Antique French Dressing Screen
Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Antique French Dressing Screen
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique French Dressing Screen
Silk, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique French Dressing Screen
Fabric, Wood, Paint
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Late 19th Century Antique French Dressing Screen
19th Century French Empire Antique French Dressing Screen
Ormolu
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique French Dressing Screen
Copper
18th Century and Earlier Danish Empire Antique French Dressing Screen
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique French Dressing Screen
Late 19th Century French Antique French Dressing Screen
Oak
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique French Dressing Screen
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Antique French Dressing Screen
Textile, Wood
1870s French Antique French Dressing Screen
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique French Dressing Screen
Silk, Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique French Dressing Screen
Giltwood
1850s French Antique French Dressing Screen
Giltwood
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique French Dressing Screen
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century French Victorian Antique French Dressing Screen
Canvas
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique French Dressing Screen
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Antique French Dressing Screen
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Dressing Screen
Fabric, Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique French Dressing Screen
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique French Dressing Screen
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Dressing Screen
Giltwood
19th Century French Adam Style Antique French Dressing Screen
19th Century French Rococo Antique French Dressing Screen
Glass, Velvet, Walnut
1870s French Antique French Dressing Screen
Damask, Giltwood
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique French Dressing Screen
Linen, Wood
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique French Dressing Screen
Metal
19th Century French Empire Antique French Dressing Screen
Fabric, Glass, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique French Dressing Screen
Wood, Silk
19th Century French Antique French Dressing Screen
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique French Dressing Screen
Walnut
19th Century French Antique French Dressing Screen
Giltwood, Glass
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Antique French Dressing Screen
Silk
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique French Dressing Screen
Silk, Glass, Mahogany
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2010s British Louis XVI Antique French Dressing Screen
Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Antique French Dressing Screen
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1930s German Bauhaus Antique French Dressing Screen
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Antique French Dressing Screen
Metal
20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Antique French Dressing Screen
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Antique French Dressing Screen
Brass
1930s Swedish Art Deco Antique French Dressing Screen
Mirror, Teak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique French Dressing Screen
Chrome
1970s American Hollywood Regency Antique French Dressing Screen
Fabric
1840s English Antique French Dressing Screen
Wood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique French Dressing Screen
Gold Leaf
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique French Dressing Screen
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique French Dressing Screen
Glass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique French Dressing Screen
Earthenware
1970s Italian Antique French Dressing Screen
Wicker
1960s Turkish Moorish Antique French Dressing Screen
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Antique French Dressing 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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