Screens and Room Dividers





1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
1920s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 1900s Primitive Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Palmwood, Reclaimed Wood
Early 2000s American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Bamboo
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Directoire Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Classical Roman Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century English High Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Glass
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Ironstone
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century Gothic Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wire
1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Rosewood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century American Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Russian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1780s Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Chestnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 20th Century Austrian Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood
2010s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Macassar
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1940s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
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.