Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Directoire Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s French International Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Beech
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Hardwood, Ebony
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Cotton, Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Plate, Metal
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Brass
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
1930s American Greco Roman Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
1970s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Hardwood
19th Century Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1990s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1820s English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1920s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
Late 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 1900s Thai Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.