Screen Dividers Pair
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Suede, Pine
Vintage 1960s Italian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
Antique 18th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s European Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Palisander
Antique Early 19th Century Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1920s Japanese Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Vintage 1920s Japanese Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Antique 18th Century European Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 1790s English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Sycamore
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1850s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Gold, Wrought Iron
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bog Wood
Vintage 1980s French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
20th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Masonite, Paper
Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 2000s American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Unknown Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Medieval Screens and Room Dividers
Stained Glass, Wood
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s Indian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
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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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