Chinoiserie Home Accents
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.
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Style: Chinoiserie
Chinoiserie Faux Bamboo Pagoda Standing Bird Cage
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic faux bamboo pagoda birdcage made in the chinoiserie revival taste of the early 20th century Europe. Constructed from wrought iron featuring a...
Category
20th Century European Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Iron
Vintage Chinoiserie Silver Leaf Birds Butterflies 4 Panel Screen Room Divider B
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Hand Painted Silver Leaf Large Birds and Butterflies 4 Panel Folding Screen Room Divider (B). Item features is a tall impressive size, stunning silver lea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Chinoiserie Four Panel Giltwood Screen
Located in Houston, TX
A lovely 19th Century French giltwood folding screen painted in the Chinoiserie style and backed in silk.
Category
19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Palm Beach Flamingo Bird Painted Tree Silver Leaf Screen Room Divider 4 Panel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The most beautiful 1940s hand-painted 4 panel folding screen room divider, silver leaf background. Perfectly Palm Beach with palm t...
Category
1940s American Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Silver Leaf
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 Home Accents
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Trunk with Red and Gold Lacquer
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century Chinese red lacquered trunk with gilt decoration depicting a court scene with mountains and foliage. This highly decorative trunk is very functional and could be used...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
4 part folding screen hand painted Japan 1960s
By Zhang Daqian
Located in Den Haag, NL
very nice 4 piece folding table screen .Japan Watercolor ,landscape
with some buffalo s en houses . signed .Nice bright colors .
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Paper
Chinese 4 Panel Coromandel Black Laquer Screen Room Divider
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Unusual and lovely 4 panel Asian black laquer screen where each panel is a different height. Beautiful carved and painted decoration of birds and dogwood flowering branches, front a...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Vintage Maitland-Smith Monumental Victorian Birdcage
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Free shipping in the continental United States.
Over 6 feet tall.
RARE Maitland Smith birdcage.
Mahogany birdcage with brass accents on a me...
Category
1970s Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Metal
2 Carved White Marble Fu Foo Dogs Guardian Temple Lion Statue Bookends 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of white marble carved stone fu dogs / Chinese guardian lion figurines or bookends.
Dimensions:
4" x 3.25" x 6.75" (WIdth x Depth x Height)
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Gold Floral-Detailed DeGournay Chinoiserie Style 6-Panel Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
Gold vibrant floral-detailed DeGournay Chinoiserie Style six-panel screen. Paper scenery on one side, wood frame and backing. 20th century French. Hanging hardware along the top.
Category
Late 20th Century French Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Chinese Coromandel Black Lacquered and Gilt Eight-Panel Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
This double-sided eight-panel Coromandel export black lacquered screen depicts a natural landscape with birds, trees, and chrysanthemums. In the Coromandel lacquer technique, a layer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
FINE ANTIQUE ROOM DIVIDER TITLED IN CHINESE "MIDSUMMER PAiNTING OF XINWEI YEAR"
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made Oriental black lacquered and hand painted Chinese full sized room divider titled in Chinese "Midsummer Painting of Xinwei Y...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Gracie Style Chinoiserie Wallpaper Style Eight Panel Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning vintage Gracie style chinoiserie painted wallpaper eight panel wood screen. Rich colors of sage green, yellow, pink and white on a dark red background and includes Asian fig...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
4 Paneled Asian Room Screen Divider
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing Asian 4 paneled screen. Features hand painted depictions of herons wading in the brush.
Additional information:
Material: Brass, wood
Color: Black, gold, green, white
S...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Vintage Gilded Ganesha Carved Room Divider Doorway-A Pair
Located in Bensalem, PA
Exquisite pair of hand carved Ganesha gilded framed doorway or room dividers these are finished front and back with stunning detail they also stand on t...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Early 20th-C. Hand Painted French Chinoiserie Oil On Canvas Screen - 3 Panels
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an early 20th century French hand painted chinoiserie folding screen. It has three panels and looks wonderful mounted on a wall as well. The piece does show some age wear.
Category
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Paint, Canvas, Wood
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 Home Accents
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Silk, Hardwood, Paper
Monumental Mahogany Burl 3 Panel Folding Screen Chinoiserie Room Divider
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental vintage 3 panel folding screen. Made from mahogany with inset mahogany burl panels. Connect by large iron hinges. A stout piece made to stand the test of time. Measure: 121".
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Mahogany
White Porcelain Foo Dog Lion Decorative Object or Bookend from Japan
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white porcelain foo dog lion decorative object or bookend, circa early to mid-20th century, Japan. Foo dog lions, also known as komainu in Japan, are a symbol of good luc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Porcelain
Four Panel Folding Screen Modern Asian Chinoiserie Tall Green Hand Carved
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely vintage Modern Asian Chinoiserie extra tall green four panel hand carved & painted folding screen. Comprised of relief carved wood designs with hand painted details with gloss...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mid Century Red Lacquer Divider
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our extraordinary 21st-century room divider, meticulously crafted from the finest mahogany wood. This stunning piece is in impeccable condition, having recently undergone...
Category
2010s American Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Paint, Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Blue and White Chinoiserie Obelisk, 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
Elegance takes a distinctive form in this blue and white chinoiserie ceramic obelisk. The intricate detailing captures the essence of traditional East Asian artistry. Delicate stroke...
Category
1990s Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Hand Carved Wooden Chest by George Foo Company, Hong Kong. Circa 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Hand Carved Wooden Chest by George Foo Company, Hong Kong. Circa 1960s
Features a very intricate hand caved details with a very ornate...
Category
1960s Hong Kong Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Large Heavy 19th Century Carved Chinoiserie 4 Fold Screen
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Heavy 19th century Carved chinoiserie 4 Fold Screen
This very impressive privacy screen has four large and profusely carved panels, the design is of very many dragons and se...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Teak
Hand Painted Asian Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand painted Asian folding screen, probably Chinese, believed to be circa 1950s, possibly much earlier. It depicts two scholars playing a game un...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paper
Hand Painted Asian Chinoiserie Screen on Hardwood Stand
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian chinoiserie screen with separate hardwood stand. Untitled, (Seated Man). Signed, signature illegible. Hand painted on board depicting a seated man and framed in a dark wood rectangular frame. Framed screen slides down into a decoratively carved chinoiserie pattern stand. Likely made in China, in the Mid-20th century.
Measures: Overall: 30W 13D 69.5H, Screen: 23.75w 1.5d 54.25h, Weighs Approximately: 12lbs, stand: 30W 13D 30.75H, Weighs Approximately: 15lbs.
Exceptionally good vintage condition with signs of light previous use to stand. Small chip to paint on screen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paint
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Metal, Brass
20th Century Palm Beach Inspired Chinoiserie Painted Folding Screen, 8 Panels
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a large scale Palm Beach inspired chinoiserie folding screen with eight panels. It could work well behind a sofa mounted on the wall or as a room divider. It is unsigned and ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paint
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 Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Asian Black Lacquer Folding Screen or Room Divider
By James Mont
Located in Atlanta, GA
Asian black lacquer folding screen or room divider, probably Chinese, circa 1960s. It has been recently reupholstered in a black and white col...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mid 20th Century Faux Reptile Asian Chinoiserie Trunk
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian chinoiserie style faux reptile leather trunk, unbranded. Wood frame covered with artificial reptilian leather, decorative brass hardware, non-locking decorative Asian key, D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Ebonized Chinoiserie Decorated Four Panel Landscape Screen with Garden, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An Asian style screen offers four Chinoiserie decorated ebonized panels with landscape scene having garden with tree, birds and pond, raised on square l...
Category
20th Century European Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Lacquer
Embroidered, free standing screen in variety of textiles by award-winning artist
By Jacky Puzey
Located in London, GB
The 'Hare Screen' by award-winning, British embroidery artist and designer, Jacky Puzey. This unique piece combines vintage kimono fabric, cotto...
Category
2010s British Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Textile, Thread, Wood, Fur
20th Century Chinese Lacquered Red Leather Ming Style Trunk Blanket Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage red leather storage trunk. Rectangular form with ming inspired brass clasp along the front and handles along the side. Features a black stamp to the right of the clasp and fu Sanxing God of Porsperity figure stamped to the left.
A popular deity, Shouxing is depicted on paintings and in figurines, found in most homes in China. In one hand, he’s typically shown carrying a long staff, sometimes with a gourd hanging off it, containing the elixir of life. In the other, he holds a peach, symbolizing immortality. Sometimes, other symbols of longevity are added to his depictions, including storks and turtles.
Shouxing is also called Nanji Laoren or Old Man of the South Pole because he’s associated with the Canopus star of the South Pole, i.e. the star Sirius. His name, Shou Xing...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Lacquer
Chinese Black Carved Soapstone Geisha Girl 4 Panel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese black lacquer carved soapstone geisha girl 4 panel folding screen room divider. Item features (4) folding panels, c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Soapstone
Vintage Foo Dog Bookend Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage set of foo dogs mounted on a wood tray. These beautiful carved foo dogs rest on a conjoined tray that is ready for favorite titles or it can act a...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Dutch Six Panel Chinoiserie Decorated Leather Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Tall grand scale with six panels with reds and greens on a black background. Decorated with pagodas and people doing a variety of whimsical things.
Category
1760s Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Hardwood
Rustic Antique French Wood and Metal Pagoda Domed Birdcage, 1900s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous natural brown French pagoda-style birdcage. Created in the early 20th century of wood and metal, this lovely cage is shaped to look like a chinoiserie pagoda with a dome at the top. Topped with a round hanging hook, this piece can hang in just about any space. Metal vertical bars surround...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Asian Fireplace Screen Fire Screen Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Asian fireplace screen fire screen divider.
Item is painted on both sides with village scene and bird scen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Pair of Hard Stone Bookends, China, Early 20th Century
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of Pho dog-shaped hard stone bookends.
The "Fantastic Beasts", protectors of the buildings, the base is finely engraved with plant-inspired motif...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Stone
Red and Gold Chinoiserie Three Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
Red folding screen comprised of three panels framed in gold lattice patterns, topped with oval medallions featuring bouquets, and painted with tradi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Pair of Four-Panel Reversible French Chinoiserie Coromandel Screens Paris, 1920s
Located in Miami, FL
Eight-Panel Reversible Chinese Coromandel Screen
Pair of French chinoiserie screens, Paris, 1920s
This French chinoiserie screens from the ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Coromandel Screen, 18th Century, Rosewood, 8 Panel, Painted, Figural, Depicting Flying Geese
One of a kind. Chinese Coromandel screen from the late 1700s with a fabulous ros...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Rosewood
Double Sided Coromandel Chinoiserie Lacquer Five-Panel Screen, Paravent, 1890s
By Jean Dunand
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Exceptional double sided Chinoiserie hand-painted Coromandel screen, with a continuous scene over the panels. One side depicts a scene of the Forbidden City, and the other side shows...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Majolica Porcelain Birdcage Glazed Ceramic
Located in Norwood, NJ
Vintage Italian Majolica Porcelain birdcage glazed ceramic. Pagoda form in white with terracotta colored roof and yellow flowers. Could also be wire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Hand Carved Green Soapstone Bookends with Pheasant imagery Chinoiserie
Located in San Diego, CA
Finely carved vintage soapstone bookends. Figures of pheasants beautifully and gracefully carved in these bookends present imagery that moves with th...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Stone
Brown Standing English Bamboo Magazine Rack Sheet Music Stand or Canterbury
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful chinoiserie standing magazine rack or sheet music stand. Lacquered pieces of bamboo are affixed together in an angled geometric desi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Bamboo
Highly Decorative Chinoiserie Style Painted Trunk on Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Black and gold chinoiserie style painted trunk on stand having marvelous Greek key design, birds and foliage with handsome brass hardware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Chinoiserie Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo Folding Screen Attributed to Maison Baguès
Located in Stamford, CT
Midcentury chinoiserie gilt metal bamboo three-panel folding screen attributed to Maison Bagues. Heavy, very well made cast brass bamboo with painted gilt finish.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Italian, Chinoiserie, Room Dividers, Screens, Blue and White, Floral Motif, Gilt
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian, Chinoiserie, Pair of Room Dividers or Screens, Blue and White, Floral Motif, Gilt
Each having a Chinoiserie style depicting tapestry flow blue decorations above large platt...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Japan 4 piece panel room divider ''underwater world'' 1950s
By Zhang Daqian
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice 4 piece Table Screen / Divider . Underwater world .
complete with Gold Fish . Beautiful color . silkscreen
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Chinoiserie Home Accents
Materials
Paper
Chinoiserie home accents for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie home accents 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 home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, asian art and furniture, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie home accents 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 home accents, popular names associated with this style include Robert Crowder, Jacky Puzey, and Mingyu Xu Studio. 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 home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $60,000 while the average work can sell for $2,400.
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