Screens and Room Dividers
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Brazilian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jacaranda
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Satinwood
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
2010s British Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Thread, Wood, Fur
Mid-20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1990s Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Birch
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1880s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Paint
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Giltwood
1940s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Louis XIII Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Early 20th Century Scottish Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Other Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
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.