Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Paper
20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Rattan
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
20th Century French French Provincial Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
20th Century English Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mirror, Wood
20th Century American Rustic Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
20th Century American Organic Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
2010s Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Iron
2010s South African Minimalist Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass, Metal, Aluminum
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
2010s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass, Bronze
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Bronze
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Carrara Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Glass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Laminate
Recent Sales
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
20th Century Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Maple
20th Century Italian Greco Roman Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Giltwood
20th Century French Louis XVI Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1960s American Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
1960s American Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mirror
Late 20th Century Finnish Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
20th Century French Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Leather, Mirror
Late 20th Century Unknown Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mirror
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1950s Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Mirror
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Steel, Chrome
Late 20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1940s French Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Hardwood, Paint
20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Fabric, Wood
20th Century English Victorian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Paint
20th Century Chinese Qing Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
20th Century Italian Medieval Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
20th Century Chinese Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Lacquer
Vintage Dressing 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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