Needlework Screens and Room Dividers

Stunning in design and execution, this colorful Art Deco folding screen depicts a tropical scene that is teeming with plant and animal life, including pairs of songbirds, a running s...

Decorate your fireplace with this adjustable antique embroidered deer and tree motif pole screen. Crafted in England circa 1910, this tapestry set in a rectangular frame with scroll ...

Unlike the conventional folding fans and hand held face screens, this example was not a fashion accessory for women to carry but was part of the furnishing of a room; these face scre...

Unique and highly decorative, work of art folding screen, circa 1880. If you collect only the best quality and best condition antiques in general and those from the European Renaissance Revival era in particular then this amazing workmanship and truly decorative folding screen from circa 1880 probably is the best antique that money can buy. All hand carved out of the most beautiful quality walnut and with amazing details this -by far- is the best folding screen we have ever seen. Besides being the thickest and made of the most beautiful walnut, it also has the best carvings. On top of every corner of this one of a kind folding screen is a small bust sculpture...

An antique Elizabethan fire screen offers carved frame with scroll filigree crest having flanking turned finials and rope twist frame with central needle and beadwork panel...

A French circa 1900 Louis XVI Style carved wood and petitpoint fire screen.

This rare screen, now separated into two panels for separate (or placed together) hanging, was acquired in France and though the giltwood carved frame does look French, the exquisite...

Art Deco screen, three parts, wood structure, wool embroidered linen, brown, green and off-white geometrical patterns, wooden baseboard. Belgium, circa 1930.

Beautifully handcrafted antique Black Forest fireplace screen. This beautifully hand carved antique from the late 1800s currently is the only Black Forest firescreen for sale anywhere. It certainly is the only one on 1stdibs and to have been able to purchase it in this wonderful condition more than made our day. What makes this antique truly stand out are the beautifully detailed Black Forest branch and leaf patterns. However, there are three more reasons why this rare antique is exceptional. First of all, it does not have and never had a single woodworm hole and for a Black Forest antique from the 1800s that is really rare. Secondly, there is not one piece of a carved branch or leaf missing. If you look very closely at the back then you can see there have been a few minor restaurations (in the form of a few pieces having been glued back), but other than that the condition is excellent. And thirdly, this fine antique also comes with a hand-embroidered, oval shape coat of arms depicting a knight's helmet and more. This could be the crest of a town, but it could also be of a certain family. We were unable to find out more about it, but it simply looks great and the colors perfectly complement the wonderful patina of this antique screen. For those who did not yet know; this handcrafted and highly decorative screen was placed in front of a fireplace in the summertime so that people would not look into the dark (and sometimes dirty) fireplace itself. Finally, there was some very old fabric behind all three panels, but it was worn and it made it impossible to remove all the old dust that was inside the carvings and on the back. We decided to remove the fabric, but we left the antique 'thumbtacks' in place, in case the new owner wants to replace it (we will send a part of the antique fabric along if you wish). Our sharp price for this antique firescreen...

An English mahogany Georgian pole screen with 19th Century needlepoint.           

An elaborately carved, solid rosewood, Victorian Rococo-style summer screen, the frame with carved flowers and leafs, the base carved in the manner of fo...

An antique French Louis XV fire screen features twisted wrought iron frame on tripod base with scroll form base, oval needlepoint in floral rose d...