Screens and Room Dividers
1970s European Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Iron
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
1950s Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
20th Century French Aubusson Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
18th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood, Mirror
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
19th Century French Provincial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 1900s Indonesian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Plywood
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1960s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1990s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Plastic
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Silver, Other
1970s Japonisme Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Birdseye Maple, Maple, Walnut, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Dutch Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Copper, Iron
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Onyx, Steel
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
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.