Jean Michel Frank Screen
2010s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
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Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Mid-Century Modern Screens and R...
Mahogany
Vintage 1930s Argentine Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room...
Straw
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Panelling
Straw
Vintage 1940s French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1970s French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Cork
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper, Wood
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Straw
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hide
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
Vintage 1940s French Western European Rugs
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Leather, Wood
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Beech
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Metal
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Bouclé, Oak
Vintage 1970s French Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Bamboo, Paper
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Velvet, Plastic
2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Plastic, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Walnut
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Pewter
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Brass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Beech
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Wrought Iron
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Jean Michel Frank 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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