Screens and Room Dividers
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1920s Japanese Primitive Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cedar
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper, Wood
1920s Japanese Primitive Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cedar
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 2000s Asian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Cane, Ash
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1980s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
20th Century Chinese Palladian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Japanese Primitive Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cedar
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
1990s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
1970s French Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Multi-gemstone
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
1920s Japanese Primitive Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cedar
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1980s Thai Japonisme Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
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.