3 Panel Screen Divider
Vintage 1960s French Louis XIII Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Vintage 1970s Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
Early 2000s American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1970s Unknown Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Late 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
Vintage 1950s Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Divi...
Tapestry, Glass, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Silver
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Vintage 1980s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Cane
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Asian Art, Objects...
Wood
Vintage 1970s Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Jacaranda
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs
Wool
Late 20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Hardwood, Paper
Vintage 1950s Unknown Bauhaus Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Vintage 1950s Unknown Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Mirror
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paper
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Upholstery, Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Panelling
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Architectural Elements
Metal, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Unknown Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1950s American Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood, Laminate
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Syrian Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Upholstery, Fabric, Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
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3 Panel Screen Divider 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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