Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Bentwood
1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Plywood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Ash
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Ash, Plywood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Cotton, Birch, Plywood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Ash, Birch
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Cherry
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
20th Century Mid-Century Modern 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.