French Panel Room Divider
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s French Louis XIII Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
Antique 1870s French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Divi...
Tapestry, Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1970s French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
Vintage 1960s French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1890s French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood, Mirror
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 1880s French Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 20th Century French Doors and Gates
Glass, Wood, Pine
Recent Sales
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Late 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1970s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Upholstery, Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s French Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century French Beaux Arts Architectural Elements
Iron
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Wood, Paper
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rope
Antique Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1970s French Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
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2010s British Louis XVI Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bedroom Sets
Steel, Chrome
2010s Italian Medieval Games
Marble, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Renaissance Wall Mirrors
Glass
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak
Vintage 1970s French Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century French Louis XVI Beds and Bed Frames
Iron
Early 20th Century French Rococo Table Mirrors
Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines
Glass, Mahogany
Antique 1860s French Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Tibetan Cabinets
Elm, Paint
French Panel Room Divider 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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