Los Guajes
2010s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
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2010s South African Minimalist Pedestals
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Mexican More Candle Holders
Rattan
2010s Mexican Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Wood, Oak
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Mexican Bohemian More Candle Holders
Rattan
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dining Room Tables
Rattan, Reed
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Cane
1990s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Figurative Sculptures
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Rope
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.