Screens and Room Dividers
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wire
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s French Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1770s Northern Irish George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Oak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Metal, Brass
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Birdseye Maple, Maple, Walnut, Lacquer
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Australian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Quartz, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Oak
1940s Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jade, Pink Coral, Berlin Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Cane
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint, Paper
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Ash
Mid-20th Century French Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
1980s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Early 20th Century Asian Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Palmwood, Reclaimed Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.