$4,724
H 76.19 in W 105.52 in D 1.58 in
Victorian Embossed Leather & Water Colour Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely Victorian oak framed room divider with embossed leather to one side and hand coloured antique prints to the other What a find! This piece is ...
Leather, Oak
Four Fold 19th Century Chinoiserie Leather Screen
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive Late 19th Century Four Fold Leather Room Dividing Screen, With Extremely Attractive Chinoiserie Decoration To Panels, Incorporating People, Pagodas And Trees, With Gilt...
Leather, Oak
$2,578
H 69.3 in W 72.45 in D 0.79 in
Antique French Hand Painted Four Fold Leather Room Divider Screen
Located in London, GB
A late 19th‑century French hand painted four‑fold leather dressing screen. Also ideal as a room divider or privacy screen. Decorated with stylised parrots, fruit and scrolling foli...
Leather, Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Painted Screen with Hunt Scene
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite painted screen hails from late 19th century England and features a captivating Hunt Scene. The screen is made up of three panels, each arched and painted on high-quali...
Brass
19th Century Hand Painted Floor Screen with Six Portraits
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a rich-looking 19th-century hand-painted floor screen with a portrait gallery. The materials make it 19th-century, but the subjects are dressed in 18th-century attire. We are...
Leather, Canvas, Wood
$1,327
H 71.26 in W 0.99 in D 64.97 in
Victorian 3 Panel Room Divider Decorated With Sepia Decoupage Scenes of The Day
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Victorian Three Panel Two Sided Room Divider Decorated With Sepia Decoupage Scenes of The Day With Leather Binding Grand screen depicting Victorian lives & deities in original cond...
Wood, Paper, Leather
Unavailable
H 70.87 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in
An exquisite early 19th Century hand painted four-fold leather room divider.
Located in Alton, GB
An exquisite early 19th Century continental (possibly of Italian origins) circa 1820 four-fold leather room divider with an elegant fruit and floral pattern with birds perched. Hand ...
Brass
Antique Folding Screen, Victorian Walnut, circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique, Victorian, four fold, embossed leather screen dating to the Victorian period circa 1870.
Leather, Mahogany
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H 65.36 in W 63 in D 1.19 in
Antique 19th Century Embossed Leather & Faux Leather Four Fold Screen
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
An antique leather embossed and hand painted four fold screen. Circa 1880. With antique gold/rich umber tones and forest green in colour, it is decorated with mythological birds a...
Leather, Faux Leather
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H 78 in W 100 in D 3 in
English 1880s Four-Fold Painted and Gilt Leather Screen with Pastoral Scenes
Located in Atlanta, GA
This delicate late 19th century English Victorian four-fold gilt leather screen is decorated with painted pastoral scenes bordered by brass nails and an embossed frame of vegetal mot...
Brass
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H 70.87 in W 78.75 in D 0.99 in
Late 19th Century Oil Painted Leather Folding Screen Room Divider Country Scene
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
A wonderful decorative late 19th century four-panel folding screen/room divider. The four leather panels are hand-decorated in oils, depicting an early country scene with a horse dra...
Leather, Pine, Paint
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H 72 in W 84 in D 1 in
English Hand Painted Leather 4 Panel Screen Orchard Scene made for B. Altman NY
By B. Altman and Company 1
Located in Savannah, GA
This large, very detailed hand painted leather screen dates from late 19th century England and features a captivating Orchard Scene. The screen is made up of four panels, each arched...
Brass
Decoupage Folding Screen Featuring a Collage of Figures
Located in Antwerp, BE
Decoupage folding screen featuring a collage of figures. This screen is unique because of its beautiful large size photos.
Leather, Wood, Paper
Victorian Three-Panel Leather Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Decorated with flowers and birds.
Three-Panel Victorian Painted Leather Fox Hunting Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Three arched panels with gold edges featuring riders on horseback in landscape.
Italian Painted Three Panel Folding Leather Screen. Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Serpentine painted three panel folding leather screen depicting Roman marble column ruins, floral flower baskets, and terminating on block feet. Late 19th Century. Each pan...
Antique Hand-Painted Floral Leather Fire Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Antique Hand-Painted Floral Leather Fire Screen Beautifully hand-painted floral bouquets on all 3 sides of this original leather antique fire screen. A lovely blue background with s...
Paint
Victorian Embossed Leather Screen
Located in Manchester, GB
This is a very fine quality and heavy draught/dressing screen with highly detailed embossed leather on a hardwood frame. At the base are naked figures holding a flowering stem to a f...
Leather, Hardwood
Hand Painted Leather Screen
Located in Montréal, QC
Hand Painted Leather Screen, 1890s. Victorian 4 fold leather and wood panels, gilded studded border details and hand painted birds and blossoms.
Leather, Wood
Antique Screen Room Divider Four-Fold Victorian Leather Embossed Gilded
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A stunning antique 19th century continental heavily embossed leather four fold dressing screen or room divider, the screen with four folding leather panels all classically embossed w...
Leather
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D 1.25 in
Beautiful 19th/ Early 20th Century Painted Hunt Scene on Leather Panel Screen/Nail Head Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Painted Hunt Scene on Leather Panel Screen/ Nail Head Trim. Each Panel is 18" Wide x 68.5" Tall (Total of Three Panrls) Beautiful Coloring.
Leather, Wood
English Victorian Three Fold Screen
Located in Wilson, NC
English Victorian three fold screen, with hand painted landscape scenes featuring ladies in different poses.
Leather, Canvas
Sold
H 70 in W 21 in D 1 in
Victorian 4 Panel Hand Painted Folding Screen, Captain Cook, England 1902 H319
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian 4 panel hand painted folding screen, divider, "The Landing Of Captain Cook", England 1902, H319 England 1902 Leather on wooden frame This is a lovely rare historical piece...
Leather
Mid-Century Folding Screen, Room Divider
By Dumais Made
Located in Bantam, CT
Finish -Walnut: Mahogany -Cane -Brass -Minimum wear to cane at the edges -Good vintage condition ...
Brass
$8,639Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 19.69 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in
Alexander and Jones Sunday Daybed in Oak & Cream Bouclé Handcrafted to Order
Located in Cirencester, England
The Sunday Daybed is a signature made-to-order piece by Alexander and Jones, handcrafted in our Cotswolds studio, UK, from sculpted solid oak with our signature wave form frame and c...
Bouclé, Oak, Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood
$78,400 / set
H 36.62 in W 40.95 in D 26.97 in
Pair of Brasiliana Armchairs by Jorge Zalszupin, 1965, Brazilian Midcentury
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in New York, NY
The iconic Brasiliana is a series composed of a sofa and armchair designed by Jorge Zalszupin (1922-2020) in 1965 and produced by his company, L'atelier. These rare pieces have molde...
Rosewood, Fabric
Three Fold Crocodile Skin Room Divider
Located in Kent, Dover
A French three fold room divider in hand stitched black crocodile skin. The reverse of plain dark wood, and with brass hinges.
Leather
Maurice Dufrêne for La Maitrise art deco tapestry 1922
By Maurice Dufrêne, La Maitrise
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice Dufrene designed this tapestry for the studio La Maitrise, Les Galeries Lafayette, in Paris in 1922, just as he became the director of the studio. Crafted from handspun wool,...
Wool
$4,042
H 46.86 in W 84.26 in D 24.41 in
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Chaise Longue
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian carved mahogany chaise longue having an outstanding quality mahogany shaped back with carved scrolls, flowers, leaves and grapes, scroll shaped ...
Other
Mid-19th Century Hand Painted Asian Wallpaper Panels
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of three mounted hand painted wallpaper panels in simple wood frames. Beautifully and elaborate painted scenes with birds, flowers, butterflies, cats, dogs, squirrels, fruit an...
Paper
$2,095 / set
H 31 in W 32 in D 17.5 in
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Style Hand Painted Night Stands Cabinets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Hand Painted Wood Style: Italian Neoclassical
Wood
$60,744
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
$1,475
H 37.8 in W 53.15 in D 0.28 in
Pretty vintage Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry medieval design “the view”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of "La Dame à la Licorne" titled “The view”– a beautiful late 20th-century tapestry echoing the 15th-century masterpiece at the Cluny Museum in Paris. Woven wi...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
$1,595
H 72.25 in W 64 in D 0.9 in
Trompe L''Oeil Painted Books 4 Panel Screen Room Divider After Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A Trompe L''Oeil style room divider depicting painted vintage library and book vignettes on a single side of one inch deep wood panels. The backside is undecorated. It measures 72" h...
Oak
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pastel Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring a courtyard scene of beauties engaged in leisurely activities. The lacquered panels are incised and painted in soft pas...
Brass
$15,991 / set
H 87.01 in W 41.34 in D 88.59 in
Louis XVI Style Bunk Beds/Matching Pair of Single Beds Made by La Maison London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI style bunk beds, hand carved and hand finished in an off-white, antique finish. Takes a mattress size: 90cm x 200cm (3ft x 6ft6'). The beds come with an extra set of legs, ...
Wood
Spanish Rococo Giltwood Mirror with Foliage Carving Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rococo Finely Carved Giltwood Mirror with Crest, Spain, 1930s Outstanding wall mirror with richly carved frame and gilt patina. This fine rococo mirror has a foliage design showing d...
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
English 19th Century Edwardian Folding Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A massive antique English five-panel folding screen from the 19th century, this was probably used in a commercial or hospitality setting to divide a large space into more intimate pr...
Cotton, Mahogany
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
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.