Panel Screens
Vintage 1960s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Mid-20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Dominican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hemp, Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1920s Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Vintage 1960s French Louis XIII Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1990s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 17th Century French Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 2000s American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s French Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Divi...
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Hardwood
20th Century American Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Antique 19th Century Louis XIV Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Antique 17th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Coral, Jade
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Amethyst
Vintage 1980s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1990s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Antique 1660s Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Glass
Antique Early 1700s French Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
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Finding the Right Screens And 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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