Room Dividers 8 Panel
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s American Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Vintage 1930s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
American Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1950s American Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
Vintage 1960s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Argentine Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Antique 18th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Rattan
Early 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Fabric
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Room Dividers 8 Panel 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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