Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1880s Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Alabaster
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Canvas, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hide, Beech
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Burlap, Wood, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Hardwood, Paper
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Ash
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bog Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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.