Vintage Room Divider Screen
1960s Vintage Room Divider Screen
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1970s Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Brass
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
20th Century Hollywood Regency Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1970s American Bohemian Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal, Brass
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Room Divider Screen
Stone
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Stained Glass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1980s Chinese Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Other Vintage Room Divider Screen
Jade
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal, Chrome
1990s American Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Canvas
1960s French Provincial Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal, Brass
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mahogany
1970s Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Late 20th Century Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1950s French Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1960s European Vintage Room Divider Screen
1980s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Gold Leaf
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wicker, Straw, Rope
20th Century American Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Parchment Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Fabric, Wood
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1930s Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal
Late 20th Century Japonisme Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood, Paper
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood, Paint
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Japanese Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paper
1980s Asian Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Soapstone
1960s Vintage Room Divider Screen
Jade
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Silk
Late 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Soapstone
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Unknown Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mirror
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Brass
1940s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Medieval Vintage Room Divider Screen
Oak, Paint
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Vintage Room Divider 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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