Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Early 2000s Asian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Straw, Cane
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Polystyrene, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century Scottish Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1890s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
1920s Belle Époque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1950s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Giltwood
Early 20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Maple, Plywood
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s Dutch Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
18th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm, Pine
1930s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s French Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
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.