Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Leather, Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel, Copper
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Pine
19th Century Tibetan Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1870s Moroccan Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bog Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
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.