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What is a dressing screen called?

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What is a dressing screen called?
A dressing screen is a translucent folding screen that typically acts as a room divider to provide privacy and diffuse light throughout the room. They are often called room dividers or folding screens. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique, new and vintage dressing screens.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
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Vintage French Rococo Hand Painted Four-Panel Dressing Screen
Located in Harlingen, TX
A lovely antique four panel hand painted French rococo dressing screen depicting a mounted rider
Category

Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique 3 Panel Dressing Screen, French, Giltwood, Room Divider, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique three panel dressing screen. A French, giltwood and glass room divider, dating
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century French Handmade Gilt Wood Five Panel Silk Folding Dressing Screen
Located in Sofia, BG
Remarkable five panel folding dressing screen made of giltwood hand carved frame covered with fine
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Silk, Giltwood

19th C. French Louis XV Style Hand Painted & Carved Petite Small Dressing Screen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and Rare 19th Century Petite Hand Painted and Hand Carved 3 Section Dressing Screen in
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint, Fabric

19th C. French Louis XV Style Hand Painted Petite Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century Petite Hand Painted and Hand Carved 3 Section Dressing Screen in the Louis XV taste
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Paint

Dressing Screen (Paravent) by French Artist Marielle Guégan, Room Divider
By Guégan Marielle
Located in Paris, FR
More than Art an installation, this exquise painted screen paravent is painted in both side. Each
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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