Hand Painted Screens And Room Dividers
1990s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bog Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Softwood
1990s Philippine Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Paint
Vintage 1970s Unknown Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1970s Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 1900s Gothic Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1960s French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Tin
Vintage 1970s North American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite, Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Antique 1890s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1920s Mongolian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Country Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1860s Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1930s Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1930s American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Tribal Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Other
Vintage 1960s Japanese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Giltwood
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Hand Painted Screens And Room Dividers 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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