Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Dutch Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Asian Edo Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
1850s Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1930s French Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass, Stained Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
1980s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1840s English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rosewood
1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
20th Century Unknown Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Linen, Wood, Mahogany
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Other
Late 18th Century Italian Country Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
2010s French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Fabric, Canvas, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1830s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
Late 18th Century Scottish Regency Antique 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.