4 Panel Room Divider Screen
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Jade
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hide, Beech
20th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Brass
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Antique 1870s French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 1900s Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Southeast Asian Hollywood Regency Paintings and Screens
Teak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Teak
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1970s Unknown Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Vintage 1970s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century English Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Vintage 1940s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Cane
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Vintage 1970s Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Chesterfield Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Vintage 1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1970s Mexican Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Hardwood
Vintage 1980s Thai Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Roo...
Mirror, Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1980s Hong Kong Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Vintage 1980s Japanese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Paintings and Screens
Silk
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
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4 Panel Room Divider Screen 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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