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Coromandel Room Divider

Chinese 4 Panel Coromandel Black Laquer Screen Room Divider
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Unusual and lovely 4 panel Asian black laquer screen where each panel is a different height. Beautiful carved and painted decoration of birds and dogwood flowering branches, front a...
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Chinese Black Lacquered Six Panel Coromandel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
open. The screen functions as a room divider but many clients also have their craftsman hang on a
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Doylestown, PA
Chinese export smaller scale four-panel lacquered dressing screen room divider with hand-painted
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal

Mid Century Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Charlotte, NC
A hand painted Chinese Export Asian style four-panel folding screen room divider, artisan unknown
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Signed Asian Coromandel Eight Panel Screen Expandable Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent Asian coromandel expandable room divider. Great scale with height of 94" and vivid
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Mid-20th C. Imperial East Coromandel Etched and Painted Six-Fold Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-20th Century Chinese Coromandel Etched and Painted Six-Fold Floor Screen screen or room
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20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
frame from the late 19th century. This one of a kind decorative screen or room divider can be used as
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Rosewood

Antique Chinese Coromandel Painted & Carved Bovine Black Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Coromandel 4 panel black lacquer room divider. One side
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bone, Hardwood, Lacquer

Antique Chinese Coromandel Black Lacquer Screen with White Mother of Pearl
Located in Toronto, ON
room divider or headboard. Coromandel lacquer screens originate from ancient China and often represent
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Early 20th Century Chinese Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Wood

Very Rare 19th Century Coromandel Veneered Year-Running Clock by Thomas Cole
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker), Achille Brocot
Located in London, GB
A Superb Coromandel-Veneered Mantle Clock The case constructed of very well-figured Coromandel
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Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

20th Century Chinese Coromandel Black Gilt Eight-Panel Screen Immortals Sky Gods
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a monumental 8ft, eight panel room divider, circa the 20th century
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood, Lacquer

Chinese Qing Dynasty Lacquered Six-Panel Screen
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Chinese hand-painted and lacquered Coromandel 6-Panel Room Divider/Screen dating back to the late
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

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Lacquer

A Sarcophagal Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box with Isometric Cube Design, c1835
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
isometric cubes featuring palmeira, coromandel, birds-eye maple and other veneers bounded with geometric
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Antique 19th Century English William IV Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

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'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Textile

Stunning Vintage Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquer Side Cabinet with Hard Stone Finish
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique vintage Chinese side cabinet with Native scenes of Floral, bird and Geisha girls decorated in the Chinoiserie style A ver...
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

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Soapstone

Chinoiserie Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
China, 1940s-1960s Folding screen or room divider in black lacquer with hand painted decoration. Chic and functional chinoiserie piece. Each side of the screen has a different design...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Bamboo Plum Blossom
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export lacquered coromandel screen featuring a colorful bamboo and plum blossom water landscape with flora and fauna. The six-panel screen has thick layers of lacque...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) of perched taka 鷹 (hawks)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wonderful large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) covered with six separate hanging scroll paintings (kakejiku) depicting different taka (hawks) perched on rocks and branches situated...
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paint, Paper

Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Screen
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel lacquer eight fold screen, depicting courtiers and attendants in pagoda buildings and gardens. set in a boarder of flower pots...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

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Lacquer

Chinese Export Gilt Coromandel Screen Manchurian Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Chinese export four-panel lacquered coromandel screen featuring an idyllic pond landscape with eight red crowned cranes or Manchurian cranes. In Taoism the Manchurian crane...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf, Brass

Chinese Export Six-Panel Silver Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export six-panel folding coromandel screen depicting flora and fauna. Constructed from lacquered wooden panels hand carved and painted. Features a rare silver leaf...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Silver Leaf

1940's Hollywood Regency Asian "Chinoiserie" Room Dividing Screen - Petite i
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1940's Hollywood Regency Asian "Chinoiserie" Room Dividing Screen. Artisan made. Petite in size. 4 panels.
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dazzling Chinese export lacquered four-panel coromandel screen featuring a flora and fauna waterscape with stylized cranes. The carved lacquer panels are embellished with vivid color...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Beautiful 4 Panel Coromandel Asian Screen
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Glamorous 4 panel accordian Asian Coromandel screen having carved, painted and gilded figural decoration. The back side is also finished with sparer design and no gilding. Each pane...
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Six Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Chinese coromandel six panel screen will make a statement with its form and use of materials all created by a very talented artisan. Note: Each panel measur...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Six Panel Coromandel Screen
Six Panel Coromandel Screen
H 72 in W 94 in D 0.75 in
Mid-Century Chinese Export Four Panel Gilt Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Heavenly Mid-Century Modern period Chinese export lacquered coromandel screen featuring four panels depicting celestial beauties in the sky with decorative ruyi clouds and moon. Soli...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Chrysanthemum and Willows
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The chrysanthemum and willows painting of this four-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully joi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer Screen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Chinese six-panel lacquer screen. This lovely and versatile screen is in the great style of Coco Chanel who loved to decorate with Coromandel screens. One front on a black backgrou...
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer Screen
Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer Screen
H 44.5 in W 69 in D 0.75 in
Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Celestial Chinese export coromandel four-panel screen depicting figures in colorful robes in a heavenly landscape among the white clouds. Each scene is bordered on top and bottom wit...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Recent Sales

6 Panel Coromandel Laquer Oriental Room Divider
Located in New York, NY
Six panel coromandel laquer room divider depicting various Chinese scenes.
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20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

Antique Chinese Coromandel Screen Room Divider Ten Panel Carved Gold Asia art
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
Amazing antique Chinese Coromandel screen room divider ten panel carved wood, wold. Please see
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Coromandel Dome Top Antique Jewelry Box
Located in London, GB
coromandel wood with brass binding to the entire perimeter and elegant double brass stringing to the front
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

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Brass

Coromandel Dome Top Antique Jewelry Box
Coromandel Dome Top Antique Jewelry Box
H 8.75 in W 14 in D 10.25 in
Antique Jewelry Box in Coromandel with Cantilever Mechanism
By C. F. Hancock
Located in London, GB
This stylish coromandel box was originally manufactured and retailed in the late 1880s by the very
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

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Brass

Miniature Antique Jewelry Box in Coromandel by Howell & James
By Howell James & Co.
Located in London, GB
This delightful miniature jewelry box, veneered in fine quality coromandel and edged with brass
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

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Brass

George III Coromandel Lacquer, Gilt Brass-Mounted Serpentine Commode
By Pierre Langlois
Located in London, Middlesex
A George III Coromandel lacquer, gilt brass-mounted serpentine commode, attributed to Pierre
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Chinese Folding Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
, room divider, headboard, board
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

19th Century Chinese Folding Screen
19th Century Chinese Folding Screen
H 69.5 in W 84 in D 1 in
Asian Round Coromandel Black Laquer Screen Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
A Chinese export round black lacquer screen with molded hardstone figures , pagoda and gold painted oriental landscape. The side pieces fold in and measure eighteen inches each and ...
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

Mid-18th Century Chinese Coromandel Ten Fold Screen / Room Divider
Located in Stamford, CT
Finest mid-18th century Chinese coromandel ten fold screen. The border with dragon motif and the
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Original Hand Painted Four-Panel Screen Room Divider Coromandel Painting Art
Located in West Hartford, CT
see a room divider with such brilliant hand painting. Who knew a piece of art could contract and
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Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Large Eight-Panel Asian Coromandel Screen Room Divider Painting Work of Art
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning, eight-panel Asian Coromandel screen where each panel measures 16" wide so that screen is
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Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Gold Leaf Six Panel Coromandel Screen Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Beautiful Chinese six panel gold leaf coromandel screen with a painted motif of birds and flowers
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Chinoiserie Hand Painted Coromandel Screen Room Divider Painting Art
Located in West Hartford, CT
Like nothing else you've seen, this magnificent chinoiserie three piece antique coromandel screen
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Vintage 1920s English Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Laquered Room Divider Double-Sided, Jean Dunand Inspired
By Jean Dunand
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare six-panel Coromandel lacquered folding room divider. The screen is executed in the style of
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Coromandel Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
: Screen, folding, room divider
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Clay, Lacquer

Coromandel Screen
H 86 in W 132 in
Asian Coromandel Twelve-Panel 9 Ft. Carved Screen Room Divider Extra Large
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent late 20th century Chinese extra large room divider that features twelve-panels that can
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer

Chinese Coromandel Lacquered 10 Panel Chinoiserie Screen
Located in Houston, TX
7.75' tall lacquered screen or room divider features a royal pavilion courtyard with figures. Each
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Ceylonese Coromandel Work Box c.1880
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Ceylonese coromandel work box, circa 1880 in date. The casket is of
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Antique 1880s Sri Lankan Boxes

Antique Coromandel and Brass-Mounted Stationery Box, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is an antique Victorian coromandel stationery box of domed form with elaborate decorative
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Mappin & Webb Coromandel Cigar/Humidor Box with Key, Hallmarked London, 1923
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Mappin & Webb Coromandel Cigar/Humidor Box, With Key & Hallmarked London 1923, Interior
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Vintage 1920s English Edwardian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Silver

Chinese Coromandel Four Panel Screen Room Divider Landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
Divider Exceptional Custom Piece Mid-Century Modern 1950s Glamor Chinese Asian room divider folding four
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Stone, Brass

Chinese Coromandel Four Panel Screen Room Divider Landscape
Chinese Coromandel Four Panel Screen Room Divider Landscape
1 bid
No Reserve
H 72.45 in W 64.57 in D 0.79 in
Large Eight Panel Asian Coromandel Screen Room Divider Painting Work of Art
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning, eight panel Asian Coromandel screen where each panel measures 16" wide so that screen is
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Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Black Lacquer 6 Panel Coromandel Folding Screen Room Divider Cranes Gods
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century monumental Coromandel black lacquer screen. Features two decorative designs
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Hardwood, Lacquer

Mid-Century Modern Chinoiserie 8-Panel Expandable Coromandel Screen Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent eight panel lacquered Coromandel screen that measures seven feet tall. Front and back
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Lacquer

Signed Asian Chinoiserie Coromandel Red Five Panel Screen Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent red chinoiserie room divider with five panels. What makes this expandable screen so
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Baker Furniture Lacquered Coromandel Chinoiserie Screen
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
McMillen Collection. This impressive chinoiserie-style screen or room divider features 8 large panels
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1990s American Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Coromandel Stationery Casket, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique Victorian coromandel, Marquetry and gilt bronze mounted stationery box
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Four-Panel Coromandel Vintage Floor Screen with Flying Cranes
Located in Yonkers, NY
flawless splendor. This folding screen is not just a room divider but an immersive artwork, bestowing
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Antique Gothic Revival Brass Inset Malachite Coromandel Casket, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique Victorian Gothic Revival coromandel stationery box casket, circa 1840 in
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Antique 1840s English Gothic Revival Decorative Boxes

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Malachite, Brass

20TH Century Chinese 4 Panel Folding Screen Trademark Shanghai Lacquer Furniture
Located in Topeka, KS
ladies. This incredible 4 panel folding screen would make a beautiful room divider, a wonderful shield
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Six-Panel Chinese Lacquered Hardstone Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
. Beautiful as a room divider or displayed flat on a wall.
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Stone, Coral

Chinese Antique Gold Leaf Koi Fish Floor Screen
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Antique Gold Leaf Koi Fish Floor Screen and Room Divider from the mid 20th century with
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Vintage Chinoiserie Lacquered Coromandel Screen Room Divider
Located in London, GB
A striking vintage coromandel screen. This room divider has a rich, red and black background with
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20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

Six Panel Coromandel Chinese Dressing Screen / Room Divider
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Chinese gold leaf six panel coromandel screen room divider An elegant and eye-catching Chinese
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Coromandel Black Lacquer Twelve Panel Screen
Located in Woodbury, CT
appealing, if the screen is used to divide a long open room.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

COROMANDEL JEWELLERY BOX
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Jewellery box veneered in beautiful exotic coromandel with engraved brass escutcheons, contains a
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Antique 19th Century British Boxes

COROMANDEL JEWELLERY BOX
COROMANDEL JEWELLERY BOX
H 7 in W 12.5 in D 7.25 in
Victorian Coromandel Gentlemans Writing Box, circa 1860
Located in London, Greenwich
Victorian Gentlemans dome topped writing box dating from circa 1860. Hand made from coromandel wood
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Antique 1860s English Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Eight Panel Two-sided Chinese Daoguang Coromandel Screen
Located in Woodbury, CT
decorative and useful to divide a long room into two distinct areas. This eight panel screen may also be
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Art Deco Cigarette Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Art Deco coromandel cigarette box with silver plate, ridged, decorative edging and finger plate
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Early 20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Art Deco Cigarette Box
Art Deco Cigarette Box
H 2.25 in W 7.25 in D 4 in
Antique Writing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Writing Box veneered in Coromandel, bound with quadrant brass and has double brass
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Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Antique Writing Box
Antique Writing Box
H 6 in W 13.75 in D 9.5 in
Antique Writing Box with Top Secret Document Drawer
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
stunning rich Coromandel veneer with decorative brass reinforced corners, a pen tray, pair of original
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Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Coromandel Folding Screen
Located in Antwerp, BE
to divide a room so there is no front or back; both sides are equally superb. Original hinges allow
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Lacquer, Wood

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Coromandel Room Divider For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the coromandel room divider you’re looking for. A coromandel room divider — often made from wood, lacquer and hardwood — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer coromandel room divider, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Thomas Cole (Clockmaker) each produced at least one beautiful coromandel room divider that is worth considering.

How Much is a Coromandel Room Divider?

Prices for a coromandel room divider can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $2,800 and can go as high as $110,216, while the average can fetch as much as $6,613.
Questions About Coromandel Room Divider
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 6, 2023
    What room dividers are called depends on their style. Large collapsible walls are partition walls, while sectioned panels with hinges are screens. Japanese-style room dividers are known as shoji blinds. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of room dividers from some of the world's top dealers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    The simplest things that can be used as room dividers are room divider furnishings that stand up on their own. You can also use folding screens, pocket doors, bookcases, curtains, trellises, hanging shelves and other objects and furniture pieces as room dividers. On 1stDibs, find a variety of room dividers.
  • Lotus Gallery
    Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020

    Room dividers can also be referred to as screens or panels.

  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    To quickly divide a room, you can use a freestanding room divider. If you wish to leave the room open but visually divide it, try placing accent rugs under the furniture in different areas. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of room dividers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    Yes, you can attach a room divider to a wall using nails or adhesive. However, making holes or using strong chemical glues may damage some room divider materials. If you do choose to anchor a divider, use care when removing it in the future. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of room dividers.
  • Lotus Gallery
    Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020

    For standing room dividers, make sure you set them up in an accordion or or zig zag fold pattern to keep them from falling down.

  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 6, 2023
    Yes, you can use curtains as a room divider. To do so, you will need to mount hanging hardware on the ceiling. One of the biggest benefits of using curtains to divide rooms is that they are easy to maneuver when you want to open up a space or close off an area. Shop a range of curtains on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    Paper room dividers are often called decorative screens or merely room dividers depending on the design. 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. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of room dividers and decorative screens.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 1, 2023
    There are many things that you can use instead of a room divider. If you want to be able to open up the room or quickly create more privacy, curtains suspended from the ceiling can be a good choice. Folding screens are another option that give you the flexibility to change your room easily. For a more permanent solution, you can divide the room with case goods like bookcases. On 1stDibs, explore a wide variety of furniture from some of the world's top dealers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 21, 2023
    Chinese room dividers are also called pingfengs. The term pingfeng in traditional Chinese literally means “wind blocker” or “wind wall.” Some people also refer to these room dividers as folding screens because they consist of hinged panels that allow them to fold up when not in use. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of folding screens from some of the world's top dealers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertDecember 4, 2023
    Whether room dividers fall easily depends on a few factors. Generally, the heavier the room divider is, the less likely it is to tip over. Dividers are also less likely to fall if they are properly adjusted. With an accordion-style divider, try bending the panels at a wider angle to create a more sturdy base. Some people choose to install stabilizing brackets on the floor to keep their room dividers upright. Depending on the style of your space, you may also be able to hang a divider from the ceiling or attach one end to a wall. Shop a variety of room dividers on 1stDibs.
  • PAGODA RED
    PAGODA REDOctober 7, 2020

    Lightweight Japanese paper lattice screens known as shōji are a versatile way to define a living space and block drafts. Painted folding screens known as byōbu are also used as decorative elements, often featuring landscapes, animals, and flowering plants. Chinese folding screens were traditionally comprised of monumental hinged panels, intricately carved and decorated with panoramic landscapes or stone inlay.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The Carlton room divider is a Memphis-style icon made of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and plastic laminate. A highly sculptural piece, it features a bookcase, drawers and shelves painted in lovely muted primary colors. Shop Carlton room dividers from top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertDecember 12, 2023
    Yes, room dividers are a good idea. The right room divider can make large spaces feel more intimate. Dividers can also make it easier for a space to serve two functions, such as a dining room and a living room. Room dividers can additionally help to ensure privacy when placed in offices, bathrooms and bedrooms. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of room dividers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Ettore Sottsass did not design the Carlton room divider for a specific patron or client. He created the piece while working with the Memphis Group, an art collective that held joint shows from 1981 to 1987. Find a selection of Ettore Sottsass furniture on 1stDibs.