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Hand Painted Dressing Screen

Portuguese Hand Painted Dressing Screen
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This antique Portuguese dressing screen is an exquisite piece of decorative art that encapsulates
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Antique Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Portuguese Hand Painted Dressing Screen
Portuguese Hand Painted Dressing Screen
H 63 in W 78.75 in D 1.38 in
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
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint

19th C. French Louis XV Style Hand Painted & Carved Petite Small Dressing Screen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and Rare 19th Century Petite Hand Painted and Hand Carved 3 Section Dressing Screen in
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint, Fabric

Hand-Painted Art Deco Inspired Four-Panel Screen with Three Elegant Ladies
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage hand-painted wooden four-panel screen from the mid 20th century with Art Deco inspired
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

20th Century Four Panel Hand Painted Screen
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian hand painted wood room divider from the 20th century. This antique accordion style
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

20th Century Four Panel Hand Painted Screen
20th Century Four Panel Hand Painted Screen
H 83.47 in W 72.45 in D 1.19 in
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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

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

Materials

Metal

c.1930 Mediterranean Resort Painted Steel Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
very popular with visitors and locals alike. Made from steel with original paint, these screens were
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Vintage 1930s French Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Metal

Four Panel Folding Screen Modern Asian Chinoiserie Tall Green Hand Carved
Located in Topeka, KS
screen. Comprised of relief carved wood designs with hand painted details with glossy marbleized finish
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass, Metal

Decorative Folding Screen, Faux Bird’s Eye Maple Wood Grained
Located in Free Union, VA
zig zag or curved back as a traditional dressing screen. Hinged hardware is copper finished and can
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Late 20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Hardwood

Chinese Wooden Screen with Reverse Glass Painted Panels
Located in London, GB
dressing room, or bedroom. It could be used to divide up a space, or as a screen to dress behind
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Wood, Glass

Art deco, figurative modern art screen, City at Dusk
By Giancarlo Impiglia
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
dividers or dressing screens. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the ‘70s, where he established a
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Acrylic

Antique Pin-up Gil Baer French Surrealist Nude Woman Puppet Show
By Gil Baer
Located in New York, NY
surrealist illustration painting of a nude woman behind a dressing screen entertaining a crowd of people with
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Early 20th Century Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

JAPANESE KIMONO Signed Lithograph, Blonde Woman White Silk Kimono Gold Cranes
By Douglas Hofmann
Located in Union City, NJ
anthurium flowers, and decorative black lacquer dressing screen serving as a backdrop. Hofmann expertly
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1990s Photorealist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

French Vintage Hermes Silk Scarf and Irish Linen Cushion Pillow Rare Purple Blue
By Hermès
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
features a display of two equestrian horse bride dressings symmetrical like a mirror image of each other
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pillows and Throws

Materials

Textile

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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

Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants

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Silk

Large Antique Oil Painting of Samson and Delilah after Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Large antique oil painting of Samson and Delilah after Anthony van Dyck Dutch, 17th Century Height 165cm, width 233cm This very large artwork is modeled after Anthony van Dyck...
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17th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French bookcase with breakfront. Also to be used as cupboard for kitchen or dining spaces, our as decorative cabinet or vitrine for accessories and books in living room. Three units,...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Cabinets

Materials

Brass

French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
H 97.25 in W 177.25 in D 16.5 in
18th Century, French Laquered Giltwood Louis XVI Sofa by Pierre Nicolas Pillot
Located in IT
18th Century, French Laquered and Giltwood Louis XVI Sofa by Pierre Nicolas Pillot Stamped "PILLOT". Manufacture of PILLOT Pierre Nicolas (1748 - 1822) This important Louis XVI sof...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Sofas

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Wood, Giltwood

White Rounded Square Quad Coffee Table in Stone Composite by Mike Ruiz-Serra
By Mike Ruiz Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cast in stone composite, the Quad table gets its bright white color and unique matte finish from a special blend of marble dust and resin, making it both more durable and lighter wei...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Composition

21st Century Contemporary Minimal White Velvet Bench With Black Lacquered Base
Located in Porto, PT
Fifih Bench is a luxury bench upholstered in velvet and wood base. A contemporary design bench is perfect for minimalist and modern interior architecture projects. Materials: Uphols...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches

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Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted & Marquetry Commode - François Linke Leon Messagé
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and end-cut floral and fruit marquetry two-drawer serpentine-shaped bombé commode by François Linke (1855-1946), Index number 720, the mounts d...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Ormolu

Large 8-Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
A grand eight panel Coromandel screen. The screen has mostly a gilt background with a few architectural structures and figures. A very good looking screen.
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Vintage 1950s Asian Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Large 8-Panel Coromandel Screen
Large 8-Panel Coromandel Screen
H 96 in W 144 in D 1 in
Extremely Rare Pair of Ormolu and Crystal Chandeliers in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An important pair of ormolu basket chandeliers In the Louis XVI style Constructed from gilded bronze of the finest quality with clear crystal cut drops and cascading beads, the p...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Ormolu

1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in Perpignan, FR
Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House came to fulfill the fantasy of those dreaming of living in space. While that type of arc...
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements

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Metal, Aluminum

1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
H 157.49 in W 255.91 in D 314.97 in
An exquisite early 19th Century hand painted four-fold leather room divider.
Located in Alton, GB
An exquisite early 19th Century continental (possibly of Italian origins) circa 1820 four-fold leather room divider with an elegant fruit and floral pattern with birds perched. Hand ...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Victorian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

French Pair of Louis XVI Style Marquise Bergere Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French pair of Louis XVI style marquise bergère armchairs, gilt wood, 19th century. In the clean and classic Louis XVI style, the name Marquise is attributed due to their exceptiona...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Wood, Velvet

A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in New York, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Modern Twins Day Bed, Beige Cotton Linen, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Twins Day Bed, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Twins day bed and curved sofa s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas

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Wood, Velvet, Bouclé, Leather, Cotton

Contemporary Chaise Longue by Hessentia Upholstered with Off-White Bouclè Fabric
By Cornelio Cappellini, HESSENTIA
Located in Carate, Brianza (MB)
Inspired by the legendary 1970s, Denver has a shape whose design is clearly visible from the side. The chaise longue is composed of two elements: the main body with a full shape that...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

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Metal

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Handpainted 3-Panel Room Divider
Located in Atlanta, GA
Three-panel bronze mounted and inlaid Louis XVI-style center of the room dressing screen or room
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20th Century Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

Handpainted 3-Panel Room Divider
Handpainted 3-Panel Room Divider
H 71 in W 57.5 in D 1 in
Trompe l’oeil Gilded and Carved Lacquer Four-Panel Dressing Screen
By Fournier Decoration
Located in Tetbury, GB
A wonderful exceptionally rare tall, beautifully wooden hand carved and hand painted gold leaf
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

French Hand Painted Dressing Screen or Room Divider
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French or Italian Hand painted in oil on canvas dressing or room divider screen mounted on wood and
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Mid-20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers

Antique Italian Neoclassical Hand-Painted Dressing Screen with Colored Engraving
Located in Dallas, TX
dressing screen boasts its original painted finish with gold highlights, accentuating the subtle floral and
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Antique 1890s Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers

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Hardwood, Silk

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
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Screens and Room Dividers

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Canvas

French Art Nouveau Red Oil on Canvas Hand Painted 3-Panel Dressing Screen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Nouveau red oil on canvas hand painted 3-panel dressing screen. Item features 3 panels
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Four Panel Hand Painted French Cherub Putti Musical Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Four vintage panel hand painted French cherub putti musical dressing room divider. Item features 4
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

C. 1920 Hand Painted Floral Oil on Canvas 3 Panel French Dressing Screen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
very well done hand painted flowers on the front panels. The rear of the screen is canvas as well.
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20th Century French Revival Screens and Room Dividers

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Canvas

Italian 19th Century Hand Painted Leather Accordion Style Screen Divider
Located in Atlanta, GA
cracking throughout. This 19th century Italian painted leather screen would be a beautiful dressing room
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Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers

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Leather

French Ladies Dressing Screen Louis XV Style
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Early 20th century French dressing screen in the Louis-XV style. Beautiful, flowing, curvilinear
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers

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
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

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Stone

Chinese Black Lacquered Four-Panel Dressing Screen with Garden Scene, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Chinese dressing screen offers four black lacquered panels having continuous garden scene with
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20th Century Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Handcrafted Embroidered Plaster Privacy Screen by Rooms Studio
By Rooms Studio
Located in New York, NY
white folding screen comes in a numbered edition of 6, making it a limited edition hand crafted piece
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21st Century and Contemporary Georgian Screens and Room Dividers

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Clay, Plaster

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
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Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers

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Linen

Black Lacquered Chinese Screen with Roesen School Still Life Painting
By Severin Roesen
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Chinese dressing screen offers four panels having black lacquered finish, front with more recent
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Carved Coromandel Hand-Painted Ebonized Four-Panel Dressing Screen
Located in Big Flats, NY
Carved Chinese Coromandel hand-painted ebonized dressing screen features four panels with scene
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20th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Four Panel Polychrome Hand-Painted Indian Dressing Screen
Located in Milford, NH
A polychrome hand-painted Indian wooden dressing screen or room divider with four reticulated
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Early 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens

English Hand-Painted Fox Hunt Wooden Dressing Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautiful English Victorian hand-painted wooden dressing screen or room divider. Features a painted
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20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint

Italian Hand-Painted Folding Screen Divider
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian hand-painted folding screen or room divider. This vintage accordion style folding screen
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20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Vintage Japanese Hand-Painted Giltwood Four-Panel Privacy Screen
Located in Big Flats, NY
Vintage Japanese giltwood dressing privacy screen features four panels with chop mark signed hand
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20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

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Giltwood, Wood

French Louis XV Style Four Panel Folding Dressing Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A charmingly whimsical four panel painted folding screen in the Louis XV style. The screen is
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers

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Linen, Wood

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
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Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Metal

Italian Gold Florentine Hand Painted Court Jester Four Paneled Screen
Located in Miami, FL
Italian florentine room divider or dressing screen. Gilded laurel motifs on a cream background. Slight
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20th Century Italian Medieval Screens and Room Dividers

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Gold Leaf

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
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Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Florentine Gold Folding Screen, Italian Gilt Boudoir Screen, Room Divider
Located in East Hampton, NY
, dressing screen. Please see photos for some cosmetic damage to feet and some missing hinge pins. Normal
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Giltwood

Four-Panel Gilded Wood Scalloped Top Screen with Deer, Trees and Flowers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage four-panel gilded wood screen adorned with deer, bird, trees and flowers. This vintage
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20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

20TH Century Chinese 4 Panel Folding Screen Trademark Shanghai Lacquer Furniture
Located in Topeka, KS
vintage chinoiserie 4 panel Coromandel folding screen intricately hand carved and painted, lacquered, and
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Vintage Chinese Carved, Lacquered & Hand Painted 4-Panel Dressing Screen, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
Vintage Chinese carved hardwood and black lacquer dressing screen features four panels with
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquer

Materials

Wood

WWII Era 1940's Rex Fifth Avenue Hand Painted Lucite Compact
Located in Atlanta, GA
with reverse paint to the underside and hand painted floral imagery on the top side create a glow that
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1940s American Cosmetic Bags

Fin Dac - Sonyeo - Purple ED. Hand Embellished GoldLeaf - Graffiti Street Art
Located in Asheville, NC
Released: 10/29/20 Run: 25 Technique: Screen Print Paper: 330 Gsm somerset satin Paper Size: 25.2" X
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Antique Decorated & Mirrored Dressing Screen
Located in Lancashire, GB
four fold dressing screen, complete with the original, hand painted flowing gilt foliage decorations
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Antique 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Pine

Chinese Chrysanthemum Screen
Located in North Egremont, MA
Folding dressing screen with blue and white hand painted, large scale flower images. Blue and white
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Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

Chinese Chrysanthemum Screen
Chinese Chrysanthemum Screen
H 82.5 in W 66.25 in D 1.5 in
Set Of 4 Panels Of Monkeys In Human Depictions
Located in Woodbury, CT
ACTIVITIES. HOREBACK RIDING, SLEDDING; AT THE DRESSING TABLE; ARRANGING FLOWERS. HAND PAINTED ON CANVAS, ON
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20th Century Unknown Paintings

1970s Bob Mackie Pastel & Beaded Silk Gown
By Bob Mackie
Located in Rockwood, ON
closes with a back painted zipper. Hand finished throughout. Three full payers of silk chiffon through
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1970s Evening Dresses and Gowns

1970s Beaded Bob Mackie Silk Jersey Gown
By Bob Mackie
Located in Rockwood, ON
boned and slightly molded in shape. It closes with a back painted, hand set zipper. Hand finished
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1970s Evening Dresses and Gowns

1970s Stavropoulos Couture Floral Print Silk Dress w Pleated Skirt
By George Stavropoulos
Located in Rockwood, ON
layers of silk chiffon to make up the lining. It closes with a low hand set, painted metal zipper. The
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1970s Maxi Dresses

Classical Carved Mahogany Sideboard with Busts of Female Figures Wearing Turbans
By Edward Priestley
Located in New York, NY
table is also closely related having a screen of four turned and heavily reeded legs. Adam’s third
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Antique 1820s American American Classical Serving Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Interesting Antique Hand-Painted Four Fold Leather Bound Dressing Screen
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
English four fold screen. Rural country screne to the panels, hand-painted. Attractive chiaroscuro
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Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers

Art Nouveau Satinwood and Embossed Leather Three-Fold Dressing Screen
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A simply stunning Art Nouveau three-fold dressing screen. The attractive satinwood frame with its
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Antique 1890s European Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers

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Gold, Brass

1970s Beaded Bob Mackie Gown
By Bob Mackie
Located in Rockwood, ON
that is boned. There is also an inner waist stay. It closes with a back painted zipper. Hand finished
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1970s Evening Dresses and Gowns

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Hand Painted Dressing Screen For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the hand painted dressing screen you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each hand painted dressing screen for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and canvas. There are many kinds of the hand painted dressing screen you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A hand painted dressing screen is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Art Nouveau and Louis XV styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Hand Painted Dressing Screen?

Prices for a hand painted dressing screen can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $900 and can go as high as $14,492, while the average can fetch as much as $1,575.

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