4 Panel Room Dividers Hand Painted
1990s Philippine Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Tribal Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1940s American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Antique Early 1900s Gothic Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1920s Mongolian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
Vintage 1970s Unknown Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1930s Mexican Rancho Monterey Screens and Room Dividers
Foil, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Canvas, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
People Also Browsed
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Fountains
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Wool
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Other
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Brass, Steel
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s Minimalist Console Tables
Elm
Recent Sales
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Screens and Roo...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Plaster, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1950s Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Antique 1860s Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1960s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Vintage 1950s American Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1930s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Vintage 1930s American Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Early 1900s English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Paint, Wood
Early 20th Century French International Style Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Vintage 1950s French Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Macassar, Satinwood, Paint
2010s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Antique 18th Century Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Unknown Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Canvas, Cotton, Fabric
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Vintage 1940s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1930s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1930s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1980s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Acrylic, Plaster, Wood
4 Panel Room Dividers Hand Painted 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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