Hand Painted 3 Panel Screen Room Divider
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
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Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
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Ebony, Plastic, Teak
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Silk
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Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Paintings
Leather, Wood, Paint
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Wood
2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Marble, Brass, Nickel
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Early 2000s Dutch Vases
Ceramic
2010s Austrian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors a...
Glass, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plaster
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Dry Bars
Lucite
Antique 1870s Dutch Flooring
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Busts
Plaster
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Chrome
Vintage 1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Post-Modern North and South American Rugs
Wool
Recent Sales
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1980s Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Classical Roman Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Hand Painted 3 Panel Screen 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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