Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
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
Vintage Black Chinoiserie Silk Painted Four Panel Screen
Located in Houston, TX
1980s Chinese vintage black silk four panel painted silk screen. Each panel is 83.75"H x 15.5"W x 0.75"D.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk
Large Vintage 5 Panel Scorched Bamboo
Rattan Folding Screen Room Divider 96"
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie folding screen or room divider. Made from bamboo with rattan inserts and a spindled center.
Dimensions:
Each panel 96" x 19" x 1 3/4", open length a...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
$1,330 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage Chinoiserie Floral Three-Panel Bamboo Screen Room Divider With Cracked L
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A charming and decorative piece, this vintage three-panel folding screen features a bamboo frame with a beautifully aged lacquered floral chinoiserie design in warm ochre tones. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rattan
Chinese Chinoiserie Four Panel Wallpaper Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th Century Four Panel Chinoiserie Wallpaper Screen. Screen is hand-painted on paper and features a continuous panoramic scene. Screen is painted is soft celadon greens, blues...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Chinoiserie Four-Panel Lacquered Folding Screen
Located in Trenton, NJ
A richly detailed four-panel folding screen in the classic chinoiserie tradition. This vintage piece captures the allure of Eastern-inspired design, with hand-painted scenes of court...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Painted
Gilt Decorated 4 Panel Screen
Located in Huntington, NY
19th Century4 Panel Painted & Gilt Decorated 4 Panel Screen
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
$4,648 Sale Price
31% Off
Chinoiserie Coromandel 8-Panel Floor Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large chinoiserie 8-panel Coromandel two-sided lacquered wood room divider screen. One scenic side with landscapes, buildings, and figures and boats. Other side painted black with go...
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chinoiserie Six-Panel Decorative Screen with Birds and Gilded Landscape
Located in Yonkers, NY
This exquisite vintage six-panel screen brings timeless elegance and artistry to your living space. Featuring an intricate hand-painted design, the piece showcases serene water birds...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Gold Floor Screen with Phoenix for Prosperity
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Spectacular Chinese antique double sided room divider floor screen in 4 panels. Depicting bird of phoenix in a flower garden, symbol of happiness and prosperity.
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Vintage Hand Painted Chinoiserie Style 3 Panel Divider Screen
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This 1980's Hand Painted Chinoiserie Style 3 Panel Divider would make a nice addition to many decor styles. Featuring a nice hand painted Asian landscape motif and an eye catching l...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Figural Black Lacquer Soapstone MOP Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Dayton, OH
An Exquisite Mid 20th Century Chinoiserie Six Panel Folding Screen. Features a black lacquer frame decorated with a traditional oriental garden scene with raised soapstone figures a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
$2,730 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Regency Gracie Style Upholstered Three Panel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of timeless elegance to your space with this Vintage Regency Gracie Style Upholstered Three Panel Screen. Featuring a vibrant botanical and bird motif set against a strik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
FINE ANTIQUE ROOM DIVIDER TITLED IN CHINESE "MIDSUMMER PAiNTING OF XINWEI YEAR"
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Vintage Asian Monumental 8 Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Discover the exquisite artistry of this vintage Asian monumental 8-panel Coromandel screen, a true masterpiece that embodies rich cultural heritage and sophisticated design. Each pan...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage Asian 19th Century 8 Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional eight-panel Coromandel screen is a rare example of traditional Chinese lacquer artistry, offering a dramatic narrative focal point for a grand interior. Each panel i...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Resin, Wood
Vintage Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Floral Four-Panel Folding Screen Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage four-panel folding screen blends Victorian-inspired Chinoiserie charm with timeless elegance, where East meets West in a striking artistic expression. Hand-painted panel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Mother Of Pearl
Hand Painted Asian 4 Panel Privacy Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Mother of Pearl & Hand Painted Asian 4 Panel Privacy Screen
Divide your living room or bedroom space with this ornately decorated screen. The screen has been decorated with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paper
$1,583 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Heavy 19th Century Carved Chinoiserie 4 Fold Screen
Located in Godshill, 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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$2,400 Sale Price
33% Off
Monumental 10-Panel Coromandel Black Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental 10-panel 10 foot tall coromandel black lacquered folding screen. One side depicting an elaborate bird landscape with a golden pheas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Chinese Double Sided Black Lacquered and Decorated 5 Fold Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
A Chinese Double Sided Black Lacquered and Decorated 5 Fold Floor Screen in great vintage condition. Fine decorations on both sides. Measures 90" in width and stands 72" in height. E...
Category
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Chinoiserie Three Panel Folding Privacy Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
A 19th century Chinoiserie privacy screen. A three-panel carved wooden frame, decorated with scrolled details and brass rings, supports a ruched gold and red damask fabric. The centr...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Damask, 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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather
Large Chinoiserie Chinese 6 Panel Figural Red Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Chinoiserie Chinese 6 Panel Figural Red Folding Screen Room Divider. Item features a stunning dining scene with carved/raised details, burnished brass accents, and deep red lac...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Chinoiserie Screen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French three panel canvas screen in hand painted Chinoiserie decoration. Decorated on both sides. Each panel is 65cm wide.
Category
18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Manhasset, NY
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Oriental Fireplace Screen Fire Screen Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Oriental Fireplace Screen Fire Screen Divider. Item featured is painted on both sides with village scene and bird scen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Vintage Boho Lacquered Koi Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Create a serene and artistic focal point with this exquisite vintage four-panel tabletop screen. The screen features a luminous, lacquered finish depicting a tranquil underwater worl...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
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....
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Chinoiserie Pagoda Style Three Panel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage three panel Chinoiserie screen in the Pagoda style. Fabric inserts in sage green with gold bumble bees. Each panel is 15".
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Mother of Pearl Inlays, Black Paravant 20th Century Wood Chinoiserie
Located in DE
Beautiful and rare black 20th century Paravent with mother of pearl inlays and gold painting on the back. The stunning inlay depict birds on trees.
The room divider has four panels a...
Category
19th Century European Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antque Chinese Gold Wall Screen Fouble Sided
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique Chinese 3 ft tall double sided screen or room divider in 4 panels. One side is gold leaf, the other black enamel. Couple chips due to age and use.
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinoiserie Wood Screen Room Dividers, Pair
Located in Southampton, NJ
We can't say enough about the uniqueness, possibilities & practical qualities of our Chinese screen room dividers. Suitable for use on the floor or countertop to create an aesthetica...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$4,200 / set
Chinoiserie Double Sided Fabric Folding Screen England circa 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Chinoiserie Fabric Folding Screen, probably English, circa 19th Century. It measures an impressive 95.25" width when opened and meas...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Hand-Painted Asian Screen, Eight Panels
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid 20th Century hand-painted Asian Screen/Room Divider, Eight Panels. Features intricate artwork on a series of panels connected by hinges. Pain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper
Red and Gold Chinoiserie Three Panel Screen
Located in Queens, 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 Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Black Lacquer Oriental Fire Screen, Painted with Flamingos
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Black Lacquer Oriental Fire Screen, Painted with Flamingos
A superb black Lacquer Chinoiserie Fire Screen, with a velvet panel painted with F...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Velvet
Chinoiserie screens and room dividers for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie screens and room dividers 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 screens and room dividers created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, asian art and furniture, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, lacquer and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie screens and room dividers made in a specific country, there are Asia, China, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original screens and room dividers, 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 screens and room dividers differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $495 and tops out at $60,000 while the average work can sell for $3,595.
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