Screens and Room Dividers
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
1880s Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s American Biedermeier Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1810s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Mahogany
19th Century Belgian Biedermeier Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Alabaster
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Medieval Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Unknown Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1970s Indian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Glass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
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.