Marty Noble - European Folk Art Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Albania

(ab) Embroidered borders from ceremonial shawls, vicinity of Berat, north Albania. (c) Hem of a coverlet, silk embroidery.

Austria

(a) Onion bowl, Linz region, upper Austria (1787). (b) Motif from a plate (1900s). (c) Wine jug, upper Austria (18th century).

(d) Design from a bowl, southern upper Austria (18th century). (e) Design from a plate, Styria, Austria (18th19th century).

Austria

(a) Plate design (18th19th century). (bc) Wine jugs, upper Austria (18th century). (d) Bowl design (18th century).

Belgium

(a) Ornamental painted wooden shoe, Antwerp (19th century). (b) Curry comb of brass, Flemish (19th century). (c) Horseman on plate, Thourout (1781). (d) Signboard of an inn, iron plate, Flemish (1800). (e) Ornamental painted wooden shoe, Antwerp (19th century). (f) Painted clay statue of rooster (1800s).

Bulgaria

(a) Sleeve embroidery, womans shirt, Dupnica and Grahovo territory (18th century). (b) Glazed water jug, Sophia. (c) Sleeve embroidery, womans shirt, vicinity of Grohovo (18th century). (d) Sleeve and cuff embroidery, womans shirt, Sophia vicinity (19th century).

Czechoslovakia

(a) Polychrome relief of Adam and Eve, crucifix, southeastern Moravia (19th century). (b) Wrought iron sepulchral cross, south Bohemia (19th century). (c) Jug decoration (19th century). (d) Painted motif, chest, Kostic, near Breclava (1862).

Czechoslovakia

(a) Back of mans jacket, cloth with silk embroidery, Obrava, northern Dalmatia, Yugoslavia. (b) Hunters powder horn, relief in stone with colored engraving, central Slovakia (18th century). (c) Detail of stamped metal design. (d) St. John of Nepomuk in the grave; painting under glass, patterned after silver gravestone.

Czechoslovakia

(a) Men with hats, polychrome relief from a beehive, Zeleznice, north Bohemia (1880). (b) Pierrot, wooden gingerbread mold (19th century). (c) Baby, wooden gingerbread mold, northeastern Bohemia (18th century). (d) Madonna with sprig, carved wooden statue, Pstruzi, eastern Moravia (18th century).

Czechoslovakia

(a) Painted motif, chest, Kostic, near Breclava (1862). (b) Motif of deer and birds carved on a wooden blueprint pattern (19th century).

Czechoslovakia

(a) Headboard design, southern Moravia (19th century). (b) Stamped metal design. (c) Detail of a painted chest (19th century). (d) Figure of a Hungarian musician by Czech artist (early 1900s). (e) Painted motif, wooden chest, Kostic, near Breclava (1862). (f) The Spanish Dancer (Pepita de Olivia), wooden gingerbread mold (1855).

Denmark

(a) Double container for keeping childrens food warm, Holbaek (1759). (b) Silver hat buckle, Laeso (1800). (c) Detail of woolen coach blanket. (d) Breast ornament and front clasp, gilded silver, Amager (early 19th century). (e) Section of embroidered bench cover, County Copenhagen (1817).

Denmark

(a) Plate, Holbaek district, Sealand (second half of 18th century). (b) Bowl, Aarhus district, Jutland (1761). (c) Section of embroidered wool coach blanket, Sealand (1826). (d) Embroidery, marriage shawl, Norway (1777). (e) Silver embroidery, childs velvet bonnet, County Frederiksborg, north Sealand (19th century).

Danmark

(a) Chair cover, County Holback, Sealand (late 18th century). (b) Laundry board, multicolored paint, County Soro, Sealand (1799). (c) Board for ball playing, multicolored paint, Amager (1797). (d) Embroidery, vanity handkerchief, County Frederiksborg, north Sealand (1832).

Finland

(a) Candleholder, Valle, Saetesdalen, south Norway (early 19th century). (b) Wooden vessel, Rusko (16th century). (c) Decorative motif from rullstolar, Vasa Ian (19th century). (de) Flax holders, Sund (19th century). (f) Grandfather clock, Osterbotten (19th century).

Finland

(a) Pearl embroidery on cloth from a womans headdress, Finnish Lapland. (b) A rullstolar to hold thread, Vasa Ian (19th century). (c d) Flax holders, Sund, (19th century). (e) Carved clock case, Osterbotten (19th century).

France

(a) Detail from The World Turned Upside Down, carved wood, Le Mans (late 18th century). (b) Bouquet, painted beechwood, Alsace (18301840). (c) Fountain water jar, glazed earthenware (1828). (d) Tattoo design, painted silk (19th century). (e) Carved decorative element on wooden cask, Alsace (1750).

France

(a) Detail from The World Turned Upside Down, carved wood, LeMans (late 18th century). (b) Puppet head of wood, iron, and cloth (early 1900s). (c) Powder flask, incised boxwood and iron studs, western France (1793). (d) Stele from Bardos Graveyard, geometric sawtooth designs, circles with radials and stars, Labourd region (1761).