Screens and Room Dividers
Late 18th Century Italian Country Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century Dutch Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 1900s Chinese Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Limestone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Metal, Brass, Bronze, C...
Early 20th Century French Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Iron
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
Mid-20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Beech
1930s American Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Masonite, Paper, Wood
Late 20th Century Philippine Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Reed, Mirror
1950s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paint
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1960s Brazilian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1950s Mexican Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Paper
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Chinese Tribal Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century English Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Reed, Glass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.