Aalto Screen 100
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bronze
Vintage 1980s Brazilian Space Age Tapestries
Tapestry
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Iron
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Dry Bars
Iron
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood, Oak
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Silk
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Pine
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1990s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1950s Finnish Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Aalto Screen 100 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.