$4,769
H 76.19 in W 105.52 in D 1.58 in
Victorian Embossed Leather & Water Colour Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely Victorian oak framed room divider with embossed leather to
Leather, Oak
Four Fold 19th Century Chinoiserie Leather Screen
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive Late 19th Century Four Fold Leather Room Dividing Screen, With Extremely Attractive
Leather, Oak
19th Century Hand Painted Floor Screen with Six Portraits
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a rich-looking 19th-century hand-painted floor screen with a portrait gallery. The
Leather, Canvas, Wood
$1,771
H 71.26 in W 0.99 in D 64.97 in
Victorian 3 Panel Room Divider Decorated With Sepia Decoupage Scenes of The Day
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Leather Binding Grand screen depicting Victorian lives & deities in original condition, with hand
Wood, Paper, Leather
Unavailable
H 70.87 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in
An exquisite early 19th Century hand painted four-fold leather room divider.
Located in Alton, GB
leather room divider with an elegant fruit and floral pattern with birds perched. Hand painted in oil with
Brass
Antique Folding Screen, Victorian Walnut, circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique, Victorian, four fold, embossed leather screen dating to the Victorian period
Leather, Mahogany
Sold
H 65.36 in W 63 in D 1.19 in
Antique 19th Century Embossed Leather & Faux Leather Four Fold Screen
Located in Norwich, GB
An antique leather embossed and hand painted four fold screen. Circa 1880. With antique gold
Leather, Faux Leather
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H 78 in W 100 in D 3 in
English 1880s Four-Fold Painted and Gilt Leather Screen with Pastoral Scenes
Located in Atlanta, GA
This delicate late 19th century English Victorian four-fold gilt leather screen is decorated with
Brass
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H 70.87 in W 78.75 in D 0.99 in
Late 19th Century Oil Painted Leather Folding Screen Room Divider Country Scene
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful decorative late 19th century four-panel folding screen/room divider. The four leather
Leather, Pine, Paint
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H 72 in W 84 in D 1 in
English Hand Painted Leather 4 Panel Screen Orchard Scene made for B. Altman NY
By B. Altman and Company 1
Located in Savannah, GA
This large, very detailed hand painted leather screen dates from late 19th century England and
Brass
Decoupage Folding Screen Featuring a Collage of Figures
Located in Antwerp, BE
Decoupage folding screen featuring a collage of figures. This screen is unique because of its
Leather, Wood, Paper
Victorian Three-Panel Leather Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Decorated with flowers and birds.
Three-Panel Victorian Painted Leather Fox Hunting Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Three arched panels with gold edges featuring riders on horseback in landscape.
Italian Painted Three Panel Folding Leather Screen. Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Serpentine painted three panel folding leather screen depicting Roman marble column ruins
Antique Hand-Painted Floral Leather Fire Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Antique Hand-Painted Floral Leather Fire Screen Beautifully hand-painted floral bouquets on all 3
Paint
Victorian Embossed Leather Screen
Located in Manchester, GB
This is a very fine quality and heavy draught/dressing screen with highly detailed embossed leather
Leather, Hardwood
Hand Painted Leather Screen
Located in Montréal, QC
Hand Painted Leather Screen, 1890s. Victorian 4 fold leather and wood panels, gilded studded border
Leather, Wood
Antique Screen Room Divider Four-Fold Victorian Leather Embossed Gilded
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A stunning antique 19th century continental heavily embossed leather four fold dressing screen or
Leather
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D 1.25 in
Beautiful 19th/ Early 20th Century Painted Hunt Scene on Leather Panel Screen/Nail Head Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Painted Hunt Scene on Leather Panel Screen/ Nail Head Trim. Each Panel
Leather, Wood
English Victorian Three Fold Screen
Located in Wilson, NC
English Victorian three fold screen, with hand painted landscape scenes featuring ladies in
Leather, Canvas
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H 70 in W 21 in D 1 in
Victorian 4 Panel Hand Painted Folding Screen, Captain Cook, England 1902 H319
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian 4 panel hand painted folding screen, divider, "The Landing Of Captain Cook", England 1902
Leather
$3,202
H 71.07 in W 71.66 in D 1.19 in
FINE ANTIQUE ROOM DIVIDER TITLED IN CHINESE "MIDSUMMER PAiNTING OF XINWEI YEAR"
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made Oriental black lacquered and hand painted Chinese full sized room divider titled in Chinese "Midsummer Painting of Xinwei Y...
Lacquer
1960s Vintage Asian Black Jade Motif 4-Panel Room Divider Screen
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Rare Asian, four panel, free standing room divider screen featuring carved jade motifs and mother of pearl inlay. In good vintage condition, with some crazing and minor chips were th...
Jade
Three Fold Crocodile Skin Room Divider
Located in Kent, Dover
A French three fold room divider in hand stitched black crocodile skin. The reverse of plain dark wood, and with brass hinges.
Leather
1950s Wood Screen with Glass Inlays
Located in Toronto, CA
The 1950s four-panel wood screen with amber-hued glass windows is both architectural and whimsical. Featuring rich, patinated wood, brass hinges and a sturdy base - use it to divide ...
Glass, Wood
$229,454Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
Neoclassical Style Lacquered Five Panel Screen Fragment
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Asian five panel screen fragment of a larger painted screen. The screen features a lacquered canvas over a wood frame depicting neoclassical style column architecture with f...
Canvas, Wood
$3,954Sale Price|55% Off
H 62.21 in W 59.06 in D 2.76 in
19th Century French Large Screen with Three Leaves in Hand Painted Canvas
Located in Sofia, BG
Lovely large French room divider or screen with three leaves in canvas hand painted in vivid colors with birds and foliage scrolls on blue base, after a pattern from a wall canvas pr...
Canvas
$1,595
H 72.25 in W 64 in D 0.9 in
Trompe L''Oeil Painted Books 4 Panel Screen Room Divider After Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A Trompe L''Oeil style room divider depicting painted vintage library and book vignettes on a single side of one inch deep wood panels. The backside is undecorated. It measures 72" h...
Oak
Hand-Painted Floral Screen with Butterflies, Vintage Four-Panel Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage four-panel hand-painted screen with butterfly and flower motifs. A celebration of artistry and nature, this vintage Chinese four-panel screen brings elegance to any space w...
Wood, Paper
$4,950
H 62.75 in W 51.75 in D 2 in
French Renaissance Revival Folding Three-Panel Screen with Hand-Painted Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Renaissance Revival folding three-panel screen with hand-painted Grotesque motifs and inset glass from the 19th century. Reminding us of motifs that one would see on the cei...
Glass, Wood, Canvas
Pair of Tulips Murano Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of wall lamps, entirely handmade in Murano, Italy, that bring the energy of Nature and Feng Shui into your interior. This pair of modern organic wall lamps is composed of a hand...
Brass
Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Celestial Chinese export coromandel four-panel screen depicting figures in colorful robes in a heavenly landscape among the white clouds. Each scene is bordered on top and bottom wit...
Brass
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pastel Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring a courtyard scene of beauties engaged in leisurely activities. The lacquered panels are incised and painted in soft pas...
Brass
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
H 48 in W 48 in D 1 in
Vintage Four Panel Lacquer and Carved Hardstone Screen
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 20th century Asian black lacquer screen with carved coloured hardstone figures and scenery.
Stone
$1,650
H 48 in W 60 in D 1 in
Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Doylestown, PA
Chinese export smaller scale four-panel lacquered dressing screen room divider with hand-painted decoration on both sides. One side depicts a charming continuous pavilion scene with...
Metal
Four-Panel Painted Neoclassical French Screen
Located in Sheffield, MA
Each panel decorated with a landscape. Each panel is H.69 in. by 22 in.
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.