Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Early 1900s Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
18th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Wood, Mirror, Upholstery
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fir
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Paint
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
2010s Indonesian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
19th Century Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 2000s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Early 1900s German Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
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.