Icons Retablo:18-19th century $3,650.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone-an old man finshing alone $3,590.00 |
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Folk Art Hand Carved Soldier,6ft Tall Pick Up Only $3,532.50 |
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Painting Vintage 50s Cowboy Folk Art Levis Jeans Vinicur Little Buckaroo Parade $3,500.00 |
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Advertising Art / Folk Art / Christmas Hooked Rug – 5′x3 1/2′ $3,500.00 |
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Johnnie Swearingen! Great Folk Art!!! $3,500.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab—Lofty aspiration $3,490.00 |
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Terrazzo Marble Micro Mosaic Latin Ethnic Musicians Mural Folk Fine Art $3,374.99 |
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Original Mexican Folk Art Icons Retablo:18-19th century $3,250.00 |
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FINE 19c EARLY FOLK ART PORTRAIT PAINTING $3,225.00 |
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MASTERPIECE FOLK ART PORTRAIT BY SHELDON PECK, 1797-1868 $3,000.00 |
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Israel Jewish Art,Sara Hagay,Israeli Folk Dance “hora”,Oil,Judaica,Framed $3,000.00 |
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ANTIQUE 19th AMERICAN FOLK ART NATURALIST BUFFALO SETON STYLE CATLIN PAINTING $2,999.99 |
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ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD CANE ISLE ROYALE FIRE WW2 D DAY GI ? KENOSHA WI $2,999.99 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab man walk in forest $2,999.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone inkslab a man watch moon $2,999.00 |
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fine Chinese handcraft folk art stone sculpture carving inkstone inkslab scenery $2,890.00 |
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Temperance Movement Folk Art Painting Folk Art Temperance Painting $2,850.00 |
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Anonymous Folk Art Carving Figure with Crown in Skirt with Snake $2,799.99 |
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ANTIQUE OIL PAINTING FOLK ART NEW ENGLAND ‘HUGES’ 1892 $2,750.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art stone sculpture carving inkstone inkslab with dragon $2,690.00 |
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FOLK ART Antique Wood Polychrome Carved Asian Figure Sculpture $2,500.00 |
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HUGE 37″ Antique 19th American Folk Art Carved Gilt Wood Eagle Statue Americana $2,500.00 |
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FOLK ART OIL PAINTING OF THE SS “OCEAN” STEAMSHIP $2,475.00 |
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Ca. 1820 American Folk Art Painting Deformed Man $2,450.00 |
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Doris Lee – Folk Art Painting – Signed and Titled – Original Condition $2,400.00 |
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James Harold Jennings Amazing and Colorful Folk Art! $2,400.00 |
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DC: Prison Folk Art Matchstick Ship, HUGE 5′ Length $2,379.00 |
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Amazing ORIGINAL NAUTICAL AMERICAN FOLK ART PAINTING $2,285.00 |
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FOLK ART COLLAGE/Presidential Stamp Collage $2,250.00 |
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Sheep Painting/ Inside Barn $2,250.00 |
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Folk Art Handmade Ceramic Sculpture Plaque Dentist Pulling Tooth Dicker Vintage $2,200.00 |
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outsider, folk art painting of farm family amer gothic $2,200.00 |
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ANTIQUE Americana TRADE SIGN IMMIGRATION FOLK ART NYC ICE CREAM PUSH CART $2,200.00 |
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HAITIAN ART: Vibrant PAINTING, SIGNED by Renowned Folk Artist TOUSSAINT AUGUSTE $2,150.00 |
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Ohio Pioneer Abraham Betz 1818 HANDWRITTEN LESSON BOOK with FOLK ART $2,150.00 |
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Philippines National Artist Abdul Imao Brass Sculpture w/ Base Mindanao Folk Art $2,100.00 |
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Ellen Eilers Folk Art Woodcut Print Ornamental Trees Very Rare Early Work $2,000.00 |
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ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART FRUIT STILL LIFE WATERMELON OIL PAINTING $1,999.99 |
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ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD BALEEN CARVED SPERM WHALE GROTESQUE AMERICANA WOW $1,999.99 |
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ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART SHIP LIGHTHOUSE LARGE OIL PAINTING GERNAND VERMIER $1,999.99 |
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Vtg Rutherford Tubby Brown Xmas 25″Folk Art Santa Claus $1,999.99 |
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AMERICAN FOLK ART GAMEBOARD TABLE WITH SWASTIKAS $1,999.00 |
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Chinese handcraft folk art sculpture carving inkstone peasant work on his land $1,999.00 |
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LAURA SIQUEIROS “POSEIDONS ADVENTURE” FOLK ART PAINTING $1,999.00 |
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Old Folk Art Cinderella pre Disney & Kincade Beautiful $1,995.00 |
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C Peterson ORIGINAL modern FOLKART sculpture SIGN ART painted OUT of WORK tools $1,975.00 |
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Clyde Connell 1943 Folk Art hooked rug signed LISTED $1,900.00 |
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ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD CARVING TOBACCO CIGAR TRADE SIGN ? DISPLAY WOW $1,899.99 |
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Chinese folk art sculpture carving stone inkstone for painting and handwriting $1,890.00 |
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OLD Fine African Primitive Folk Art WOOD SCULPTURE antique carving artwork Baule $1,865.45 |
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WELSH AMERICAN SIGNED FOLK ART PAINTING JFK PT 109 $1,850.00 |
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ORIGINAL TEXAS ARTIST FERGUSON OIL PAINTING FOLK ART $1,822.50 |
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American Folk Art Painting of Little Girl Circa 1825 $1,800.00 |
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Emma Schrock Folk Art 16″ by 12″ $1,795.00 |
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c1920 Girl Knitting Folk Woman Antique Art Signed Oil Estate Painting $1,795.00 |
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Folk Art New England Oil on Canvas Painting/Circa 1860 $1,750.00 |
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HUTCH TABLE WITH FOLK ART 4 SEASON ARTIST PAINTED TOP $1,750.00 |
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Older Carved Maine Folk Art Wood Fish L Irvine Landlocked Salmon $1,749.99 |
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Painting Dominican Republic Cuban Spain Caribbean Folk Art Alberto Lestrad $1,700.00 |
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OLD AMERICAN FOLK ART DECO PEACOCK LRG WOOD CARVING $1,699.99 |
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primitive folk art style theorem painting Ellinger S.E.Pa. artist signed & dated $1,695.00 |
