Retro Room Divider Screen
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Rattan
1980s American Art Deco Retro Room Divider Screen
Art Glass
1990s Unknown Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
1960s Retro Room Divider Screen
Steel
1960s Retro Room Divider Screen
Jade
1970s American Neoclassical Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Retro Room Divider Screen
Teak
Mid-20th Century Other Retro Room Divider Screen
Jade
1960s French Art Deco Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Iron
1970s American Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal, Enamel, Steel
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood, Birch
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Retro Room Divider Screen
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Glass
1970s Retro Room Divider Screen
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Retro Room Divider Screen
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Rattan
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Brass
1970s French Art Nouveau Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Plexiglass, Plywood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Brutalist Retro Room Divider Screen
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paper
1980s Chinese Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal
1970s Philippine Bohemian Retro Room Divider Screen
Rattan, Mirror
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Iron
1970s American Brutalist Retro Room Divider Screen
Steel
1990s Belgian Other Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal, Copper
1970s American Bohemian Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Retro Room Divider Screen
Hardwood, Paint
1950s Retro Room Divider Screen
Hardwood
1950s Brutalist Retro Room Divider Screen
Soapstone
Late 20th Century Medieval Retro Room Divider Screen
Oak, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Retro Room Divider Screen
Metal
1980s Unknown Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Retro Room Divider Screen
Hide, Beech
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Fiberglass
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
1950s French Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
1980s Italian Neoclassical Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Retro Room Divider Screen
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Pine
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Pine
1970s Thai Bohemian Retro Room Divider Screen
Bamboo
1970s Retro Room Divider Screen
Leather, Suede
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Room Divider Screen
Cherry
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Retro Room Divider Screen
Wicker, Rattan
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Retro 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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