Oriental Screen Dividers
Vintage 1960s Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century African Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Wood
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood
Antique Early 1900s French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Vintage 1960s Italian Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Wall Lights and Sco...
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Silk
2010s African Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Bone, Hardwood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Paper
Antique Mid-19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Lithuanian Scandinavian Modern End Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Side Tables
Onyx
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
Recent Sales
and Bamboo
Early 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1940s American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Divi...
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s European Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Acrylic
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century Dutch Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Antique Late 18th Century English Other Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Egyptian Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bone
Mid-20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Early 20th Century Chinese Edwardian Screens and Room Dividers
Faux Leather
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Glass, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Japanese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1920s English Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paper
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage 1940s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Silk
Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Silk, Wool, Porcelain
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Glass, Canvas
Antique 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1930s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1740s English Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Leather
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1960s Doors and Gates
20th Century Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Oriental Screen 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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