Folding Dressing Screen
Antique 1820s English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
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Mahogany
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Silk
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Wood
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Mirror, Wood
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Brass
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Copper
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Wood, Glass
People Also Browsed
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Silver Leaf
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Brass
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Brass
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Metal
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Leather, Wood, Paint
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Lacquer
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Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
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Leather
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Cane, Wood
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Recent Sales
Antique 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Mahogany
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Cut Steel
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Cut Steel
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Cut Steel
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Cut Steel
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
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Brass
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Mahogany
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Oak
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Maple
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
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Silk, Giltwood
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Wood, Leather, Mirror
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Giltwood
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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Mirror
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Wood
20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
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Wood
20th Century Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Wood
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Leather
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Brass
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Pine
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Pine
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Onyx
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Mirror
Antique 1830s Dutch More Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mi...
Steel, Chrome
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Metal
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Brass
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Wood, Paint
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Silk, Giltwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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Brass
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Brass
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Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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Pine
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Pine
Folding 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021A dressing screen is a translucent folding screen that typically acts as a room divider to provide privacy and diffuse light throughout the room. They are often called room dividers or folding screens. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique, new and vintage dressing screens.
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