$4,640
H 68.51 in W 90.16 in D 0.91 in
Art Deco Anglo-Japanese Four Panel Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider C.1940
Located in London, GB
Art Deco Anglo-Japanese Four Panel Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider C.1940 Reverse finished adorned with striking hand-embroidery depicting birds, cherry-blossom, acer and pine ...
Silk
$4,435
H 68.59 in W 74.41 in D 0.4 in
Tall 2-panel embroidered Japanese folding screen with colourful folding fans
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An amazing and rare tall two-panel byôbu (folding screen) decorated with a colourful collection of sensu (folding fans) scattered across a flowing stream, crafted from pieces of silk...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paint, Paper
$11,803Sale Price|35% Off
H 67.33 in W 88.98 in D 0.79 in
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider Byobu C.1900
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Meiji period silk embroidered screen /room divider Byobu C.1900 Kyoto, Japan.
Silk, Lacquer
$4,435
H 68.59 in W 74.41 in D 0.71 in
Tall 2-panel embroidered Japanese folding screen with colourful folding fans
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A beautiful and rare tall two-panel byôbu (folding screen) decorated with a colourful collection of sensu (folding fans) scattered across a flowing stream, crafted from pieces of sil...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Embroidered Silk Gilt Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring an embroidered silk picture of beautiful gift boxes.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Japanese silk embroidered framed painting
Located in Delft, NL
Mid-20th Century Japanese silk embroidered framed painting A silk embroidered painting and is framed behind glass with a scene of women in a room with a stork in the doorway in the ...
Silk
$1,260
H 76.38 in W 24.81 in D 0.08 in
Japanese Embroidered Silk Hanging Scroll Depicting a Hawk (Taka no Zu), Signed
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An impressive Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku) featuring a hawk (taka no zu) rendered in exceptionally fine silk embroidery. Executed with remarkable precision and attention to det...
Silk, Wood, Paper
$12,500
H 67 in W 60 in D 2 in
Japanese Meiji Two-Panel Embroidery Screen w/ Rooster and Chicken, Ca. 1890s
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Two-Panel Embroidery Screen with Rooster and Chicken, Ca. 1890s Meiji Period (1868-1912) – Ca. 1890/1910 Signed DIMENSIONS Width: 60 inches Heigh...
Silk
$9,250
H 60 in W 57 in D 2.5 in
Japanese Contemporary Red Black Cream Folding Screen Silk Brocade Kimono Art, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in crimson red, black and gold o...
Gold
$4,200
H 35.44 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Vintage obi textile art " Pines Through Seasons " by ikasu Black Beige Japan
By Kimono ikasu, Lena Okamoto
Located in Setagaya City, JP
[Size] approx. 90cm x 100cm x 4cm [Materials] silk (outside-layer) , paulownia (wooden frame) [Edition] 1/1 (one of a kind) [Story behind the work] This artwork is created from fo...
Silk, Wood
$4,200
H 35.44 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Antique kimono textile art " Peacock Feathers ~ Royalty ~" by ikasu Blue Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
This work uses an antique furisode (festive kind of kimono with long sleeves) with peacock feathers - a symbol of royalty and prosperity. Can be used both vertically and horizontall...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Kyonoshiki Hand Embroidered Folding Desktop Screen
Located in Pasadena, TX
This Kyonoshiki Folding screen is hand woven. It's done in the traditional style of the famous looms of Kyoto, Japan.
Silk
$9,800
H 60 in W 57 in D 2 in
Japanese Contemporary Silk Brown Black Cream Two-Panel Folding Screen, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary contemporary Japanese two-panel "byobu" or folding screen showcasing genryoku style handcrafted raised embroidered silk brocade kimono Japanese decorative art in autumn...
Gold
$9,800
H 60 in W 57 in D 2 in
Japanese Contemporary Orange Black Cream Silk Two-Panel Folding Screen, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in Purple, blue, black and ora...
Gold
$9,500
H 60 in W 57 in D 2.5 in
Japanese Contemporary Orange Black Silk Brocade Two-Panel Folding Screen, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted raised silk and brocade kimono in black, orange and gold on textured crea...
Gold
$9,800
H 60 in W 57 in D 2.5 in
Japanese Contemporary Silk Red Black Cream Hand-Crafted Two Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in crimson red, cream and gold o...
Gold
Japanese Silk Fan, Meiji Era Japan
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Precious silk fan painted with ink and embroidered, decorated with cranes in a lake landscape. The strands are in finely carved bone decorated with peonies. Gold signature on the rev...
Bone, Silk
Japanese Kyoto Embroidered Screen
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a finely stitched Kyoto embroidery screen that dates to the Meiji Era (1868 - 1912). Kyoto has been celebrated for its skilled artistic embroidery since the early 8th century...
Brass
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Embroidered Pine at Water's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Masterfully executed embroidery over painted silk renders a beautifully shaped venerable pine. Extraordinary details such as pine needles, lichen, ripples in the water, and texture o...
Gold Leaf
Showa Period Four Fold Embroidered Screen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period four fold embroidered screen, each rectangular panel embroidered with abundant trailing white wisteria and pale grey egrets on a silk ground, above a lacquer panel, wi...
Sold
H 69 in W 144 in D 1 in
Asian Silk Embroidered Eight Panel Room Divider Folding Screen, Japan, 1950s
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning and ultra rare eight panel Asian folding screen with exceptional embroidered detail on each panel.
Fabric, Silk, Wood
Sold
H 66.74 in W 71.66 in D 4.73 in
Vintage 4-Fold Privacy Screen, Japanese, Embroidered, Room Divider, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4-fold privacy screen. A Japanese, silk cotton embroidered room divider, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Silk
Contemporary Japanese Red Blue Yellow Silk Two Panel Folding Screen, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring Genryoku style handcrafted raised exquisite pure silk kimono in blue, red, brown and yellow and gray a...
Gold
Pair of Japanese Embroidered Framed Pictures
Located in Lincoln, GB
Pair of Japanese embroidered framed pictures. Framed and glazed (later) very fine Japanese needleworks with exotic birds amongst flowers and fruiting vine.
Cotton, Linen
Japanese Pilgrimage Silk Scroll Lohan Buddha Brilliant Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual pilgrimage scroll depicting Classic figure of a Buddha Lohan with over 100 hand painted calligraphy black sumi ink pilgrimage sites notated. An impressive and beautifully ex...
Silk
Sold
H 72.5 in W 25 in D 1 in
Japanese Brilliant Colors Blue Kanon Guanyin Buddha Pilgrimage Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual pilgrimage scroll depicting Classic figure with over 100 hand painted calligraphy black sumi ink pilgrimage sites notated. An impressive and beautifully executed Japanese br...
Silk
Antique kimono textile art "River ~Flow~" by ikasu Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
Silver Leaf
Sold
H 28.75 in W 20.87 in D 1.97 in
Antique kimono textile art "Prosperity Tree" by ikasu Black, Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
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Gold Leaf
Japanese Embroidered Screen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Finely embroidered dark brown silk panels depicting three birds flying among tree blossoms. Lightweight and easy to reposition. Hinges fold forward or backward. Each panel is 22.25" ...
Silk, Wood
Four Framed Japanese Embroidered Silk Panels
Located in Stamford, CT
Four framed Japanese embroidered silk panels with metal thread decoration of birds in trees and flowers.
Silk
Sold
H 63.39 in W 64.97 in D 1.19 in
Early 20th Century Japanese Inspired Screen Black Silk With Gold Embroidery
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This particular screen’s design draws inspiration from Japanese byobu (folding screens), which were often embroidered with natural and symbolic motifs like branches birds and fans.
Brass
Sold
H 76 in W 25.5 in D 1 in
Japanese Brilliant Colors Kanon Guanyin Buddha Pilgrimage Silk Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual pilgrimage scroll depicting Classic figure with over 100 hand painted calligraphy black sumi ink pilgrimage sites notated. An impressive and beautifully executed Japanese ...
Silk
Sold
H 73.5 in W 26.5 in D 1 in
Japanese Brilliant Colors White Kanon Guanyin Buddha Pilgrimage Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual pilgrimage scroll depicting Classic figure with over 100 hand painted calligraphy black sumi ink pilgrimage sites notated. An impressive and beautifully executed Japanese ...
Silk
Sold
H 0.79 in Dm 13 in
Antique obi textile art " View from the Window ~ Shochikubai ~ " by ikasu, Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
This work is a glorious nod to buddhist temples circle windows, with beautiful Japanese garden scape seen outside. Golden leaf on the border of a frame is an expression of light goin...
Gold Leaf
Set of 2 Silk Embroidered Screens
Located in Dallas, TX
Two framed silk screens in black and gold depicting a group of monkeys on branches
Large Embroidered Silk Screen with Rosewood Frame
Located in Sarasota, FL
Large Silk Screen, golden/tan in color, embroidered with a peacock, white and beige flowers, birds, vines and multi-colored maple leaves, in a rosewood frame.
Japanese Embroidered Silk Four-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Locarno, CH
Beautiful Japanese folding screen from the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Wood, Silk
Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and mother of pearl decoration of flo...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
$5,602
H 70.87 in W 122.05 in D 1.19 in
Sculptural Wood Folding Screen by Baumann, from Grands Magasins Du Louvre, 1930s
By Baumann France
Located in leucate, FR
Rare and Exceptional Flexible Solid Pine Screen by Baumann, Provenance Authenticated by a Vintage Label from Grands Magasins Du Louvre, Circa 1930-1940. This flexible screen is a ra...
Wood
$4,200Sale Price|23% Off
H 65.75 in W 71 in D 1.25 in
Brazilian Hardwood, Leather and Mirrored Panel Folding Screen, Brazil, c 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful four-paneled Brazilian Hardwood folding screen with leather panels on one side and mirrored paneling on the reverse. Produced in Brazil in circa 1960s, this folding scree...
Wood, Leather, Mirror
$5,900
H 67.72 in W 148.43 in D 0.79 in
Beautiful Japanese folding screen/Byôbu, six panels, Taishô /early 20th century.
Located in Stockholm, SE
An equisite decorative and functional six panel folding screen / buôby, perfect as a room divider or large wall painting. In the style of Kanô Eigaku. The hand-painted screen depicts...
Wood, Paper
$49,020 / set
H 88.19 in W 83.86 in D 25.6 in
Rosewood Ocean Liner Furniture Suite from Ducrot, 1920s, Set of 6
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Main suite set from the liner Giulio Cesare launched in 1920 in Palermo with first voyage from Genoa in 1922. Completely fitted out by the Ducrot firm of Palermo. Excellent cabinetry...
Steel
Early Edo Period Chinese-Inspired Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This remarkable screen from the early Edo period, circa the 17th century, showcases the influence of early Chinese art forms with its intricate ink work on a gold leafed surface. The...
Gold Leaf
A Chinese 10-panel folding screen, C. 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Each 17.5" wide panel is decorated on both sides with traditional lacquer, carved & painted motifs (the front featuring figures in a garden landscape and the reverse with variou...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-Edo Hawk Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Step into the world of Mid Edo Japan with our six-panel Hawk screen, each depicting a different hawk. In this period, hawks were revered not only for their majestic beauty but also f...
Wood, Paper
Thomas Webb & Sons Two-Color Cameo Vase
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...
Glass
$27,500
H 46.46 in W 101.58 in D 20.28 in
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega Decorative Fireplace Mantel
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...
Iron
$14,000
H 87 in W 39 in D 1 in
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, 'Playful Cat' by Hirose Toho, 1920s Taisho
By Hirose Toho
Located in Kyoto, JP
Playful Cat Hirose Toho (1875-1930) Hanging scroll, ink, mineral pigments and gofun on silk. Painting inscription: Toho Sha Painting seals: Upper - Hirose Hitoshi Lo...
Silk
$14,900
H 66 in W 34 in D 1.5 in
White Shell Inlaid Antique Middle Eastern Damascene Damascus Mirror 66"
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Levantine Middle Eastern Moorish Damascene antique Mirror, Late 19th Century. White shell abalone Inlaid Middle Eastern Mirror. Antique Middle Eastern Moorish mirror in the Turkish S...
Walnut, Shell, Abalone
20th Century Japanese Six Panel River Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
This 20th Century Japanese Six-Panel River Screen is a beautiful example of traditional Japanese screen art, featuring a serene river scene. These folding screens, known as byōbu in ...
Wood, Paper
$52,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in Dm 13 in
French Art Nouveau Lamp by Emile Galle Cameo Cut Glass in Red Sunset Colors
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Rare Antique French Galle Signed Cut-Cameo Lamp with Original Signed Galle Cut-Cameo Shade, in Red and Yellow Sunset Colors. This floral motif Galle lamp is made i...
Crystal, Bronze
$31,939
H 21.66 in Dm 10.99 in
French Art Nouveau Table Lamp by Emile Galle ''Vosges Paysage'' Cameo Glass 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Breathtaking French Art Nouveau table lamp by Emile Gallé early 1900 model: ''Vosges Paysage'' simply exquisite. Multilayer glass lamp with engraved decoration in brilliant reserve...
Bronze
$2,800
H 19 in W 30.5 in D 2 in
Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Made Fan in a Lacquered Frame, circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Chinoiserie hand-made fan in a lacquered frame, circa 1870.
Lacquer, Paper
Traditional Asian paintings were often created on scrolls and folding screens. Artisans made screens that could be folded up or spread out by connecting several panels using hinges. Today, antique Asian folding screens and paintings are sophisticated decorative accents that can serve as makeshift partitions to ensure privacy.
The original folding screens were created by Chinese artists. The earliest record of screens comes from the 2nd century B.C., and surviving examples date back to the Ming dynasty. Chinese painting utilizes many of the same tools as calligraphy — these screens were crafted from wood with painted panels featuring striking art or calligraphy that told cultural stories or represented nature and life in the area.
The practice was introduced to Japan, where paintings for screens were made on paper and silk, in the 8th century. These paintings frequently feature subjects such as landscapes, animals, flowers and Buddhist religious themes. Along with screens for tea ceremonies and dance backgrounds, there were screens for use in Shinto and Buddhist temples.
In the 17th century, screens began to be imported to Europe where their popularity grew. Coco Chanel famously collected Coromandel folding screens.
Traditional Asian paintings can make a tasteful addition to any wall, and screens can be used as decoration or, in the case of larger iterations, as an aesthetic way to divide a large room. Browse the selection of antique Asian paintings and screens from a variety of styles and eras on 1stDibs.
Decorated with white cranes and the sought-after thousand-butterflies motif, the Meiji-period vessel offers both a celebration of traditional aesthetics and a clear reflection of the era’s appetite for exquisite export pieces.
For 25 years, gallerist Betsy Nathan has leveraged her keen eye and key connections to bring a unique selection of rare finds to the market.
Now working alongside his daughter Bianca, dealer Joel Chen has presented a most covetable array of antiques, art and contemporary creations for more than 40 years.
From cherry-blossom-adorned walls paired with glamorous lighting to wood-paneled ceilings above checkerboard-patterned chairs, these 12 spaces seamlessly blend Eastern and Western aesthetics.
The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.
These spaces exemplify how Eastern elements elevate a home's decor.