Screens and Room Dividers
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Walnut
1980s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
1970s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Hardwood
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood
19th Century Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1930s American Greco Roman Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
1820s English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Lacquer
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1940s American Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Beech
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Hardwood
Early 1900s Thai Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s French Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Cotton, Paper
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
17th Century Spanish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wood
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Cane
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century European Classical Roman Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
1960s European Belle Époque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Antique and Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
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.