Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
19th Century Italian Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Poplar
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
18th Century British Georgian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
18th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Unknown Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1810s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm, Paint
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fir
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 2000s Asian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Straw, Cane
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Glass
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
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.