Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Rope
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s French Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
19th Century French Provincial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Walnut
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
1970s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Hardwood
1990s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1930s American Greco Roman Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
19th Century Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
1820s English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Beech
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Cotton, Paper
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Hardwood
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.