Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Suede, Pine
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Suede
1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Plywood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Plywood
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rosewood
1980s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1990s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1970s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
1940s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
1940s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Birch
1970s Thai Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Mirror
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1940s Indian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s French Louis XIII Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
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Vintage Screens And 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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