Spanish Folding Screen
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
2010s Spanish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Magnets
Late 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Antique 18th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Paint
Vintage 1930s Mexican Rancho Monterey Screens and Room Dividers
Foil, Gold Leaf
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Iron
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Wood
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Side Tables
Marble, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood
2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze, Chrome, Nickel, Enamel
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Velvet, Walnut
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Architectural Elements
Bronze
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
2010s Modern Console Tables
Pine, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
Antique 19th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Indian Spanish Colonial Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 18th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1960s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Antique Early 1900s Spanish Renaissance Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
Antique Late 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Screens and Room Divi...
Leather, Wood
20th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Wood
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Antique 19th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1950s Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1920s Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1920s American Spanish Colonial Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Prints
Vintage 1930s Spanish Art Deco Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Metal
Spanish Folding Screen 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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