Just add a condition to exclude the folder:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/folder
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
And if you wanted to redirect SSL requests to non-SSL forĀ /folder, then:
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/folder
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]