Folding Screen Collection

Children in a Room, 1909. Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Children in a Room, 1909. Vuillard, Edouard-Jean (1868-1940). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink
1152501 Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink, colour, gold & gold leaf on paper) (see also 1152500) by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) (attr)

Vent Contraire
2911234 Vent Contraire; (add.info.: 1803 Hand-coloured etching titled Vent Contraire published by Aaron Martinet. The print depicts a group of Englishwomen standing behind a folding screen waving)

The Morning Toilet. Boudoir Scene, mid-18th-early 19th century. Creator: Per Hillestrom
The Morning Toilet. Boudoir Scene, mid-18th-early 19th century

Kamigamo Shrine in Summer, 1860-1870. Creator: Mori Kansai
Kamigamo Shrine in Summer, 1860-1870. The Kamigamo Shrine is the oldest Shinto shrine in the former Japanese capital of Kyoto

Byodo-in Temple in Winter, 1860-1870. Creator: Mori Kansai
Byodo-in Temple in Winter, 1860-1870. The roof and one wing of the Hoodo, the phoenix hall and main building, at the Byodo-in in Uji appears rising above the trees in this graden setting

Women Playing Hyakunin Isshu Card Game (image 1 of 2), between c1794 and c1795. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Women Playing Hyakunin Isshu Card Game (image 1 of 2), between c1794 and c1795

Tokugawa Ietsuga Playing at Archery, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Ietsuga Playing at Archery, 1875. From Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan

Lovers, c1765. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Lovers, c1765

Japanese Still Life, 1879. Creator: Elihu Vedder
Japanese Still Life, 1879

Curious, mid-late 19th century. Creator: Alfred Stevens
Curious, mid-late 19th century

Hallway with liquor cabinet and living room decorated with mistletoe ball and Christm... c1900-1915 Creator: Unknown
Hallway with liquor cabinet and living room decorated with mistletoe ball and Christmas gnome by fireplace, between 1900 and 1915

Office, furnishings and artist easel at Mulford & Petry Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Office, furnishings and artist easel at Mulford & Petry Co. Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Group: William Gibbs McAdoo, 3rd from right, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Group: William Gibbs McAdoo, 3rd from right, between 1910 and 1920. American lawyer and politician William Gibbs McAdoo Jr

International High Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
International High Commission, between 1910 and 1920. American lawyer and politician William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. (2nd left) was the husband of Eleanor Wilson McAdoo

Art class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910. [Roman Catholic school for girls, founded in 1799. Students using tilting drawing boards

Interior view of Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C. c1893. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Interior view of Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C. c1893

Flowers of All Seasons, Mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Flowers of All Seasons, Mid-17th century

Flowers of All Seasons, Mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Flowers of All Seasons, Mid-17th century

Minamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych... c. 1825. Creator: Shinsai
Minamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens, c. 1825

Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a...c. 1825. Creator: Shinsai
Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens, c. 1825

Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting... c. 1825. Creator: Shinsai
Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens, c. 1825

A Standing Nude, (oil on panel)
989275 A Standing Nude, (oil on panel) by Verhas, Frans (1827-1897) (after); 88x59.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Standing Nude. Frans Verhas (1827-1897). Oil on panel

A Banquet at the Koshida Palace, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Banquet at the Koshida Palace, 1886. Series: A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

Barber house, Washington, D.C. - bedroom, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Barber house, Washington, D.C. - bedroom, between 1890 and 1950

Folding screen with floral tapestry panels, made in Holland or possibly Soho, England, 18th century (wool)
3576265 Folding screen with floral tapestry panels, made in Holland or possibly Soho, England, 18th century (wool) by Dutch School, (18th century); 50.2x56.5 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

The New Dress, 1912 (oil on canvas)
989583 The New Dress, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Elsley, Arthur John (1861-1952); 91.5x65.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Dress. Arthur John Elsley (1861-1952). Oil on canvas

Three samurai listen to a courtesan play the shamisen, as a kamuro brings food on a tray
FLO4630777 Three samurai listen to a courtesan play the shamisen, as a kamuro brings food on a tray. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono

Coromandel ten-panel floor screen, 1719 (lacquer)
3619698 Coromandel ten-panel floor screen, 1719 (lacquer) by Chinese School, Qing Dynasty - Kangxi Period (1662-1722); 239.4x495.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Base designed by William Haines)

The Actors Sakakiyama Sangoro as the page boy Kichisaburo and Segawa Kikunojo II as Oshich... 1759
The Actors Sakakiyama Sangoro as the page boy Kichisaburo and Segawa Kikunojo II as Oshichi in the play " Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori, " performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month

Lady Making Posies from Primroses, 1887 (oil on panel)
659886 Lady Making Posies from Primroses, 1887 (oil on panel) by Hayllar, Jessica (1858-1940); 29x21.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Making Posies from Primroses)

Lovers, a Cat, and a Mouse in front of a Folding Screen, c. 1684 / 98
Lovers, a Cat, and a Mouse in front of a Folding Screen, c. 1684/98. Attributed to Sugimura Jihei

An Interrupted Embrace, c. 1685. Creator: Sugimura Jihei
An Interrupted Embrace, c. 1685. Attributed to Sugimura Jihei

Young Women Playing Cats Cradle, c. 1767 / 68. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Young Women Playing Cats Cradle, c. 1767/68. Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu

Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)", c. 1789/90. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)", c. 1789/90

Pleasures of the Seasons, c. 1700. Creator: Hishikawa Morohira
Pleasures of the Seasons, c. 1700. People enjoying a day out among blossoming cherry trees

Young Couple in Front of a Screen, c. 1748. Creator: Ishikawa Toyonobu
Young Couple in Front of a Screen, c. 1748

Two Young Women after a Bath, Japan, c. 1803. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Two Young Women after a Bath, Japan, c. 1803

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, c. 1797 / 99
House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, c. 1797/99

A Beauty Behind a Screen, Japan, About 1750. Creator: Miyagawa Choshun
A Beauty Behind a Screen, Japan, About 1750

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, late 1790s

Around the Kotatsu, c. 1789. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Around the Kotatsu, c. 1789. Two women keep warm at a kotatsu, a low table wrapped in a heavy blanket, with a charcoal brazier underneath

The Courtesan Yugiri and Her Lover Fujiya Izaemon... Japan, mid-1780s. Creator: Shunsho
The Courtesan Yugiri and Her Lover Fujiya Izaemon, from the series "Tokiwazu Hakkei", Japan, mid-1780s

Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, from the Series Seiro Kokon Hokku... Japan, c.1776. Creator: Shunsho
Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, from the Series Seiro Kokon Hokku Awase, Japan, c. 1776

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints, c. 1711

Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons, c. 1818/30

Portrait of Eijudo at Seventy-One, 1798. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Portrait of Eijudo at Seventy-One, 1798

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"Folding Screen: A Journey Through Time and Culture" Step into a room frozen in time, as captured by Edouard Vuillard's masterpiece "Children in a Room, 1909. " The folding screen stands tall, dividing the space with its intricate design. Its panels tell stories of distant lands and ancient traditions. Travel back to the early 17th century with the "Southern Barbarians Come to Trade" pair of six-panel screens. Ink strokes bring to life the arrival of foreign merchants on Japanese shores. Gold leaf accents shimmer, reflecting their wealth and opulence. In contrast, an 18th-century Dutch or English creation showcases delicate floral tapestry panels on a woolen folding screen. It exudes elegance and grace, adding warmth to any interior. A standing nude gazes boldly from an oil-painted panel—a testament to artistic expression throughout history. The human form becomes art itself within this foldable canvas. Witness society's evolution through "The New Dress, " painted in 1912. This oil-on-canvas masterpiece captures changing fashion trends amidst shifting cultural norms—an emblematic representation of societal transformation. Immerse yourself in traditional Japanese culture as three samurai listen intently while a courtesan plays the shamisen. Masanobu Okumura's woodblock print transports us to another era when honor and tradition reigned supreme. Marvel at the craftsmanship displayed on a Coromandel ten-panel floor screen from 1719—lacquer intricately depicting scenes that blend mythological creatures with earthly landscapes—a true work of art fit for royalty. Venture into forbidden realms through an erotic scene depicted in French book illustrations—an exploration of desire that challenges societal taboos even today. Delve deeper into historical narratives with detailed glimpses from the "Southern Barbarians Come to Trade" screens—ink, color, gold leaf intertwining tales of cultural exchange between East and West centuries ago.