Screens and Room Dividers
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-20th Century Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
1940s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Unknown Other Screens and Room Dividers
Satinwood, Walnut, Hardwood, Rosewood
1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
1930s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century Indian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
Early 2000s Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1830s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Silk
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
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.