Modernist Screen Room Divider
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
Late 20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Paintings and Screens
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Leather, Ash
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Leather, Ash, Lacquer
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Carts and Bar Carts
Marble
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
2010s Italian Wardrobes and Armoires
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Velvet, Wood, Ebony
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
Vintage 1950s French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Recent Sales
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
Vintage 1980s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1980s Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Plastic
Vintage 1970s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
20th Century Czech Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Czech Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Panelling
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Architectural Elements
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Wool
20th Century French Art Deco Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Vintage 1950s French Bookcases
Early 20th Century French Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Iron, Nickel
Vintage 1980s Mexican Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Japanese Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Cedar
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century French Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Vintage 1960s Decorative Art
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Architectural Elements
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Modernist Screen Room Divider 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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