Room Divider Wooden Slats

At 1stDibs, there are several options of room divider wooden slats available for sale. Each of these unique room divider wooden slats was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and metal. Room divider wooden slats have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Room divider wooden slats made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — are very popular at 1stDibs. Room divider wooden slats have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison and Alvar Aalto are consistently popular.

Prices for room divider wooden slats start at $446 and top out at $11,858 with the average selling for $3,746.

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.