Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Silk
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Softwood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Laminate, Plywood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Hardwood, Paper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Canvas, Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Late 20th Century English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
1970s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Suede
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Wood
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Victorian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Wood
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1930s French Country Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Copper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Beech
1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Walnut
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wire
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century English Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s North American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Faux Leather
1970s North American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
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.