Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1990s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Burl
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
1970s Unknown Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1990s North American Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood
1980s French Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Sheet Metal
20th Century Italian Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Spruce
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Quartz
Early 1900s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Mirror, Giltwood
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Indonesian Arts and Crafts Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1940s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rush
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Walnut
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 20th Century Dutch Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Early 1900s Chinese Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Hardwood
Late 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Wood, Paint
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, 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.