Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood, Birch
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Pine
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Pine
1940s French Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Dutch Minimalist Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French French Provincial Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metal, Copper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
Mid-20th Century European Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1970s French Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Louis XVI Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century French Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
Late 20th Century American Regency Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Hardwood
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1980s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Indonesian Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metal, Gold Leaf
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Velvet, Oak
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1970s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1990s American Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1930s Mexican Rancho Monterey Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Foil, Gold Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1930s British Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Canvas
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Mahogany, Masonite
1940s American Chinoiserie Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1980s Vintage Wooden Room Dividers
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Vintage Wooden 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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