Screens and Room Dividers
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rosewood
20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Scandinavian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Plywood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Cane
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s Thai Japonisme Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Chinese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Rattan, Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Chinese Palladian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Hong Kong Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Mahogany
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
1970s French Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Ash, Plywood
Late 20th Century Chinese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
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.