Screens and Room Dividers
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Giltwood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Cane
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Other
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1930s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s Malagasy Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Silver, Other
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Plastic
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Beech
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 2000s Asian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Straw, Cane
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fiberglass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco 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.