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20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century Chinese Ming Paintings and Screens
Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Cane
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Silk, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Jade
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Quartz
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Thai Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
20th Century Unknown Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
Vintage 1950s Unknown Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Iron, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room...
Ceramic, Stoneware
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paintings and Screens
Metal
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Vintage 1980s Hong Kong Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Early 1900s French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1990s American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
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Divider Black 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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