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Screens and Room Dividers For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Large Chinese 4-Fold Hardwood Screen inset with Blue & White Porcelain Plaques
Located in New York, NY
A large Chinese four-fold hardwood screen inset with blue and white porcelain plaques. The hand carved wood frame is a very dense and naturally rich and dark hardwood from China with...
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Porcelain, Hardwood

19th Century Stunning Quality Three Panel Folding Screen in Solid Mahogany
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning quality 19th century mahogany folding three panel dressing screen or room divider, featuring lovely mahogany panels below and astragal openings to the top part. Three mahogany wooden panels on triple swing hinges. The triple swing hinges allow the panels to swing both ways offering more adjustability. In very good condition. Great quality. A good piece of 19th century english antique furniture...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Mahogany

Chinese Qing Four Panel Lacquered Incised Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare unusual late 19th century/early 20th-century Chinese Qing four-panel coromandel screen. The front features dark red lacquer decorated with scholars objects and small landscape s...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Victorian Hand Embroidered Silk and Mahogany Fire Screen
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian Hand embroidered silk and mahogany fire screen This is a fine-looking piece, it is a large screen The silk inset has been protected with glass so it is in original con...
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19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Silk

19th Century Screen with Grotesques Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
Nineteenth century Screen with grotesques Measures: (5) Oil on canvas, 158 x 185 cm The screen analyzed is made up of five panels, each divided into two panels decorated with elements of the natural world on the upper level and grotesque decorations on the lower level. The grotesque is a type of ornamentation often used in painting, sculpture and minor arts, for example in ceramics and tapestries, developed at the end of the 15th century. The five upper panels refer to as many famous Aesop's fables, i.e. the first panel depicts the fable of The frogs ask for a king, the second panel instead represents the roosters and the partridge, the third panel has as its protagonist the famous fable of the Hare and the tortoise, while the fourth The crow and the fox, while the last panel probably represents the episode of the Fox and the stork. The screen owes its name to its singular and ancient origin; after the discovery of these decorations in 1480 in Nero's Domus Aurea, a palace that had been buried for centuries, under the pretext of imitatio antiquitatis, they were re-proposed in contemporary palaces. The palace of Nero was visited by many explorers, who descended into it and had the impression of being inside a cave, which is why, as Benvenuto Cellini tells us, these particular decorations rediscovered there were called grotesque. The great success that the grotesques had is testified by Raphael's decorations in the Vatican...
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19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Canvas, Wood

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN LEATHER CLAD & EMBOSSED FiRE SCREEN WITH MAP DECORATION
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Edwardian circa 1900 Leather clad and embossed fire screen Please note the delivery fee listed ...
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Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Leather, Pine

Japanese Four Panel Paper Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of two panel screens with a rooster and a hen in amongst bamboo. Signed by the artist Ema Saiko 1787-1861. A Japanese painter, poet and calligrapher celebrated for her Chinese...
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1850s Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Paper

19th Century Louis XV Regency Gilded Screen and Fire Screen with Tapestries
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous 19th century Louis XV Regency gilded screen and fire screen with Tapestries. The Rococo style tapestries are in pristine condition with very min...
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19th Century European Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wool, Satin, Giltwood

19th Century Lacquered Chinoiserie Screen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Monumental 19th Century lacquered screen with a Chinoiserie design throughout. This fantastic screen features ten folding panels which are decorated on both...
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century French Folding Screen with Original Hand-Painted Outdoor Scene
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted folding screen room divider from the 19th century. This antique accordion style folding screen from France features four tall rectan...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Handpainted Mirrored Screen
Located in Alton, GB
This stunning four part wooden mirror screen has a visually striking floral pattern accompanied by swooping birds hand painted onto the mirrored part o...
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19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Three-Leaf Silk and Wood Screen 1900, Stamped Felix Bernard
Located in Paris, FR
Charming Art Nouveau period small three-leaf screen or mantel screen in carved mahogany decorated with embroidery on silk representing birds. The wooden panels are carved with stylized leaves and chestnut fruits. Each leaf is decorated with a bird embroidered on an Indian yellow wild silk. The upper part is openworked with six beveled glass panes set in place. Each panel is carved in the form of arabesques, in a fully Art Nouveau taste. The whole, foldable, rests on four small curved feet ending in a hoof. The central panel is slightly larger than the other two. This small screen...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Silk, Wood, Glass

Fireplace Bronze Andirons with Amphoraes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant pair of French andirons with bronze amphoraes. To be used also as bookends. ref. M/943.   
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

Triple Extending Fire Screen of Northern Hemisphere Map
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A triple extending fire screen of Northern Hemisphere Map A wonderful piece the screen has 3 double sided silk panels printed with Northern Hemisphe...
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19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Silk

French Four Fold Carved Screen
Located in Wilson, NC
French four fold carved screen, the panels carved with egg and dot and a repeating leaf pattern. The upper panels have french steel engravings of royal ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Upholstery, Glass, Wood, Paint, Damask, Paper, Fabric

Three-leaf Louis XV style screen in molded wood and embroidered fabric
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant Louis XV style screen with three moving leaves, in lacquered and gilded wood. The molded wooden structure richly carved with shells, flowers and garlands of flowers, is lacqu...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Wood

Early 19th Century Pollard Oak Floor Screen
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Oak floor screen with insert Pollard Oak panels. In four sections with brass hinges.
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Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Oak, Burl

Rococo Style Parcel-Gilt and Painted Three-Fold Screen
Located in London, GB
Painted to the front and rear with outdoor scenes of nature, with courting couples and winged cherubs, in the typical Rococo style.
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Giltwood

Antique French Louis XVI Needlepoint Fire Screen, Circa 1850-1860.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI needlepoint fire screen, circa 1850-1860.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Regency 19th Century Pair of Rosewood Fire Screens
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An exceptionally fine quality pair of regency rosewood fire screens, of very unusual design, having exceptional carved decoration to frames, enclo...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Large Quality Victorian Chinoiserie C1900 Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality large Victorian Chinoiserie C1900 black lacquer papier mache dressing screen or room divider. Attractive designs painted on one side and inlaid on the other. A rare find. Would look amazing in the right location, with a lovely age and patina. No woodworm. Overall maximum dimensions: 4 panels, each 41cm wide x 183cm high. In very good antique condition with minor historic knocks, marks, cracks, scratches, wear, imperfections, repairs and alterations, as is always the way and to be expected with genuine antique furniture...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Finely Painted French Chinoiserie Three-Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
Comprising three shaped oil on canvas panels, with shirred ivory silk to the reverse, within a conforming greige-painted surround exquisitely painted in lavender sepia tones with scenes of Court figures pursuing leisurely activities in outdoor architectural...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint

Antique Bronze French Baroque Rococo Bronze Fireplace Hearthware Screen Fender
Located in Dayton, OH
19th Century French rococo or baroque style bronze fire screen accented with cherubs and fender corners. Screen - 28.25” x 8” x 28” / Fender Corners - 9” x 3.5” x 16” (Width x Dep...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

English Victorian Carved Mahogany 4-Fold Screen with Tapestry Panels
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian mahogany 4-fold screen with heavy carved scroll filigree top and tapestry panels.  
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Textile, Mahogany

Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D' Ore Firescreen, circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI style bronze d' ore fire screen, Circa 1880's.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Folding Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic and spectacular early 20th century French Art Nouveau folding screen with three beautifully arched and beveled glass panels held in place wi...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Victorian Rosewood Fire Screen
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine and rare large Victorian rosewood screen, having an ornately carved top, above embroidery, depicting a dog jumping up at a parrot on a perch, with two other small birds on the perch beside it another dog lies on the base of the perch, on the left, holding a feather in its mouth, its paw on a sealed letter after Landseer. 1851. The parrots stand...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Fireside Pole Screen, English, Needlepoint Tapestry, Adjustable, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fireside pole screen. An English, rosewood and needlepoint tapestry adjustable shield, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. Superb Regency craftsmanship, i...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Antique Needlepoint Fire Screen, English, Mahogany, Fireside Guard, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique needlepoint fire screen. An English, mahogany fireside guard with tapestry screen, dating to the Regency period, circa 1830. Attractive fire screen with Chinese...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Mahogany

Late 19th Century Walnut and Beaded Fire Screen with Petit Point Faces
Located in Dallas, TX
Victorian beaded fire screen with petit point faces. England circa 1870. The screen portion is 15.75" x 19.
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1870s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Beads

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Stye Gilt Three Panel Screen Room Divider
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Stye Gilt Three Panel Screen Room Divider A gilt-framed three-fold screen, c.1890, Continental, the shaped top with leaf and ribbon moulded cresting, shaped bevelled glass mirror panels, above fabric panels. In very good condition commensurate with age. Minor signs of wear to gilt and one replacement mirrored...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood, Mirror

Japanese Asian Large Edo Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Monkeys Trees
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous, wonderfully composed six-panel Japanese byobu folding screen / room divider depicting a family of playful monkeys among the blooming trees and mountainous lan...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze Fire Screen, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI gold bronze fire screen, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

Antique Adjustable Pole Screen, English, Needlepoint, Fire Shield, Regency, 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique adjustable pole screen. An English, Rosewood needlepoint fire shield, dating to the Regency period, circa 1830. Quality Regency period fireside screen Displays a desirable aged patina throughout Select stocks show fine grain interest in the lustrous wax polished finish The adjustable screen panel is easy to position Slender turned support post rises to a discrete capping finial Foliate bouquet tapestry mounted within a square frame with chamfered edges The post anchored to a striking hyperboloid platform Standing upon squat bun feet to each corner This is charming antique adjustable pole screen, offering quality fireside heat shielding...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

E. W. Godwin, Attri An Anglo-Japanese Four-Fold Screen With Japanese Silk Scenes
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (attributed), a walnut four-fold screen, bevel glazed, with woven silk and velvet panels. This incorporates many design details of Godwin's Anglo-Japanese works...
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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Walnut

Italian Antique Renaissance Style Handcarved Walnut Balustrade Fragment Ca 1800
Located in Encinitas, CA
Italian antique 19th Century walnut balustrade with hand carved angels faces on wings. This piece was probably the final portion of a large wall balu...
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Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Walnut

Antique Photographer's Prop Screen, English, 3 Fold, Privacy, Room Divider, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique photographer's prop screen. An English, three fold privacy screen or room divider, dating to the late Victorian period, circa...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric

Set of Four Chinese Courtyard Door Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Chinese architecture, tall door panels such as these were used in provincial courtyard homes to easily open up a room to the outdoors. Designed with solid wood panels instead of lattice windows, these door panels were likely installed facing the street, used to protect the home rather than provide decoration. The doors were originally linked by hinges set in opposite directions, allowing the doors to fold upon themselves as they open. Instead of the elaborate carvings often found on Qing-dynasty doors...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Antique Italian Hand Painted Two Sided Table Top Screen
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-993 Hand painted two sided table top Italian folding screen.
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Late 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

Antique French Wrought Iron Fire Screen, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French wrought iron fire screen, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wrought Iron

Aesthetic Movement Walnut & Brass Mounted Folding Double Sided Low Screen
Located in Norwich, GB
An Aesthetic Movement walnut and brass mounted folding low screen. Circa 1870. The double sided fabric has been replaced with modern Walter Crane, Swallo...
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19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Walnut, Silk

Palatial and Opulent Belle Epoque Giltwood & Oil on Canvas Three-Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
A Palatial and Opulent Belle epoque giltwood & oil on canvas three-panel screen, circa 1890. "Allegory of Youth" Comprising of three exquisite hand-painted triptych oil on canvas panels of cherubs and putti amongst a peacock, all by Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927). Each panel depicting different playful and joyous scenes of putti and cherubs. All three-in-one panels within individually carved giltwood and upholstered frames. One panel signed at the lower left: Ferd.Wagner. A truly magnificent and one of a kind piece, perfect for any room in the home. Overall: 101" high 85" wide x 5" deep Very good condition. Ready to place. Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) was the son of Passau Ferdinand Wagner Senior, a teacher at a vocational art school who began training him professionally at a young age. After traveling to Italy in 1867-1868, he continued with his art studies at The Munich Academy of Arts led by Peter Von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr Von Carolsfeld. Wagner II was influenced by the Munich School of master painters and by his art teacher, Karl von Piloty, who had been teaching at the Munich Art Academy since 1856. Piloty’s approach to historical paintings was influenced by the French art academic Paul Delaroche and by the fine artworks by Rubens and the Venetians. After his return to Germany he was commissioned to decorate the former the Tenormayer Wine Tavern in Munich, subsequently he received numerous other commissions as a decorator. Ferdinand Wagner II wall paintings and ceiling frescos...
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19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Canvas, Upholstery, Giltwood, Paint

Early 19th Century Chinese Export Eight-Fold Lacquer Screen
Located in Conwy, GB
The black lacquered timber panels decorated with a sprawling landscape, figures, temples, animals, pagodas and junks within a border of trailing vines...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Fine 19th C English Black Lacquered and Raised 6 Panel Screen Greek Key
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century English black lacquered Chinoiserie decorated 6 panel screen. Greek key design with scenes of figures and animals. Raised detail.
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Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Needlepoint Firescreen on Wood Frame Depicting Boy and Dog
Located in Middleburg, VA
19th century Needlepoint firescreen depicting boy and dog on wood frame. Measures: 40" H, 19.75" W, 14" D.
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19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Wood

19th Century Bamboo Chinoiserie Screen Room Divider, England, C.1860
Located in London, GB
A 19th Century Anglo-Chinese three fold bamboo screen with later added botanical painted leatherette panels dating from C.1920. Finished in brass detailing with filigree fretwork top...
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Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

French Arched Shaped Confessional
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique French confessional with arched top and fleur-de-lis on each side. Would make a unique screen/divider.
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19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Pine

Heavy 19th Century Painted French Window Shutter 3 Fold Screen, Room Divider
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Heavy 19th century painted French window shutter 3 fold screen, room divider This is a very heavy piece, the screen is 3 hard wood shutters w...
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Mahogany Two Fold Needlework Screen
Located in Wilson, NC
This solid mahogany folding screen has the original clear, wavy glass in the top panels. The silk needlework depicts groupings of floral vines ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

19th C. Regency Painted Pole Fire Screens, a Pair, The Betty Seeler Collection
Located in Morristown, NJ
A pair of fine English Regency painted pole screens from The Elizabeth Seeler Collection. 19th c., one depicting a young man, the other a young woman, bo...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint, Mahogany

Zuber Six Panel Wallpaper Screen The Hunting Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent 19th century six panel wallpaper screen by Zuber and Cie. The screen features six hand blocked wallpaper panels from "Le Paysage a Chasses" o...
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19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paper

Large George III Giltwood Fire Screen
Located in London, GB
A large and finely carved George III giltwood fire screen. Containing a beautiful needlework tapestry, now under glass and the reverse of painted ...
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1810s English George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Giltwood

Antique French Louis XV Gold Bronze Fire Screen, Circa 1865-1875
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV gold bronze fire screen, Circa 1865-1875.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Spanish Shutters
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Spanish shutters with rectangular symmetrical design. Each item has a set of iron hardware. Origin Spain.
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19th Century Spanish Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

English Renaissance Style Oak 3-Fold Screen with Inlaid Design
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance style (19th Century) oak 3 fold screen with diamond inlaid design.  
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19th Century Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Oak

Rare Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Aubusson Tapestry Screen
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular shaped wonderful quality woven panel screen still has its original vivid colors. One panel with a Faun playing hand cymbals and depicting mythology, another with a ch...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Tapestry, Wood

English Inlaid Four Paneled Folding Screen
Located in Wilson, NC
English inlaid four paneled folding screen made of mahogany inlaid with satinwood. It has walnut bandings bordered by boxwood and ebony line...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Glass, Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut, Wood

Empire Parcel Gilt Mahogany Fire Screen
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., France. Substantial double sided fire screen. A mahogany rectangular frame is relief carved with parcel gilt bellflower borders and sides. The screen has a double sided prin...
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood

Antique and Vintage Screens and Room Dividers

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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