Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century French French Provincial Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century English Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
Late 20th Century American Regency Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
20th Century American Rustic Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
People Also Browsed
2010s South African Minimalist Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal, Aluminum
2010s Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Travertine
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
2010s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Carrara Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood
2010s South African Minimalist Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Laminate
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Laminate
Recent Sales
1970s American Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Italian Greco Roman Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Louis XVI Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French Revival Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Late 20th Century Finnish Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century French Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Leather, Mirror
1960s American Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Mirror
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century English Victorian Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century Gothic Revival Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wire
1940s French Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Louis XV Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
20th Century French Louis XIV Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
20th Century Chinese Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Japanese Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Wood
20th Century Italian Medieval Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s American Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Vintage Dressing Screen Screens And 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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