Coromandel Screens
Vintage 1970s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects
Fruitwood
20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century American Ming Paintings and Screens
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Lacquer, Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf, Brass
Vintage 1970s American Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass, Silver Leaf
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Lacquer
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Wood
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Lacquer
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Wood
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Lacquer, Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinese Decorative Art
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century Qing Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Art
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Clay, Lacquer
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Coromandel Screens For Sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right Screens and Room Dividers for You
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Chinese Coromandel screen is a folding piece of furniture produced in China by artisans working with a certain material. Specifically, the screens are Coromandel, a hardwood that features black and brown stripes. The screens often function as room dividers, but some people display them purely for decorative purposes. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Coromandel screens.
- What is Chinese black lacquer?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Chinese black lacquer is a resin sourced from the Toxicodendron vernicifluum (formerly Rhus verniciflua) tree that grows throughout East Asia. Artisans produce decorative objects entirely from the substance or use it as a finish for wood and other materials. Find a selection of Chinese black lacquer furniture on 1stDibs.
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