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How are Coromandel screens made?
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Coromandel screens were made with a technique used in the 16th and 17th centuries, where large panels of wood were primed with ash, lacquer compound and even pig’s blood. You’ll find a variety of Coromandel screens from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Six-Panel Chinese Black Lacquer Screen with Hand-Painted Court Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This six-panel Chinese folding screen is richly decorated in black lacquer with finely rendered gilt hand-painted court scenes.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Eight Fold Screen, Early 20th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality early 20th century Chinese Coromandel lacquer eight fold screen. Depicting a classical Pagoda buildings with numerous courtiers wondering around. Bordered with fa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Chinoiserie Screen Art Deco Style in Colour China Red and Black Lacquer
Located in Hamburg, DE
Chinese Paravent, Art Deco style, China red lacker, main frame in black lacquer, base material wood, can be used as room divider as back side as a decoration as well,
Front bird des...
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Large Twelve Panel Coromandel Screen - Black Lacquer Background
Located in New York, NY
A grand twelve-panel coromandel lacquer screen, hand-incised and polychrome-decorated on a black lacquer ground. The traditional carved-and-painted technique gives the surface its ch...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
FULL SIZED ViNTAGE CHINESE EXPORT BLACK LACQUERED FOLDING SCREEN ROOM DIVIDER
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made Chinese Export Vintage room divider folding screen with the period "Made in the Peo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Chinoiserie Black Lacquered and Gold Coromandel 6 Panel Screen
Located in West Hartford, CT
Spectacular Chinese black lacquered 6 panel folding screen incised with gold gilt and white paint featuring Chinese village scenery.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,316 Sale Price
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