19th Century Four Panel Chinoiserie Room Divider Dressing Folding Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive four panel painted folding screen featuring a variety of flowers. Each panel is delicately hand-painted in black, reds, oranges, yellows, pinks and blues. The rear side...
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Leather
Antique French Hand Painted Four Fold Leather Room Divider Screen
Located in London, GB
A late 19th‑century French hand painted four‑fold leather dressing screen.
Leather, Pine, Paint
$2,943Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Porcelain Figurines Guitar Player & Singer, 19th Century, France
By Jean Gille
Located in Lisbon, PT
A large pair of French polychrome and gilt painted biscuit figurines of a mandolin player and a singer. The woman is wearing a green sack-back gown with white flowery etched inner dr...
Porcelain
Portuguese Hand Painted Dressing Screen
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This antique Portuguese dressing screen is an exquisite piece of decorative art that encapsulates the rich history and cultural heritage of Lisbon and Portugal's Age of Discovery. Ea...
Wood
Antique French Hand Painted Three Panel Dressing Screen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louie XV style three panel folding dressing screen having decorative painted canvas panels depicting winged cherubs playing in green, red and ochre floral landscape sc...
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
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H 75.5 in W 80.5 in D 1 in
Italian 19th Century Hand Painted Leather Accordion Style Screen Divider
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th century Italian painted leather screen would be a beautiful dressing room screen, or perhaps used to add interest and visually fill a corner space within a larger room.
Leather
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H 58 in W 43.5 in D 1.5 in
19th C. French Louis XV Style Hand Painted Petite Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century Petite Hand Painted and Hand Carved 3 Section Dressing Screen in the Louis XV taste featuring very well done hand painted scenes on the shell carved crest as well as car...
Fabric, Wood, Paint
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H 62.5 in W 57 in D 3 in
Antique Italian Neoclassical Hand-Painted Dressing Screen with Colored Engraving
Located in Dallas, TX
Perfect for creating a partition or an accent, this Neoclassical Louis XVI 19th century three-panel dressing screen boasts its original painted finish with gold highlights, accentuat...
Hardwood, Silk
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H 68.5 in W 54 in D 1.5 in
French Victorian Hand Painted Floral Oil on Canvas Dressing Screen, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Victorian dressing screen offers three shaped and footed oil on canvas panels having hand painted floral garden scene, circa 1890. Measures: 68.5" H x 54" W x 1.5"...
Canvas
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H 72.5 in W 99.5 in D 1.5 in
Antique Chinese Lacquered, Giltwood & Carved Hardstone Dressing Screen, 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chinese dressing screen offers six lacquered panels having carved hard stone and carved gilt vermillion genre and garden scenes in relief, en verso paneled and hand painte...
Stone
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H 77 in W 66 in D 21 in
Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Four Panel Screen of Birds Paintings
Located in Chicago, IL
Square mirrors beneath the spindles add both practicality, allowing for dressing or spatial enhancement, and elegance. The true highlight of this screen lies in its hand-painted oil...
Canvas, Glass, Mahogany
Giltwood & Triple-Panel French Room Screen
Located in Seattle, WA
This magnificent Dressing Room Screen is made with hand-painted linen panels with scenes depicting exotic flora and fauna. Each panel is framed in beautifully carved giltwood surrou...
Linen
19th Century Rococo Floral Painted Four Panel Dressing Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive four panel painted folding screen featuring a variety of flowers. Each panel is delicately painted in black, reds, oranges, yellows, pinks and blues. Originally used a...
Wood, Paint, Canvas
A French Hand-Painted Folding Screen or Room Divider, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French hand-painted folding screen or room divider from the 19th Century.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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H 72.25 in W 65 in D 0.88 in
19th Century Lacquered Painted and Gilt Four-Panel Screen or Room Divider
Located in Miami, FL
A beautifully detailed 19th century four panel, hand-carved and hand-painted dressing screen or room divider featuring social gatherings of families, musicians and scholars, around p...
Brass
Antique Italian Hand Painted and Hand Tooled Three Panel Leather Screen
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A three panel hand painted and hand tooled Italian leather screen. Decorated with cupids, birds, and floral design with nail head trim details . The vibrantly colored front the back ...
Metal
Italian Neoclassical 3 Panel Hand Painted Room Divider Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three panel hand painted room dressing screen divider, Italy. A 1800s Italian Neoclassical 3 panel floor screen, room divider. Hand painted on canvas panels depicting early Roman,...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
English Victorian Adam Style Painted Floor Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Enchanting English Victorian era three-panel painted folding floor screen. Made in the Adams style featuring a large Roman vase decorated with colorful flowers and arabesque vine scr...
Brass
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H 68.25 in W 147 in D 1.5 in
19th C. French Hand-Painted Folding Screen (Large Sized at 12.25 Feet Wide!)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th century French screen with hand-painted canvas, would be a beautiful room divider, dressing screen, or perhaps used to add visual interest and fill a corner space within a ...
Wood
Antique Decorated & Mirrored Dressing Screen
Located in Lancashire, GB
Antique Decorated & Mirrored Dressing Screen. A fabulous, mid 19th century antique painted pine four fold dressing screen, complete with the original, hand painted flowing gilt fol...
Pine
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H 45 in W 73.5 in D 25.5 in
Classical Carved Mahogany Sideboard with Busts of Female Figures Wearing Turbans
By Edward Priestley
Located in New York, NY
If this sideboard or any American herm-carved furniture can be said to have French influence, this is surely its root. 19th century Furniture designers in both France and England ...
Mahogany
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H 72.05 in W 84.26 in D 1.19 in
Interesting Antique Hand-Painted Four Fold Leather Bound Dressing Screen
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Measures: Width of each panel 53.5 cm 21 in Height 183 cm 6 ft. Four fold screen Composition Hand-painted panels, leather studded binding Condition original old conditi...
$2,800 / set
H 14.75 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Pink Murano Glass Demilune Wall Lights, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style pink Murano glass demilune wall sconces, in stock One LED E26 base socket. Pink glass sphere and brass fittings. Pink textured Murano glass, Wired to the Ameri...
Brass
$42,500 / set
H 34.25 in W 24 in D 23 in
Four Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Chinoiserie Bergères, Jansen Attr., 1890
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare Assembled Set of Four French Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Carved and Japanned-Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated Bergers Armchairs, attributed to Maison Jansen (House of Janse...
Velvet, Giltwood, Lacquer
$1,645Sale Price|30% Off
H 40 in W 40 in D 36.5 in
Grafton Furniture French Art Deco Black Leather & Gold Library Club Lounge Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th Century / Early 21st Club chair by Grafton Furniture. Features a French Art Deco inspired frame with curved back and scrolled arms. The chair is finished in gold with black...
Leather, Hardwood
$4,200
H 36 in W 37 in D 21 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Oversized Bergere Marquise Armchair
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century French Louis XVI style bergère marquise upholstered armchair in painted wood frame with neoclassical architecture embellished hand-carved foliates, rosettes and tapered ...
Fabric, Wood, Paint
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 70.5 in W 62.25 in D 82.5 in
Antique Victorian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut & Burl Bed Frame c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Victorian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut & Burl Bed Frame Unsigned C1880 Measures - 70 3/8" x 62 1/4" x 82 1/2" A fine example of Victorian Renaissance Revival design, t...
Walnut
$1,895
H 72 in W 53 in D 2 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Floral Three-Panel Bamboo Screen Room Divider With Cracked L
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A charming and decorative piece, this vintage three-panel folding screen features a bamboo frame with a beautifully aged lacquered floral chinoiserie design in warm ochre tones. The ...
Rattan
$12,500Sale Price|50% Off
H 49 in W 54 in D 26 in
Rare Late 19th Century Dressing Gilt Bronze Mounted Dressing Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Dressing Table The top lifts to reveal a beautifully fitted and inlaid interior with swing out panels and beveled mirror....
Bronze, Ormolu
$4,279Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.41 in W 29.53 in D 15.75 in
Midcentury Extravagant Bar Cabinet by Umberto Mascagni, 1950s
By Umberto Mascagni
Located in Rome, IT
This fancy bar cabinet designed in Italy by Umberto Mascagni .This piece features a cream colored vinyl with anodized aluminium and centered by colorful Italian landscape prints. An ...
Wood
$101,132
H 92.52 in W 47.25 in D 20.87 in
Midcentury Trumeau Handpainted in Italy Wood Venetian Art Technique by Cupioli
By Cupioli made in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
This Trumeau has been handmade using the technique of Venetian art. In the 18th century in Venice the fashion of lacquering spread. Using small prints, cut out and then glued on the ...
Wood, Art Glass
$5,216
H 58.86 in W 31.5 in D 19.69 in
Antique Harrods Green Lacquered Cocktail Cabinet on Stand Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fabulous polychromed Green lacquered and gilt japanned cocktail cabinet-on-stand, retailed by Harrods and bearing their ivorine label, circa 1940's in date. The two-door cabinet ...
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bergere Armchair
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish late 18th-early 19th century French Louis XVI style Ivory colored Bergere armchair. Having reeded and fluted, gilded decoration and raised on turned tapering legs.
Softwood
Pair of Directoire Style Étagères
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Directoire style mahogany étagères or bookcases. Has brass pineapple finials at the top.
Mahogany
$4,800
H 37.75 in W 50.25 in D 24 in
Antique French Exquisitely Carved and Newly Upholstered Sofa or Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French Louis XVI sofa or loveseat from the 19th century in carved walnut. Features a gently bowed back, fluted legs, and intricate neoclassical carving throughout. New upholstery in ...
Upholstery, Walnut
Maison Jansen Stamped Sofa, Louis XV Style, France
By Maison Jansen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rare Maison Jansen stamped French Louis XV style sofa with original grey patina, and clean lined cream upholstery. Lovely classical Louis XV shape, good width, seats three comfortabl...
Wood
$4,989Sale Price|20% Off
H 53.55 in W 39.38 in D 16.15 in
Fine chinoiserie Decorated Fitted 8 Drawer Cabinet on Stand
By Waring & Gillow
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Chinoiserie Decorated fitted 8 drawer Cabinet on stand circa 1900 Three Quarter tray top with shaped back depicting: Interior scene with figures & Foliage, Two doors, with sh...
Lacquer
$24,000 / set
H 79 in W 27 in D 3 in
Pair of Magnificent Antique French Carved Wood Panels Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An Extraordinary Pair of early 20th century carved wood Panels depicting the Four Seasons. Tall narrow unpainted panels with high relief carved decoration with motifs of the Four Sea...
Wood
Whether they are implemented as decorative accents or makeshift partitions to ensure privacy, antique and vintage folding screens and room dividers easily introduce sophistication and depth to any space in your home.
The earliest examples of folding screens are said to have originated in China and go back at least as far as the Han dynasty. Screens of the era were heavy structures made of wood and had hinges of cloth or leather. They were adorned with elaborate landscape paintings that were typically created on silk or paper canvases and applied directly to the screen’s panels afterward. Just as they had been in the 20th century and today, the folding screens then were recognized for both their practical and purely decorative properties.
Japanese room-divider screens were also decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile. They took on considerable event-based importance when the structures gained popularity in the East Asian country, as the folding screens were used in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. Later, artists elsewhere warmed to folding screens and sought to create their own.
In European countries such as France, where they were known as paravent, folding screens began to materialize in apartments in Paris, gaining favor with the likes of pioneering couturier Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who is said to have accrued more than 30 and used them as a precursor to what we now know as wallpaper.
On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique and vintage folding screens and room dividers, which, given their history, may do a better job of bringing people and cultures together in your home than sectioning off a space. Search by material to find options in metal, fabric or wood, or browse by style for mid-century modern designs and examples from the Art Deco era.
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