Screens and Room Dividers
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Giltwood
1880s French Japonisme Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Poplar
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-19th Century African Moorish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Wood
19th Century Italian Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Early 1900s German Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
18th Century British Georgian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
Early 1900s Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
18th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Oak
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fir
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Antique and Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
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.