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-sealed letters and papers.
Metal
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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 to be bookshelves.
Metal
Trompe L'Oeil Wallpaper Four Panel Screen
Located in East Hampton, NY
Wonderful 4 panel wallpaper screen made of hollow core wood and papered on both sides similarly with draped fabric. elegant trompe l'oeil paper in the Zuber style.
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 decoration and applied decoupage art motifs of paintings.
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. The screen is constructed of six plywood panels, each 12 inch W, each having appli...
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 Piero Fornasetti the reverse with musical instruments Fornasetti Milano Italy, 195...
Wood
Mid-Century Italian Painted Trompe L’Oeil French Style Wallpaper Screen Divider
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century Italian French Louis XVI style hand painted wall paper folding screen or room divider. Each panel is a trompe l’oeil neoclassical seen mimicking architectural ...
Poplar, Paper
Vintage Italian Trompe L'oeil Leather Book Library Folding Screen by Sarreid
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Trompe-l'œil decorative three-panel folding screen/room divider depicting a faux library with antique leather bound book spines by Sarreid (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Brass
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 painted books, scrolls, and manuscripts adorned with Chinese calligraphy in vibrant ...
Wood
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 single side of one inch deep wood panels.
Oak
Painted Three-Panel Screen with Trompe-l'Œil Palace Interior and Throne Scene
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage three-panel screen presents a strikingly theatrical interpretation of a palace interior, meticulously painted in trompe-l'œil to evoke architectural depth and opulence.
Canvas, Wood
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 These large screen is composed of four panels in oil on canvas painted.
Canvas
19th Century French Grand Tour Style Eight Panel Painted Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The tops of the Adams style panels have swag drapes with fringe in a trompe l'oeil style. The screen has an aged, weathered patina that lends to its charm and character.
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 oasis created by a presence of a palm trees.
Bamboo, Mirror, Wood
Signed Vivai del Sud Bamboo Palm Trees Mirrored Screen, Italy, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Geneva, CH
In the spirit of Vivai del Sud, the use of trompe l'oeil in this screen creates an atmosphere of an oasis created by a presence of a palm trees.
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
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 renovation of the White House.
Unavailable
H 67 in W 51 in D 0.75 in
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, architectural, Escher-esque stair and ladder motif; an of-the-period replica of a portion o...
Hardwood
Trompe L'oeil Three-Panel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
Trompe l'oeil on paper.
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.
Wood
Four Panel Trompe L'oeil Fiberglass Screen by Marc Bankowsky
By Marc Bankowsky
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 2007 Contemporary style four panel polyester plaster fiberglass screen by Marc Bankowsky that features a Trompe L’oeil effect of draped white cloth.
Fiberglass
Unavailable
H 84.26 in W 80.32 in D 2.37 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 gilded, exceptionally rare Fournier Decoration, Paris four-panelled dressing screen. ...
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 world art training often applied to modern contexts and styles, Mr. Lamy rose to promi...
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 of architectural elements, flowers, swags, fruits, and even a cat and dog.
Canvas, Wood
Painted Trompe-L'œil Swedish Canvas Screen, 1860
Located in New York, NY
A mid 19th century Swedish painted canvas screen in the trompe-l'œil style. There are seven panels handpainted in tones of green.
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 1940. Dimension: 72" W x 84" H x 1" D; 18" W each panel
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", designed by Piero Fornasetti- circa 1955.
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 library and book vignettes on a single side of one inch deep wood panels.
Wood
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H 81 in W 78 in D 1.25 in
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.
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H 81 in W 78 in D 1 in
Rare trompe l’oeil Angolo di Spogliatoio' Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Exceptionally decorated reverse side 'Portico con Paesaggio' / 'Angolo di Spogliatoio' four panel folding screen by Piero Fronasetti lithographic printed and hand colouring on wood.
Wood
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H 81 in W 78 in D 1 in
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 panel folding screen by Piero Fornasetti.
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 Fornasetti.
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...
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 wood paneling or boiseries.
Wood
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H 81.5 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913–1988) Four-Panel “Libreria” Folding Screen
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Four-Panel “Libreria” Folding Screen Italy, circa 1955 Transfer-printed and painted wood, brass hinges Each panel: 207 × 50 × 3 cm (81 × 19.5 × 1 in) A quintessential example of ...
Brass
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.
Wood
Painted Wood Four Panel Trompe L'oeil Screen/Rom Divider
Located in Darien, CT
Winslow is known for his trompe l’oeil architectural and decorative painting.
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. 72 inches high and each of the four 16 inch panels fold flat for ease of transport.
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 painted with imagery of a foyer peeking through glass paned doors into a still life r...
Exquisite Custom Studio Trompe L'oeil Four-Panel Folding Screen
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Camden, ME
The main body of the screen is a Trompe L'oeil curio cabinet filled with an intriguing collection of artifacts, landscape paintings and leather bound volumes.
Brass
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H 78 in W 79 in D 2 in
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.
Wood
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H 78 in W 78 in D 2 in
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 lithographic transfer-print with hand coloring on wood, brass 78 W x 81 H inches Verso featu...
Wood
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 side and the rarer Angolo di spogliatoio motif to the other. hand-painted and lith...
Wood
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H 77 in W 65 in D 1 in
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, 1980s.
Leather
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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