18th Century Neo-Classical Italian Grisaille Screen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A grand 18th Century Neo-Classical Italian engraved grisaille screen. Depicting the carnival in Via del Corso Rome, La Corsa dei Berberi - the famous horse race of Berber horses fro...
Wood, Paper
Dennis and Leen Eight Panel Screen Neoclassical Grisaille Landscape
By Dennis & Leen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental eight panel floor screen featuring a serene European landscape in Grisaille.
Metal
Contemporary Decorative Double Sided 4-Panel Grisaille Screen
Located in Washington, DC
A limited Edition of a decorative double sided 4-panel Grisaille screen reproduced from original antique Grisaille panel in an Italian private collection.
Paper
Sold
H 72.05 in W 77.17 in D 1.19 in
French 4-Leaf Grey and Beige Screen Hand Painted in Grisaille and Leather, 1940s
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind French 4-leaf hand painted in grisaille screen. A palace garden is hand painted in grisaille technique that’s mean using several shades of a single color, beautiful pai...
Other
19th Century Zuber Grisaille Wallpaper Screen
By Jean Zuber
Located in Dallas, TX
a Zuber panoramic wallpaper fragment done in grisaille depicting a classical setting with men, women and children.
Paint, Paper
Sold
H 95.5 in W 89.5 in D 1.5 in
Early 19th Century French Six-Panel Grisaille Wall Paper Screen Manner of Dufour
By Joseph Dufour Et Cie
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Standing 95.5 inches tall this fine French wall screen features a panoramic landscape with mansions, houses, river, horse carriages etc. The bottom part is painted in a three dimensi...
Wood, Paper
"Dufour" Grisaille Panels
Located in Washington, DC
A very rare early 19th century "Dufour" Grisaille panels as a screen, depicting two events in the life of Greek Godesses.
Paper, Wood
19thC Zuber Grisaille Wallpaper Screen
Located in Middleburg, VA
Now a three panel screen with elegant decorative painted reverse panels.
Fantastic Chinese Screen in Grisaille Palette
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An exceptional seven-panel Chinese folding screen in a grisaille palette depicting various scenes of country life.
Canvas, Wood
20th Century Grisaille Five-Panel Tropical Paper Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century Grisaille five-panel tropical paper screen.
Sold
H 92.25 in W 78 in D 1.25 in
19th Century Neoclassical Wallpaper Paneled Screen in Grisaille, Possibly Dufour
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century neoclassical wallpaper paneled screen in grisaille possibly Dufour.
Paper
Sold
H 65 in W 49 in D 1 in
Pair of French 1780s Trompe-l'Oeil Grisaille Hand-Painted Pastoral Screens
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French grisaille pastoral hand-painted folding screens from the late 18th century.
Canvas
Four Panel 19c Papier Peint Screen History Of Greece
Located in London, GB
A French Early Nineteenth Century Papier Peint Dufour Four panel grisaille papier peint screen, c.1809 Inspired by the drawings of Jean Baptiste Hilair "voyages pittoresque de la g...
"Fontainebleu" Hand Painted Four-Panel Grisaille Trompe L'oeil Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fontainebleau screen; a four-panel hand painted natural fiber Grisailles screen features trompe l'oeil hunting implements reminiscent of the royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau.
Paint
Vintage Grisaille-Style Chinoiserie Wallpaper Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Very dramatic black and white Grisaille-style wallpaper screen with a chinoiserie theme.
Paper
Rare Four Panel French Grisaille Wallpaper Screen, circa 1810
By Joseph Dufour Et Cie
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early 19th century four panel French wallpaper screen from the series "Ports de France" by Joseph Dufour et Cie, Paris.
Paper
$30,284
H 82.29 in W 118.12 in D 1.97 in
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. Neoclassical, d...
Canvas
$115,956
H 100.5 in W 151.25 in D 5 in
18th Century Painted Six Panelled Screen Depicting an European Landscape
Located in London, GB
A six panelled screen of the late Baroque period Oil on canvas, depicting a panoramic view of a Capriccio north European landscape, perhaps Schlesweig-Holstein, with distant views o...
Canvas, Paint
Four-Panel Painted Neoclassical French Screen
Located in Sheffield, MA
Each panel decorated with a landscape. Each panel is H.69 in. by 22 in.
Chinese Export Eight-Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully hand painted and decorated grand scale Chinese export Eight-panel Coromandel screen featuring different hand painted Chinese scene on each side. One side depicting an han...
Brass
Chinese Six-Panel Decorative Folding Screen, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese six-panel folding screen with decorative carved forest with standing and flying cranes, with reverse side depicting village and figures of people, terminating on brass square...
$4,950
H 62.75 in W 51.75 in D 2 in
French Renaissance Revival Folding Three-Panel Screen with Hand-Painted Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Renaissance Revival folding three-panel screen with hand-painted Grotesque motifs and inset glass from the 19th century. Reminding us of motifs that one would see on the cei...
Glass, Wood, Canvas
19th Century Continental Chinoiserie Screen
Located in Solebury, PA
An early 19th-century six-panel decorated canvas screen, executed in the chinoiserie style, is exquisitely and finely painted to depict detailed scenes of daily Chinese life, trade, ...
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Neoclassical Style Lacquered Five Panel Screen Fragment
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Asian five panel screen fragment of a larger painted screen. The screen features a lacquered canvas over a wood frame depicting neoclassical style column architecture with f...
Canvas, Wood
$8,913
H 70.08 in W 92.92 in D 1.19 in
Room Divider with Aubusson Tapestries Featuring Birds and Floral Motifs
Located in Antwerp, BE
Four Panel Room Divider Screen with Aubusson Carpets - 20th Century A beautiful four panel room divider decorated with fine Aubusson carpets depicting a lush Italian landscape. This...
Copper
19th c. French Regence Style Painted Folding Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Nineteenth century French Regence style three fold screen composed of six oak-framed oil-painted panels depicting Western and Chinoiserie figures surrounded by swag garlands and othe...
Oak
$45,000
H 96.5 in W 136 in D 0.75 in
Late 18th/Early 19th Century Eight Panel Coromandel Screen, with Inscription
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century Chinese carved Coromandel screen with beautiful warm brown background. On one side is a landscape and figure design with pavilions and figures in a rocky landsca...
Wood, Lacquer
$4,950
H 53.5 in W 86.25 in D 1 in
Antique French Painted Screen Depicting Three Figural Landscape Scenes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Museum-quality French three-panel painted screen, exquisitely decorated with pastoral landscape scenes depicting people fishing, riding a horse, musical shepherds with sheep, and ou...
Wood
magnificent 4 Panel Screen Painted on Wood Depicting the 4 Saisons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This high quality of decoration 4 panel screen frame with giltwood, painting on wood depicting the 4 season never touch since it was done this four painting are so exquisite, its bri...
Wood, Giltwood
$3,225Sale Price|55% Off
H 75.25 in W 107 in D 2 in
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 sce...
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
$3,125 / set
H 84 in W 20 in D 1 in
Neo-Classical Style 4 Painted Panels / Screen Wall Art Att. Maitland-Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an offering for two pair of monumental painted panels with French neo-classical styling. There are four individual panels when placed together create two pairs. They were onc...
Wood, Paper
Massive Vintage Chinese Coromandel Screen
Located in Dekalb, IL
Massive vintage Chinese coromandel screen with measurements of 144"W x 96"H when folded out. Each panel is 18" in width. The screen can be folded closed for travel or storage taking ...
Wood
Pair of White Granite Urns on Faux Marble Pedestals
Located in Hudson, NY
A pair of carved white granite classical urns with floral decoration on the bodies. Custom-made marbleized wood pedestals. Measure: urns are 26.5 tall 14 diameter pedestals 29...
Granite
$5,750
H 18 in W 17 in D 12 in
French Belle Époque Patinated and Gilt Bronze & Metal Hovering Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Belle Époque three light patinated, gilt bronze and gilt-metal figural chandelier pendant. The dark patinated bronze figure of a hovering cherub enwra...
Metal, Bronze
$2,742
H 10.75 in W 5.25 in D 4.4 in
Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style
By Victor Horta
Located in Lisse, NL
Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...
Bronze
$6,548 / set
H 22.45 in W 19.69 in D 9.06 in
Large Pair of 19th Century Bronze Marly Horses, after Coustou
By Coustou
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of 19th century bronze Marly horse, having a good patina, after Guillaume Coustou the elder 1677-1746.
Bronze
$22,500
H 33 in W 26 in D 44 in
Italian Baroque Rocking Chair by Pauly & Co., 19th Century Silver Leaf
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)
Silver Leaf
Rare Indian Mughal-Style Gold-Inlaid Silver, Enamel & Jeweled Box
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An exceptional and unusually elaborate Indian Mughal-style jeweled silver, gold-inlaid, and polychrome enamel box, dating to the mid-to-late nineteenth century, circa 1860. Distingui...
Gold, Silver, Enamel
$62,500
H 1.5 in W 3 in D 2 in
Rare Indian Mughal-Style White Jade Gold Diamond Ruby Emerald Jeweled Casket
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An exceptional and richly jeweled Indian Mughal-style carved white jade casket, dating to the late nineteenth century / early 20th century circa 1890–1920. This remarkable jewel box ...
Jade, Gold
19th Century French Bronze Lamp of Male Indian Figure
By A. Toussaint - G. Chaudoir
Located in London, GB
A well patinated bronze figure, representing an American Indian, wearing a draped headdress, robe and a pendant hooped earring. Signed to the plinth 'A.Tossaint 1850', and the foundr...
Bronze
A Large Calacatta Vagli Marble Bolection Fireplace Mantle
Located in London, GB
A large and substantial Bolection fireplace in Variegated Calacatta Vagli marble with a pale background, purple, grey veining and soft gold tones. Stood on shaped footblocks with a m...
Marble
$32,500
H 37.75 in W 67 in D 17 in
French Mid-Century Sideboard, White Parchment, Art Deco, Circa 1940s
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) white parchment narrow sideboard cabinet with canted sides and a stepped up top with 2 front doors having bronze cylindrical handles.
Wood, Parchment Paper
$145,000
W 174 in L 204 in
Late 19th Century Antique Turkish Hunting Oushak Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
74255 Late 19th Century Antique Turkish Hunting Scene Oushak Rug, 14'06 x 17'00. An Ode to the Chase: Where Kings Ride and Elephants Walk Among Shadows. Woven beneath the golden haze...
Wool
1921 René Lalique Vase Mimosa Glass with Blue Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Mimosa" made in frosted glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1921. Molded signature and engraved control signature. Perfect condition. Great patina color. Height: 17...
Blown Glass
1932 Rene Lalique Art Deco Vase Herblay Opalescent Glass with Blue Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Herblay" made in triple cased opalescent glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1932. Stamped signature on bottom. Perfect condition. Wonderful opalescent height : 18,5 cm...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Stained Glass
Fantastic Late 19th Century Silvered Bronze Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Silvered Bronze Twelve Light Chandelier Wonderful quality casted frame, the top with women busts, foliage designs along the arms and body, the bottom ...
Bronze
Large 19th Century Carved Black Forest Mantel Clock
By Black Forest
Located in London, GB
A Large Black Forest Mantle Clock Constructed in carved linden wood, fitted with a two train eight day striking clock; mounted on a shaped serpentine base, with a moulded edge, th...
Wood
Pair of French Crystal and Bronze Doré Two-Light Candelabra
By Baccarat
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This graceful pair of French crystal candelabra features tall, tapered spike-form finials with paneled sides. The pieces have scrolling bronze doré arms finished with disc shaped acc...
Crystal, Bronze
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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