Antique Screens Room Dividers
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens Room Dividers
Elm
1920s Italian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Antique Screens Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
18th Century Italian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood, Leather
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
1910s Edwardian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Satinwood
Early 20th Century Scottish Antique Screens Room Dividers
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1890s Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Unknown Neoclassical Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens Room Dividers
Fabric, Glass, Beech, Giltwood
1880s Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century British Antique Screens Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens Room Dividers
Elm, Paint
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Antique Screens Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens Room Dividers
Brass
1890s Chinese Export Antique Screens Room Dividers
Teak
Early 1900s Thai Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Screens Room Dividers
Oak, Beech
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Giltwood
1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century British Antique Screens Room Dividers
Fabric
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Screens Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Paint
1860s Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
18th Century British Georgian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Velvet
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Softwood
Early 1900s Gothic Antique Screens Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood, Mirror
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
1880s French Antique Screens Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Baroque Antique Screens Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
19th Century Antique Screens Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Mid-19th Century English George III Antique Screens Room Dividers
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Screens Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Screens Room Dividers
Brass
Early 1900s French Antique Screens Room Dividers
Brass
1870s Moroccan Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens Room Dividers
Hardwood
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
1910s Antique Screens Room Dividers
Leather
1920s Asian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Antique Screens Room Dividers
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
19th Century Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century English Antique Screens Room Dividers
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Antique Screens Room Dividers
Walnut
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Screens Room Dividers
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Fabric
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens Room Dividers
Gesso, Fabric, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
19th Century European Louis XV Antique Screens Room Dividers
Wool, Satin, Giltwood
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique Screens Room Dividers
Iron
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Antique Screens Room Dividers For Sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right screens-room-dividers for You
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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