Painted Leather Screen
Antique 19th Century European Paintings and Screens
Leather
Early 20th Century European Paintings and Screens
Leather
Antique 1870s American American Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Wood, Leather
20th Century American Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1930s American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 1880s Italian High Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1760s Dutch Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Faux Leather
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Early 1900s English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Early 19th Century British George IV Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Leather, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
Antique 1890s French Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Art
Wood, Leather
Mid-20th Century Paintings and Screens
20th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Late 18th Century French Georgian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 1840s French RƩgence Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Leather
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1690s French Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1780s Spanish Other Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Linen
20th Century Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Leather, Wood
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Leather, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Art
Leather, Pine
Antique Late 19th Century English Elizabethan Paintings
Antique Mid-19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 1750s European Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Wood, Leather
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
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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 screenās 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 āCocoā 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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