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Florentine Screen

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Italian Two Sided Florentine Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Two Sided Wood Florentine Screen, in gold gilt ,red, and cream. 4 panels, reversible. Some
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Mid-20th Century Italian Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Rare Italian Gilt Florentine Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very special Italian Florentine room divider or dressing screen. Gilded laurel motifs on a cream
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20th Century Italian Greco Roman Screens and Room Dividers

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Giltwood

Gilt Italian Florentine Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt Italian Florentine folding screen or room divider, Italy, circa 1950s. We have also seen
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Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal

Gilt Italian Florentine Screen
Gilt Italian Florentine Screen
H 66 in W 60.5 in D 1 in
Italian Gilt Florentine Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An extraordinarily beautiful giltwood Italian folding screen in the Florentine gilt style. Three
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Antique 19th Century Italian Directoire Screens and Room Dividers

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Giltwood

Italian Two Sided Florentine Style Room Divider Screen
Located in New York, NY
Italian giltwood two sided 4-panel screen, Handcrafted in Italy, this screen features a frame
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Giltwood

Italian Gold Florentine Hand Painted Court Jester Four Paneled Screen
Located in Miami, FL
Ambiance! This sublime screen has two sides of the Italian gold florentine wooden and Antique
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20th Century Italian Medieval Screens and Room Dividers

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Gold Leaf

Antique Italian Gilt Florentine Four Panel Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fabulous antique Italian gilt Florentine two sided four panel folding screen or room divider
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Vintage 1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Giltwood

Italian Florentine Four-Panel Screen, circa 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian florentine four-panel screen, circa 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Four Hand Painted Screens in Florentine Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four matching panels on framed wood bodies with elaborate Florentine painted motifs. Soft cream
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20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers

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Paint

Florentine Gold Folding Screen, Italian Gilt Boudoir Screen, Room Divider
Located in East Hampton, NY
Florentine gold folding screen, Italian gilt boudoir screen, 3 panel room divider, boudoir screen
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Giltwood

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Florentine Screen For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic florentine screen available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and brass, every florentine screen was constructed with great care. Find 9 options for an antique or vintage florentine screen now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a florentine screen — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A florentine screen made by Arts and Crafts designers — as well as those associated with Hollywood Regency — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one florentine screen that is appealing in its simplicity, but Angus Hampel, Arrigo Finzi and Janetti produced versions that are worth a look.

Finding the Right Screens-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.

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