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Screens and Room Dividers For Sale
Art Deco Antiqued Octagon Paneled Motif Smoked Mirror Screen with Silvered Back
Located in New York, NY
This refined Art Deco antiqued smoked mirror screen is a remarkable testament to French craftsmanship from the 1940s. The screen’s surface is adorned with a striking raised octagonal...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mirror
Modern Minimal Yellow Aluminium Privacy Screen / Room Divider
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The Gray Screen is a freestanding room divider, named after the iconic modernist architect-designer Eileen Gray, a lover of screens. The large powder-coated aluminium curves introduc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Four-Panel Green Lacquer Screen with Hand-Painted Birds and Blossoms
Located in Yonkers, NY
Richly detailed and visually lush, this vintage four-panel Chinese screen is hand-painted with a profusion of flowering branches, exotic birds, and leafy vegetation set against a str...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Chinese Four-Panel Screen with Silver Ground and Hand-Painted Cranes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese four-panel screen features a striking depiction of red-crowned cranes set against a luminous silver-colored ground. Rendered in a bold, stylized manner, the five...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Spanish 19th Century Leather Folding Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A mesmerizing, Spanish 19th century tooled leather folding screen–over six feet tall–embossed with floral & foliate motifs that cover the surface to expansive effect. The four connec...
Category
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Black Lacquer Four-Panel Hand-Painted Screen with Red-Crown Cranes -Vintage
Located in Yonkers, NY
Richly detailed and visually captivating, this vintage four-panel hand-painted screen features a striking tableau of red-crested cranes and lotus blossoms set against a dramatic blac...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Patinated Sculpta-Grille Bones Screen on Walnut Base by Richard Harvey, 1960s
Located in Culver City, CA
This isn’t just a room divider. This is a tanned, well-traveled, effortlessly bronzed bombshell who’s been sunning her curves on the French Riviera since 1968. A screen with a backst...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Resin, Walnut
$8,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Richard Harvey Sculpta Grille Room Divider In Walnut Frame by Modernica
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large 10 foot wide room divider originally designed by Richard Harvey in 1962 and subsequently produced by Modernica. It stands slightly over 79 inches tall. It is framed in a pret...
Category
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plastic, Walnut
Dramatic Large 8 Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Dramatic very large ornate coromandel screen having gold background and meticulously carved and painted figural scenes. Back side is solid color lacquer.
Category
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
A handsome hand-painted oriental screen / room divider, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A handsome vintage oriental partition or room divider, 20th century. Hand-painted with Asian birds and flowers in tones of licorice, maraschino, and frond green against a glowing gol...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
MCM Four Panel Teak Folding Screen with Square Lattice Design
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and hard to find four panel teak folding screen with intricate square lattice design, circa 1970s. Each individual panel measures 24" wide x 69.5" tall making the entire ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Vintage Japanese Two-Panel Privacy Screen, Art Deco, Room Divider, Circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a captivating Japanese two-panel privacy screen, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. This elegant mahogany room divider exudes period charm, showcasing skilled cr...
Category
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mahogany
ClassiCon White Limited Edition Brick Screen by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
A LIMITED EDITION
of a real work of art
ca. 115*
24 187
* Gesamtbreite flach 139 cm
* Total width flat 139 cm
BRICK
SCREEN
Designer, Version
Designer, Ausführung
Product
Produkt
Fold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Indian carved & pierced teak folding screen, c. 1900-25
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Vintage, four part frame and panel folding screen in carved & pierced teak. The screen is carved on both sides.
India, British Raj, 1900-25.
Dimensions: 80" W x 1" D x 73" H (overall)
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Four-Panel Gilt and Lacquer Folding Screen with Cranes and Lotus
Located in Yonkers, NY
A striking four-panel Chinese folding screen featuring an opulent gilt background and richly painted imagery, likely dating to the late 20th century. The front of the screen showcase...
Category
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Vintage Black Chinoiserie Silk Painted Four Panel Screen
Located in Houston, TX
1980s Chinese vintage black silk four panel painted silk screen. Each panel is 83.75"H x 15.5"W x 0.75"D.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk
Modern Minimal Room Divider Dressing Room Privacy Screen in Burgandy
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The Gray screen is a freestanding room divider named after the iconic modernist architect-designer Eileen Gray, a lover of screens. The large powder-coated aluminium curves introduce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Four-Panel Finely Carved Teak Room Divider Screen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nicely and finely intricate carved teak 4-panel screen room divider.
Category
20th Century Southeast Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Alvar Aalto Room Divider / Screen '100' 1936 in Solid Pine for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Alvar Aalto Room Devider / Screen '100' 1936 in Solid Pine for Artek, Finland. New, current production.
Made of fine pinewood strips that have been vertically aligned, Screen 100 ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Pine
Fantastic Hand-Painted 4 Panel Classical Romantic Screen Room Divider
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a masterpiece of painting and design. This gorgeous French room divider or dressing screen is masterfully painted with scenes of love, fidelity and beauty. This is a gorgeou...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Antique Hand Painted Lotus And Blue Waters Screen Vibrant Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions- Hard to Find Lotus Flowers
A stunning Japanese Antique Hand Painted six panel byobu screen on silk executed with lovely lotus flowers and vib...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Style Inlaid Stone Room Divider Folding Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Tessellated Stone, Inlaid Brass
A stunning example of Art Deco craftsmanship, this inlaid stone folding screen boasts intricate tes...
Category
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stone, Brass
Antique Victorian Folding Decoupage Screen /Roomdivider
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1691 Antique Victorian decoupage room devider .
Two sided
Front side in good condition back side has some damages(wholes)
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
20th C. Art Deco Style Three-Panel Folding Screen in Cobalt Blue and Gilt Tones
Located in Morristown, NJ
Art Deco Style Hand-Painted Three-Panel Folding Screen in Cobalt Blue and Gilt Tones
Description:
A striking hand-painted three-panel folding screen, crafted in bold Art Deco style....
Category
1950s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Sculpta-Grille Bones Screen on Walnut Base by Richard Harvey, 1960s
Located in Culver City, CA
If a space-age honeycomb and a brutalist dream had a baby, it’d be this sculptural stunner.
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This sculptural screen is part of the legendary “Sculpta-Grille” series by architect Richard Harvey, who brought space-age swagger to Mid Century architecture with his futuristic resin forms. Originally conceived for use in commercial spaces like banks, casinos, and mod lounges, these panels were designed to divide space and steal the show. Today, surviving examples are rare—and coveted by collectors, designers, and editors alike.
This particular beauty is the cleanest one we've come across: the resin is bright and crisp, and the walnut base is rich, warm, and glowing with just the right amount of vintage character. It’s photographed here in our gallery alongside a Marta Blomstedt style scalloped back chair. We currently have this paired with a Paul Evans credednza, Milo Baughman sofa, and Hans Wegner Papa bear chair and not only does this piece hold its own-- it steals the show and makes a bold mid century modern statement!
Use it as a room divider, sculpture, or gallery wall anchor. It’s not just décor—it’s a conversation-stopping design artifact.
And bonus: we also have a second screen available, with more patina and a softer, creamier buttery ivory tone. Display one solo for impact, or double up for a modular moment worthy of a museum.
Richard Harvey’s Sculpta...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Resin, Walnut
Six-Panel Chinese Black Lacquer Screen with Hand-Painted Court Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This six-panel Chinese folding screen is richly decorated in black lacquer with finely rendered gilt hand-painted court scenes. The panels depict an intricate series of domestic and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gold and Black Lacquered Four-Panel Folding Screen with Birds and Blossoms
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese folding screen features four arched panels, richly lacquered in deep black and decorated with intricate gilt motifs. The front face showcases a luminous composit...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
English 19th Century Edwardian Folding Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A massive antique English five-panel folding screen from the 19th century, this was probably used in a commercial or hospitality setting to divide a large space into more intimate pr...
Category
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Cotton, Mahogany
1950 Pair of Screens Atelier Marolles & Jean Touret
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of wrought-iron screens with brown patina, designed by Jean Touret and made by the Atelier de Marolles, in good condition.
The screen features a rectangular wrought-iron frame ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Japanese Old Bamboo Room Divider 1950s-1970s / Partition Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old room divider made in Japan.
This furniture was made in the Showa period (1950s-1970s) and has an iron frame with delicate bamboo work.
The combination of linear patte...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Iron
Antique Early 20th-Century Japanese Two-Panel Gold-Leaf Byōbu Screen
Located in Yonkers, NY
This elegant two-panel byōbu screen likely dates to the early 20th century and embodies the timeless refinement of Japanese folding screens. Each panel is constructed on a lightweigh...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf
Midcentury Italian Bamboo Lounge Chair, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing Mid-Century Modern lounge chair. Made probably in Italy, circa 1970s. This is a beautiful all original item in good condition. It has some signs of use, scratches to the b...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rattan, Wood, Fabric
Vintage Four-Panel Polychrome Floral Folding Screen with Scalloped Accents
Located in Yonkers, NY
This four-panel folding screen is a vivid celebration of botanical artistry rendered in delicate polychrome paint over a finely crackled ground. Each of the four slender panels stand...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Antique Room Divider "Paravent" - Folding Screen with Yellow Chinoiserie Fabric
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful folding screen / room divider with three panels. The base is made of pine, upholstered with a seamless pattern fabric depicting a Chinese scene with mother and child. Th...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Pine
Four-Panel Black Lacquer Folding Screen with Hand-Painted Floral Design
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vibrant floral composition enlivens this four-panel folding screen, crafted in black lacquer over wood. The design evokes a painterly botanical study, with delicate flower stems cl...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Vintage Black 4 Panel Room Divider Folding Lattice Privacy Screen 90" x 58"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage black painted folding room divider screen featuring four panels with wood lattice design.
Dimensions:
90.h"h x 58"
Category
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Pinewood Room Divider by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, 1940s
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful room divider by Alvar Aalto, made from vertical slats of pine, snugly adjoined. Can be shaped in various ways and stands steadily on the ground.
Category
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine
Six-Panel Japanese Folding Screen with Scholar’s Objects and Floral Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
This six-panel Japanese folding screen presents a richly detailed composition of scholar’s objects, rendered in vibrant mineral pigments on paper. Each panel depicts vertical stacks ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper
Restored Mid-Century Room Divider by L. Volak for Drevopodnik Holesov, 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Żory, PL
This room divider was designed by Ludvik Volák for Dřevopodnik Holešov in the 1960s.
Made of bent, veneered plywood. This room divider has been completely restored, varnished in a sa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood
Hand-Painted Floral Screen with Butterflies, Vintage Four-Panel Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage four-panel hand-painted screen with butterfly and flower motifs. A celebration of artistry and nature, this vintage Chinese four-panel screen brings elegance to any space w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper
English Vintage Upholstered Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Wrapped in a beautiful ocre and ivory fabric, this three-panel screen will be the perfect piece to customize your room. Use it to create a private area or section off your interior t...
Category
20th Century English Other Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Mid Century Mini Four Panel Teak Folding Screen with Square Lattice Design
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and hard to find mini four panel teak folding screen with intricate square lattice design, circa 1970s. Each individual panel measures 6.5" wide x 19.5" tall making exten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Broyhill Brasilia Mid Century Walnut Room Divider
Located in Countryside, IL
Broyhill Brasilia Mid Century Walnut Room Divider
This room divider measures: 54 wide x 17 deep x 72.5 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vinta...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
Three Panel Art Deco Privacy Screen or Room Divider with Decorative Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant three panel, designed in the style of the "Amsterdam School" an off-shoot of Art Deco. Can be used as a room divider or privacy screen. Made with a dark oak frame and distinc...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Lacquer De Chine Decorative Floral Four Fold Two-Sided Room Divider
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Lacquer De Chine Four Fold Two-Sided Highly Decorative Floral Room Divider With Brass Feet Accents
A Beautiful Boudoir Screen With A Different Decorat...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Hand-Painted Eight-Panel Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Screen with Gilt Court Scene
Located in Yonkers, NY
This exquisite eight-panel screen showcases hand-painted Chinoiserie artistry with gilded detailing, offering a striking visual narrative on both sides. The front depicts a serene co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Oversized Vintage Four-Paneled Screen with Hand Painted Scenes c1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Oversized Vintage Four-Paneled Screen with Hand Painted Scenes c194...
Category
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Painted Four-Panel Screen with Canal Village Scene
Located in Yonkers, NY
Lyrical and dreamlike, this vintage Chinese four-panel screen invites the viewer into a world suspended in time. Painted in soft washes of sepia, stone, and shadowed jade, the scene ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Ro Separé Free-Standing by Mia Cullin
Located in Milan, IT
Ro is a room divider with creative rotating palettes. In the free-standing version, the shape of the base allows the room divider to be placed in every space without fixing it. The m...
Category
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
$8,910 / item
Four-Panel Screen with Painted Theatrical Costume Figures on Raised Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage four-panel Chinese screen presents a dramatic procession of twelve historic costume figures, each hand-painted and raised in relief against a warm ochre ground. Arranged...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Chic Mirror-Polished or Powder-Coated Aluminum Room Divider or Screen
By Bestcase, Sight Unseen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Song screen by Charles Constantine of Bestcase is a more striking, modern take on the Eames’s iconic 1946 FSW screen. Made from mirror-polished aluminum, it also subverts the idea of traditional folding screens, once adorned with mythological depictions or historical narratives, by mirroring the present rather than reflecting on the past. The screen is fully customizable - panels can be added or taken away, with your choice of finish (a powder coated version of the screen is priced at $7,080).
The Song Screen is part of Sight Unseen's first-ever furniture collection, creative directed by Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer and produced in collaboration with Bestcase, a Long Island...
Category
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
ClassiCon Limited Edition Brick Screen in Black or White by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
A LIMITED EDITION
of a real work of art
ca. 115*
24 187
* Gesamtbreite flach 139 cm
* Total width flat 139 cm
BRICK
SCREEN
Designer, Version
Designer, Ausführung
Product
Produkt
Folding screen. Framework stainless steel.
Shims, spacers and end caps polished solid
brass, with clear varnish. Panels high-gloss
lacquered in black. Handcrafted in Germany.
Paravent. Edelstahlgerüst. Beilagscheiben,
Abstandshalter und Endkappen aus massivem
Messing, poliert und klar lackiert. Paneele mit
Klavierlackoberfläche in Schwarz. Handgefertigt
in Deutschland.
Black Schwarz
Also available in white upon request.
Auf Anfrage auch in weiß erhältlich.
An elaborate masterpiece of craftsmanship,
this is the first version of the Brick Screen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Almeria Screen
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Almeria series, this screen is comprised of three panels, each divided into two, whose structure is in wood with a wenge finish. The panels are covered in Pinetti's signa...
Category
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
$2,800 / item
Cherrywood Tambour Screen, Italy, 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Cherrywood Italian Modernist tambour screen/ room divider. Beautiful interior design element crafted from vertical cherrywood slats that can be rolled up and opened in numerous dynam...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Cherry
Chinese Coromandel Four Panel Screen Room Devider Landscape Scene
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1707 Chinese coromandel four panel screen featuring figures,birds ,flowers engaged in leasure activities in a garden setting
Folded dimensions W 16.5" 72" H 3.5"D
Category
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco wrought iron fireplace screen with 3 panels
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1915 / fire screen / rough iron / Art Deco / Art Nouveau / Mid-century
A large Art Deco wrought iron fireplace screen with 3 panels. Crafted in France around 1915. This ex...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Four-Panel Black Lacquer Screen with Painted Narrative and Animal Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This large four-panel folding screen features a richly detailed series of painted scenes in a restrained black and ochre palette. Likely produced in the 20th century, the screen pres...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Rattan Bamboo Folding Screen Room Divider, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching handcrafted rattan / wicker and bamboo three-panel folding screen / room divider with filigree decoration. Manufactured in Spain, 1960s.
This rattan folding screen combi...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Cane
$2,529 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Room Divider by L. Volak for Drevopodnik Holesov, 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Żory, PL
This room divider was designed by Ludvik Volák for Dřevopodnik Holešov in the 1960s.
Made of bent, veneered plywood. The height is adjustable from 259 to 268cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood
Chinese Export Style Gilt & Black Lacquer Decorated Table or Fire Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese export style lacquered table or fire screen exemplifies the refined artistry of Chinese craftsmanship, featuring an intricate gilt-painted scene set against a deep black...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
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.