Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
Find a collection of chinoiserie bedroom furniture, cabinets, decorative objects and more on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinoiserie
Period: 20th Century
Vintage 7 Ft 6-Panel Asian Folding Screen/Room Divider
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Large Asian 6-panel folding screen. The screen stands seven feet tall and could be used in a multitude of applications. The front of the screen is finished in a crackled gold, depict...
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1980s Asian Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood
Vietnamese Folding Floor Screen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vietnamese folding six hinged panel screen with mother-of-pearl and eggshell inlay on both sides of birds amongst branches and flowers, circa late 20th century. Dimensions: 16"W x 71...
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20th Century Vietnamese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Eggshell, Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage Two Panel Asian Screen Landscape Scene
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage two panel Asian screen with a watercolor landscape with a gold leaf sky, that effortlessly transports you to a realm of tranquil beauty...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Panneau peint Thaïlandais signé Prasit, 1966
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Wooden panel painted in black, red and white tones.
The painting represents a Hindu mythological scene: we see Hanuman, the Monkey God, fighting against a demon.
Signed and dated: "...
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1960s Thai Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint
Chinese Carved Soapstone Geisha Girls 4 Panel Folding Wall Panel or Screen
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite vintage Chinese four panels decorative wall panel or screen. The beautiful wall panel or screen depicts Chinese scenes of Gaisha girls dancing as well as gardens scenic...
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20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Vintage Chinese Watercolor & Ink Landscape Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage traditional style watercolor and ink landscape painting on silk (applied to paper backing) - hand painted - silk damask textile border - signed with a red seal lower right (u...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint, Paper
Pair Of Large Chinese Chinoiserie Panels
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of large Chinese Chinoiserie panels. Classic delicate style with bamboo, flowers, birds, and figures. Rich colors of blue, red, green on a cream...
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Black Chinese Lacquered Wood Screen, Vintage Room Divider
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, vintage Chinese screen made of hand crafted lacquered wood, in good condition. The large, detailed Chinoiserie style room divider is co...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal, Brass
Huge Chinoiserie Folding Screen, circa 1950
Located in Athens, GA
This is a take on Modern Chinese Art that is Inspired by Night Revels of Han Xizai... The painting vividly represents a night party hosted by Han Xizai, who anticipated the fall of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint
Chinese Hand Painted Table Screen or Wall Hanging
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand painted Chinese screen, China, circa 1950s. This screen features a hand-painted still life and could be used as a table screen, or wal...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Coromandel Painted & Carved Bovine Black Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Coromandel 4 panel black lacquer room divider. One side Features a Chinese village and river landscape with applied and carved bovine over a go...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bone, Hardwood, Lacquer
5 Painted Hong Kong Landscape Scene Wall Scrolls Pagoda Boats Figures 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Five vintage wall scrolls, showing an array of scenic Chinese / Japanese landscapes and seascapes, with figures, waterfalls / rivers, mountains and...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Pair of Stunning Vintage Soapstone & Mother of Pearl Geisha Girl Wall Panels
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of vintage circa 1940s Chinese chinoiserie wall plaques depicting Geisha girls in soa...
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1940s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Vintage Asian Hunting Scene Four Panel Room Screen With Black Lacquered Edges an
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A super chic vintage asian screen showing a hunting scene with cherry blossoms. The screen has (4) 18" panels, black lacquered edges and brass fi...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Monumental Antique 8 Panel Hand Painted Chinese Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A super chic Monumental Antique 8 Panel Hand Painted Chinese Screen depicting Chinese landscape and scenery with pagodas. The screen includ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Vintage Korean 4 Panel Landscape Guo Ziyi Banquet Folding Screen Divider
Located in Dayton, OH
"Mid-20th Century vintage four panel folding screen / room divider / wall art featuring a printed scene with hand painted color depicting a banquet honoring Guo Zi Yi (697–781), a fa...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Hardwood, Paper
Vintage Oriental Impressionist Watercolor Seascape Painting Sailboats Signed
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Asian Impressionist watercolor seascape painting. Features figures along a peninsula with sailboats. The painting is signed lower right in pencil by Sue. The rest of the sign...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Vintage Chinese Chinoiserie Black Silk Floral Birds Oil Painting Panel
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage signed Chinese black silk panel painted with a pair of robins perched on a flowering branch.
Measures: 13.75” x 0.5” x 30.5” / Sans Fram...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
Chi Shing, 'River Boats I', Framed Watercolor Painting, China, Mid-20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
CHI SHING - 'River Boats I' - Vintage watercolor landscape painting - vintage gold tone metal frame - finished with double matte boards - signed lower left -...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Antique Signed Asian Watercolor on Paper Scroll Bird on Cherry Blossom Branch
Located in Dayton, OH
Signed antique Asian watercolor on paper minimalist painting showing a bird perched on the branch of a flowering cherry tree. Mounted on a blue wall ...
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint, Paper
Chinese Six Panel Hand Painted Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite six panel Chinese room divider folding screen features intricate handpainted landscape scenery with fighting scenes of warriors on ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
2 Vintage Jane Gray Chinese Kuan Yen & Chung Li Watercolor Portrait Paintings 24
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of two vintage Jane Gray watercolor portrait paintings of Kuan Yin and Chung Li.
Provenance:
Estate of J. Frederic Gagel, owner of multiple Thor...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Signed Asian Coromandel Eight Panel Screen Expandable Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent Asian coromandel expandable room divider. Great scale with height of 94" and vivid colors throughout. Some age appropriate wear, see pics. Now more than ever, home is whe...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Asian Polychrome Coromandel Black Lacquer Enamel Eight-Panel Court Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
Chinese Polychrome Coromandel Black Lacquer Eight-Panel Court Screen. Comprised of 8 lacquered coromandel panels, this Chinese folding screen is intri...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Enamel
Antique Signed Asian Watercolor on Silk Landscape Figure Scroll Cherry Blossom
Located in Dayton, OH
Signed antique Asian watercolor on silk landscape painting showing a small waterfall over a creek, topped with a tree and a woman carrying a b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
1979 Cui Tang Chinese Pheasants Love Birds Painting on Silk Flowers Peonies
Located in Dayton, OH
1979 Cui Tang Chiense / Korean painting on silk showing brightly colored male and female pheasants in front of a bush of pink and white peonies.
1 ?? huà tí Title of the Art
2 ?? (Korean) N/A 1. gold thread 2. marital relationship
3 ?????? ? yi jiu qi jiu nián dù zuò Work in the year of 1979
4&5 ?? cuì táng Cui Tang (?: green; ?:chamber) (artist’s pseudonym/esteemed name)
This art was made in 1979...
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1970s Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
Pair of Mid-20th Century chinoiserie Screens, Hand Painted,
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of Mid-20th Century chinoiserie screens, hand painted, similar but different figures of Chinese notables.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fruitwood
Chi Shing, 'River Boats II', Framed Watercolor Painting, China, Mid-20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
CHI SHING - 'River Boats II' - Vintage watercolor landscape painting - vintage gold tone metal frame - finished with double matte boards - signed lower right...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
1950's Monumental Reverse Chinoiserie Painted Mirrored Panels Screen Divider
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, mirrored paintings you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the...
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1950s French Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Art Glass, Mirror, Wood
Vintage Tak-Young Jung Hand Painted Chinoiserie Fan Shadowbox Wall Art
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage large hand painted golden fan by Tak-Young Jung from his 1991 solo exhibition “The Admiration of Life Through the Symbolization of Colors“ at the Modern Art Gallery in Los Angeles...
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1990s Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Foil
Hand Painted Robert Crowder, Chinoiserie Screen With Gold Leaf Detail, China, C.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Crowder, Four Panel, Chinoiserie, hand painted screen with gold leaf detail.
Category
1980s North American Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
1971 Hauqing Kim Chinese Winter Landscape Watercolor Painting Snow Bridge
Located in Dayton, OH
1971 Huaqing Kim (Liu Quan) watercolor painting showing a winter mountain landscape of the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibe. Features a pair of figures crossing a stone bridge, walking their dog, in a snowstorm with a cottage in the distance.
1 ?? huà tí title of the art
2 ?? ben jia original family’s house/eldest brother’s home
(patriarchal system)
3 ?? liu quán Liu Quan ?: willow ?: fountain/spring
(pseudonym/esteemed name for artist
Huaqing Kim)
4 ?????? jin huá qìng huà bó zuò Artist Huaqing Kim’s work
5 ?????? huà zhan zhao dài zuò jia hosting author(s) of the art exhibition
6 ???? shen chá wei yuán member of the review (committee)
7 ??? pu shì huàn Shihuan Park
8 ?? tuo sòng consign
9 1971?9??? ? yi jiu qi jiu nián iu yuè dù zuò pin Work...
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1970s Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
A.Bouverat Chinese Inspired Lacquered Panel Hand-Painted 20th Century
By A. Bouverat
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful rare and large lacquer of Chinese inspiration. Representation of a green space with many plants such as cherry trees and magnolia. A bird crosses the lacquer with its ...
Category
20th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer Screen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Chinese six-panel lacquer screen.
This lovely and versatile screen is in the great style of Coco Chanel who loved to decorate with Coromandel s...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Robert Crowder Chinoiserie Landscape Panels
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic set of three framed chinoiserie decorated landscape panels painted by Robert Crowder (1911-2010 American). The paintings feature a flora a...
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20th Century American Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
CHINESE 6-PANEL Sculptured Wooden SCREEN
Located in Hawthorne, CA
An early 20th century Chinese framed lattice-work six-panel screen with upper sections in openwork geometric motif. An exquisite design in pristine condition will work wonders for an...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Six Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Panels
Located in New York, NY
A set of six chinoiserie panels lacquered in a deep red with accents of gold and teal blue. This work of art depicts a lively scene and intricate det...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Asian Wood Panel Paintings Diptych Brass Hardware Flora and Fauna Scene Chinese
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vintage Han Palace Art Co. scroll framed oil painting wood diptych carved panels. The original tag on back. This is a vintage piece from the 1950s or 1960s. It shows signs of natural...
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Late 20th Century Taiwanese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Polychrome White Lacquer Hong Kong Chinoiserie Folding Screen Room Divider Birds
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Hong Kong Chinoiserie room divider or folding screen featuring a white lacquer ground with a landscape screen of birds / cranes / butterf...
Category
1970s Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Wall-Hanging Inset Chan Wall Sculpture 1960s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Unique wall-hanging Chan wall sculpture, with center panel inset and framed in an off center raised panel with continuous figural motif, in patinated bronze and pewter with hand-appl...
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1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter, Gold Leaf
Robert Crowder "Weeping Willows and Herons" Hand Painted Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Hand painted four-panel screen by Robert Crowder, "Weeping Willows and Herons." Beautiful white herons and green willows painted on gold background. Lette...
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Chinoiserie paintings and screens for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie paintings and screens for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings and screens created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, paint and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie paintings and screens made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings and screens, popular names associated with this style include Robert Crowder, A. Bouverat, Mingyu Xu Studio, and Philip and Kelvin LaVerne. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings and screens differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $60,000 while the average work can sell for $2,200.
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