$7,147
Baroque Folding Screen
Located in Nagykovácsi, Central Hungary
Baroque folding screen in excellent condition. Pine frame, painted canvas.
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Spanish Baroque Painted Leather Folding Screen
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Spanish Baroque style leather three panel folding screen, hand-painted in rich warm shades of red and brown with large floral urns.
Leather, Wood, Paint
17th Century Baroque Painted 6 Fold Screen Don Quixote
Located in London, by appointment only
An exceptional late 17th-century Anglo-Dutch painted screen, composed of six hinged panels, richly decorated in oil paint on canvas on board. The scene depicts a theatrical and alleg...
Canvas, Wood
Antique Italian Tooled Leather Floral Design Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Italian (19th Century) four panel folding screen with brown and beige tooled leather panels featuring detailed floral designs, with brass nailhead trim and a black canvas-faced rever...
Brass
17th Century Flemish Tapestry Fragment Three-Panel Folding Screen, Late 19th C.
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A stunning antique three-panel folding screen incorporating 17th-century Flemish tapestry fragments, expertly mounted within a velvet-upholstered room divider during the late 19th ce...
Brass
18th Century Anglo Dutch Six-Panel Folding Leather Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Dutch Six Leaves Painted Leather Folding Screen, Early 18TH Century. Rare Chinoiserie parcel gilt and polychrome painted leather sixfold screen depicting painted panels of courtly...
Leather
Sold
H 70.08 in W 78.75 in D 1.19 in
Painted canvas divider, light blue baroque motifs, 4 folding doors, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique canvas screen painted with rich baroque frame motifs, light blue and white frills, composed of 4 folding doors with book opening, handmade in Italy in the 18th century, measu...
Canvas, Poplar
Sold
H 68.5 in W 72 in D 1 in
Original Oil on Canvas Painted 4 Panel Screen Room Divider England circa 1900-20
Located in Round Top, TX
Original oil on canvas painted panels form this impressive baroque style folding screen from the early 1900's.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
French Three-Panel Folding Leather Screen
Located in Kastrup, DK
French Baroque style painted three panel folding leather screen depicting birds and floral motifs.
Leather, Wood
19th Century French Upholstered Three Fold Screen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Highly imposing mid-19th Century French three-fold modesty screen or room divider. Each panel is enclosed in molded gilt frames with short scrolled legs and ornately carved scrolled...
Giltwood
Antique French Ormolu Four-Panel Folding Fire Screen
Located in London, GB
This elegant antique folding fire screen features beautifully detailed gilt bronze mounts, that would look stunning in a luxurious drawing room.
Bronze
Fortuny Upholstered Five Panel Folding Screen Room Divider
By Fortuny
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Fortuny silk damask upholstered folding screen or room divider. Bespoke professionally crafted screen features five panels painstakingly constructed with brass tack nail hea...
Brass
Italian Four Fold Screen by Carlo Marchiori
By Leonardo Fiori, Carlo Marchiori
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Architectural Trompe L'oeil Hand Painted Room Divider, Floor Screen.Exceptionally well executed Trompe L'oeil mosaic four panel screen or room divider. Custom piece, one of a kind...
Wood
$6,709 / set
H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Park Night Stands in Noir Oxblood Lacquer by Yaniv Chen for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Park nightstand is the epitome of exquisite craftsmanship, featuring meticulously proportioned dimensions and exceptional detailing that make it an ideal bedside companion. Our f...
Lacquer
$1,381 / item
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the steel galleries are aged worn...
Glass
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
$8,458 / set
H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Park Night Stands in Poplar Burl by Yaniv Chen for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Structure: Made from Poplar Burl veneer with solid oak edging, the Park Nightstand is finished with matching veneer on both the exterior and interior. The inside includes an adjustab...
Wood, Poplar, Burl
$2,575 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
$2,800 / set
H 17.5 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Pair of Art Deco Murano Smoked Glass Wall Sconces, Italy Contemporary
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style Murano smoked glass wall lights, contemporary Smoked / fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finial and brass accents Art Deco inspired de...
Brass
$4,250 / set
H 15.75 in W 5 in D 3 in
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Mid-Century Modern Style, Italy, New Design
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This pair is...
Brass
$2,838 / item
H 24 in W 24 in D 24 in
Modern Fabric Pendant Light by Studio Mirei, Nebula 60, from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Nebula collection is drawn out of the interstellar clouds of dust and gas in space - regions where stars begin to form. Made of a woven natural fiber from the banana tree, which ...
Natural Fiber
$4,096
H 16.15 in W 13.39 in D 1.19 in
ANTIQUE ROYAL HAND CARVED ENGLISH OAK ARMORIAL COAT OF ARMS CROWNS EAGLEs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques We are delighted to offer for sale this very collectable hand carved Armorial Coat of Arms Depicting a Royal crest This is an exceptionally well made and deco...
Oak
$42,500 / set
H 34.25 in W 24 in D 23 in
Four Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Chinoiserie Bergères, Jansen Attr., 1890
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare Assembled Set of Four French Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Carved and Japanned-Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated Bergers Armchairs, attributed to Maison Jansen (House of Janse...
Velvet, Giltwood, Lacquer
Hand-Painted Floral Screen with Butterflies, Vintage Four-Panel Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage four-panel hand-painted screen with butterfly and flower motifs. A celebration of artistry and nature, this vintage Chinese four-panel screen brings elegance to any space w...
Wood, Paper
French Art Deco tambour screen room-divider
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco tambour room divider / folding screen crafted of heart pine, can be coiled and shaped into multiple positions to fit the space as needed. Possibly Baumann et Fils, Me...
Pine
$8,696 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Poplar Burl wood by Master for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Envisioned by designer Yaniv Chen, the Constant nightstand exudes an air of refined luxury, celebrating the inherent splendor of Poplar burl wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccabl...
Burl, Poplar
$62,487
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
$1,895
H 72 in W 53 in D 2 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Floral Three-Panel Bamboo Screen Room Divider With Cracked L
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A charming and decorative piece, this vintage three-panel folding screen features a bamboo frame with a beautifully aged lacquered floral chinoiserie design in warm ochre tones. The ...
Rattan
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.