Trompe L Oeil Screen
English Polychrome-Painted Paper Mâché 'Poet's Desk' Pole Screen
Located in New York, NY
Featuring a trompe l'oeil screen depicting antique books of poetry, an inkwell with plume, wax
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Regency Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Sarreid Faux Leather Gilt Books Folding Screen Room Divider
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive 4 panel Trompe L'Oeil screen or room divider featuring classic books on what appears
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Chesterfield Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Trompe L'Oeil Wallpaper Four Panel Screen
Located in East Hampton, NY
with draped fabric. elegant trompe l'oeil paper in the Zuber style.
Category
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paper
Mid-century French Trompe l'oeil Decoupage Folding Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic mid-century modern Italian four panel double sided screen featuring painted trompe l'oeil
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
6 Panel Faux Library Trompe L'oeil Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Impressive six fold room divider, screen featuring a faux library with antique leather bound books
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood, Paper
Trompe L’oeil “Libri” Four-Panel Folding Screen By Piero Fornasetti.
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
lithographic transfer-printed and lacquered wood trompe L"oeil “Libri” four-panel folding screen by
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$19,500
H 53.75 in W 55 in D 2 in
1950s Chinese Coromandel Four-Panel Screen with Trompe-l'œil Bookshelves and Gil
Located in London, GB
The front of the screen features a trompe-l'œil depiction of bookshelves filled with meticulously
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$8,409
H 72.05 in W 66.93 in D 0.6 in
Painted Three-Panel Screen with Trompe-l'Œil Palace Interior and Throne Scene
Located in Yonkers, NY
interior, meticulously painted in trompe-l'œil to evoke architectural depth and opulence. The central focal
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$3,200
H 84 in W 72 in D 1 in
Trompe L''Oeil Painted Books 4 Panel Screen Room Divider After Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A Trompe L''Oeil style room divider depicting painted vintage library and book vignettes on a
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak
$1,595
H 72.25 in W 64 in D 0.9 in
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Oil on Canvas Screen with Trompe L’œil
Located in IT
18th century, large Italian neoclassical oil on canvas four panels screen with Trompe L’œil
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$31,712
H 82.29 in W 118.12 in D 1.97 in
19th Century French Grand Tour Style Eight Panel Painted Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
have swag drapes with fringe in a trompe l'oeil style. The screen has an aged, weathered patina that
Category
Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vivai del Sud Bamboo Palm Trees Mirrored Screen, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in New York, NY
.
In the spirit of Vivai del Sud, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Materials
Bamboo, Mirror, Wood
Signed Vivai del Sud Bamboo Palm Trees Mirrored Screen, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Geneva, CH
, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an oasis created by a presence of a
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
$12,500
H 72.84 in W 78.75 in D 3.94 in
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Incredible Trompe L'oeil Screen by Daniel Greene
By Daniel Greene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incredible trompe l'oeil screen by Daniel Greene, once a consultant to Jackie Kennedy on the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Trompe L'oeil Screen or Room Divider in the Manner of Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic, one-sided, hand painted screen after Piero Fornasetti. A wonderfully surreal
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Hardwood
Trompe L'oeil Three-Panel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
Three panel vintage screen with arched top decorated with architectural ornaments. Trompe l'oeil on
Category
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Architectural Trompe L'oeil Painted Room Divider Screen
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally well executed Trompe L'oeil black and white four panel screen or room divider. The
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Four Panel Trompe L'oeil Fiberglass Screen by Marc Bankowsky
By Marc Bankowsky
Located in Stamford, CT
features a Trompe L’oeil effect of draped white cloth. The piece is further detailed with folds and pleats
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fiberglass
Trompe l’oeil Gilded and Carved Lacquer Four-Panel Dressing Screen
By Fournier Decoration
Located in Tetbury, GB
gilded, exceptionally rare Fournier Decoration, Paris four-panelled dressing screen.
The principal
Category
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Trompe L'oeil Neoclassical Folding Screen by Jacques Lamy
By Jacques Lamy
Located in Dallas, TX
A hand painted folding screen by French - American artist Jacques Lamy. Known for using his old
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paint
Pair of 18c. Trompe l'oeil Folding Screens
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare pair of three paneled oil on canvas screens, each panel hand painted trompe l'oeil decoration
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Painted Trompe-L'œil Swedish Canvas Screen, 1860
Located in South Salem, NY
A mid 19th century Swedish painted canvas screen in the trompe-l'œil style. There are seven panels
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas
French Trompe L'oeil Blue and White Screen
Located in New York, NY
Tall hand-painted two sided four-panel screen or room divider with wood rope trim. France, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Four Panel "Library" Trompe L'Oeil Folding Screen by Fornasetti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Four-panel trompe l'oeil transfer printed folding screen on rolling casters, titled "Library
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Trompe L'Oeil Painted Books 4 Panel Screen & Room Divider
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Up for offering is this whimsical, Trompe L'Oeil style room divider depicting painted vintage
Category
Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Rare Trompe l’oeil “Farfalle” Four-Panel Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare trompe l’oeil “Farfalle” four-panel folding screen by Piero Fornasetti. One side decorated
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
H 81 in W 78 in D 1.25 in
Rare trompe l’oeil Angolo di Spogliatoio' Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
folding screen by Piero Fronasetti
lithographic printed and hand colouring on wood.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Rare Trompe L’oeil “Citta De Carte” and "Farfalle" Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare and Exceptionally decorated reverse side trompe l’oeil “Citta de Carte” and "Farfalle" four
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Trompe L'oeil Panels by Palladio
By Palladio
Located in Winnetka, IL
A pair of mid century Trompe L'oelil panels by Palladio depicting shelves in the style of
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Elegant Italian Rococo Polychromed Leather Trompe l'oeil
Located in Atlanta, GA
with three panels featuring "Voyages of Discovery to Foreign Lands", each flanked by an elaborate chinoiserie frame with dragonheads, foliate sprays, swags, satyr masks and ornate ro...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather
Louis XVI Architectural Painted 4 Panel Screen
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI manner trompe l'oeil faux architectural four panel screen, each painted in the style of
Category
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Four Panel "Scaletta" Folding Screen by Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An amazing four-panel trompe l'oeil transfer print folding screen on eight rolling casters. This
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Trompe l'Oeil Screen of Four Panels with Painted Books
Located in Hanover, MA
For the library, trompe l'oeil four-panel paravent with painted books on one inch thick solid oak
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Classical Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak
Trompe-l'oeil Four-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Hanover, MA
Seven foot tall six foot wide hand-painted four-panel room screen. This trompe-l'oei l screen is
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Exquisite Custom Studio Trompe L'oeil Four-Panel Folding Screen
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Camden, ME
screen is a Trompe L'oeil curio cabinet filled with an intriguing collection of artifacts, landscape
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Rare Trompe L’oeil “Libreria” Four-Panel Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Trompe l’Oeil “Libreria” four-panel folding screen by Piero Fornasetti.
The reverse decorated
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Four-Panel Scaletta Folding Screen Piero Fornasetti Italy Trompe L’Oeil Transfer
By Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Piero Fornasetti Scaletta (Little Staircase) folding screen Fornasetti Milano Italy, 1990
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
H 78 in W 78 in D 2 in
Rare Folding Screen "Grattacieli Rinascimentali" by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Trompe l'oeil double-sided folding screen features the Grattacieli rinascimentali motif to one
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Tooled Leather Room Divider & Screen, Embossed, Gilt, Handmade
By Maitland Smith
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tooled leather embossed, gilt trompe l’oeil book-form room screen / divider by Maitland Smith
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather
Italian Four Fold Screen by Carlo Marchiori
By Leonardo Fiori, Carlo Marchiori
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Architectural Trompe L'oeil Hand Painted Room Divider, Floor Screen.Exceptionally well executed
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Wood
Vivai del Sud Bamboo Palm Trees Mirrored Screen, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in New York, NY
. In the spirit of Vivai del Sud, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Materials
Mirror, Maple, Bamboo
Vivai del Sud Bamboo Palm Trees Mirrored Screen, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in New York, NY
, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an oasis created by a presence of a
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Bamboo
Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in San Francisco, CA
A trompe-l'oeil umbrella stand in screen printed metal and brass. Produced in Italy.
circa 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Umbrella Stands
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese, Art Deco Rug
Located in New York, NY
A pictorial three-panel screen for your floor! This trompe-l’oeil carpet presents a coral screen
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vivai del Sud Pair of Standing Bamboo Palm Tree Mirrors, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in New York, NY
the spirit of Vivai del Sud, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an oasis
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Bamboo
Incredible Trompe L'oeil Screen by Daniel Greene
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Incredible trompe l'oeil screen by Daniel Greene, once a consultant to Jackie Kennedy on the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
"Cabinet of Birds" Trompe L'oeil Screen
Located in New Preston, CT
A wonderful oil on canvas trompe l'oeil 2-panel screen, based on the oil paintings 'cabinet of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
French Painted Trompe L'Oeil Screen Circa 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
# T088 - Decorative painted trompe l'oeil four panel folding screen painted in a faux light wood
Category
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Trompe L'oeil Screen in the Manner of Piero Fornasetii
By Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One sided stair and ladder scene hand painted trompe l'oeil three panel screen after Piero
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Trompe L'oeil Four Panel Screen
Located in New Preston, CT
A one-of-a-kind trompe l'oeil four panel, 2-sided, oil-on-canvas painted screen based on the 18th
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Four panel trompe l'oeil double-sided "Library" screen by Piero Fornassetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Four panel trompe l'oeil double-sided screen, mounted on casters,
titled "Library" design by
Category
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
H 53.15 in W 55.12 in D 1.19 in
Pair of French 1780s Trompe-l'Oeil Grisaille Hand-Painted Pastoral Screens
Located in Atlanta, GA
set inside a trompe-l'oeil painted frame. These painted frames, made of delicate volutes, contrast
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas
Set of Six 18th Century Korean Color Inks "Trompe-L'oeil Wood Imitation"
Located in Paris, FR
Set of six color inks “Trompe-L’œil Wood Imitation” with “Objets De Lettres” probably Korean
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Korean Paintings and Screens
Magnificent Italian Renaissance-style Painted Six-Panel Screen
Located in Coral Gables, FL
Magnificent Italian Handpainted Trompe L'Oeil Renaissance-style Six-panel Screen with Seraphims
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Oversized 18th Century Italian Painted 5 Paneled Canvas Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Magnificent 18th Century Italian Hand-painted Trompe L'Oeil Renaissance-style five-panel Screen
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Canvas
"Fontainebleu" Hand Painted Four-Panel Grisaille Trompe L'oeil Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fontainebleau screen; a four-panel hand painted natural fiber Grisailles screen features trompe
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paint
Charming Trompe L'Oeil Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in New York, NY
Charming folding screen with a trompe l'oeil of books. The length and depth noted in the details
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
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Trompe L Oeil Screen For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the trompe l oeil screen you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and paper, every trompe l oeil screen was constructed with great care. Find 23 options for an antique or vintage trompe l oeil screen now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer trompe l oeil screen, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A trompe l oeil screen is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in modern, neoclassical and mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made trompe l oeil screen over the years, but those crafted by Piero Fornasetti, Albane Salmon and Fornasetti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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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