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Screens and Room Dividers For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 19th Century
"Accent", Monumental Charcoal on Canvas Painting by Jessica Scott Felder
By Jessica Scott-Felder
Located in Hanover, MA
11 foot by 9 foot frame stretched charcoal on canvas painting by Jessica Scott-Felder titled "Accent" 2009. Jessica utilizes drawings and installations with antique objects to transform spaces into psychological realms that are suggestive of maternal figures and ancestral and social narratives. Initially, the chairs represented matriarchal presence and have currently expanded to ancestry. Jessica’s work addresses issues in identity, heritage, culture, and society’s rapidly disintegrating connection to the past. Jessica's grandmother's living room has been a focal point of her work. She is visually exploring the suggestive qualities of furniture placement. Many of the images were derived from “Last Year at Marienbad...
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Early 2000s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Canvas

19th c. Chinese Chippendale Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Nineteenth century English Chinese Chippendale four fold screen with silk panels embroidered with floral chinoiserie patterns framed in giltwood carved with filigree fretwork tops.
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19th Century British Chinese Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th c. Middle Eastern Filigreed Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Nineteenth century Middle Eastern carved folding screen with three carved teak panels, brass and copper floral designs, and filigreed tops and si...
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19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Teak

Early American Stenciled Maple Pole Screen
Located in Savannah, GA
Mahogany and maple pole screen on a tripod base featuring a center urn, adjustable brass slide and a lead weighted bottom. Stenciled floral motif on screen...
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Early 1800s American Federal Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Mahogany, Maple

A Continental Antique Textile Covered Four Fold Screens
Located in Sheffield, MA
Each arched panel covered in fabric woven in shades of brown, off-white and blue incorporating stylized foliage and strapwork Height 89 1/4 in. Width of each panel 21 1/4 in. P...
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19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers

19th Century Chinese Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Nineteenth century Chinese screen comprised of four mahogany panels finely decorated with traditional motifs. The upper portion of each panel consists of fine filigree dragon designs...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Mahogany, Bone, Satinwood

French Louis XV Style 3-Fold Screen with Inlaid Panels
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) 3 fold screen with inlaid scenes and gilt trim.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Wrought Iron Free Standing Two Panel Screen
Located in Hollywood, SC
French wrought iron free standing two panel fire screen with scrolled decorative iron motif, Flur-de-le motif, and ending on standing scrolled feet. Dealers please call for trade price.
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19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers

19th C. Peacock Design Screen
Located in New York, NY
Polychromed Asian screen featuring a carved peacock design on each of its four panels.
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19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint

Superbly Carved Fire Screen by Francois Linke
Located in New York, NY
This painted-and-gilded fire screen in the Louis XVI style was made by Francois Linke (1855 - 1946), the greatest maker of furniture in Belle Epoque Paris...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

19th c. Middle Eastern Carved Teak Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Nineteenth century Middle Eastern teak three-fold screen with a spindle and ball design and geometric design bottom panels.
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19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Teak

19th Century French Hand Painted Screen
Located in Asheville, NC
19th Century Hand Painted Canvas Four Panel Folding Screen with charming French Provincial scenes on front and stylized stenciled flowers on back, named inscription on side
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19th Century French Country Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Austrian Secessionist Tole Painted Fire Screen
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Secessionist tole painted 3 panel fire screen with nail head design and trimmed with small brass panels.
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19th Century German Vienna Secession Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Copper, Tôle

The Dance - A Large Screen by Jacques Jarrige ©2013
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional sculpture/architectural element by Jacques Jarrige Hand sculpted in MDF - 7 panels Full of movement.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Louis XV Style Carved Gilt 3-Fold Screen with Embroidered Silk Panels
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) carved gilt 3 fold screen with blue silk embroidered panels and cornucopia design.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Giltwood Folding Screen
Located in Pembroke, MA
French giltwood screen in the Louis XVI style, recently upholstered in Pierre Frey fabric. Folding four panels with nice ribbon and bow detailing.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gesso, Fabric, Giltwood

Six panel fan-motifs screen panel (Japan)
Located in Bronx, NY
Six panel fan-motifs screen panel (Japan)
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19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers

French Ladies "Powder Veil" Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare late 18th century French fireplace screen with original gold finish and original beveled glass.
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1870s Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

English Hand Painted Leather 4 Panel Screen Orchard Scene made for B. Altman NY
Located in Savannah, GA
This large, very detailed hand painted leather screen dates from late 19th century England and features a captivating Orchard Scene. The screen is made up of four panels, each arched...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

6' 6'' Tall Antique Privacy Screen, French Walnut, Glass, Art Nouveau, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall antique 4-fold privacy screen. A French, walnut and glass room divider in Art Nouveau taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Accentuate your room wit...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Antique 19th Century Louis XV Style Rococo 3 Panel Screen Room Divider
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: H: 49 1/2in W: 49 1/2in D: 1in to 16in This 19th century Louis XV style 3 panel screen room divider is truly a beautiful pie...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Gesso, Upholstery, Mirror, Wood

ANTiQUE PRESSED BRASS 19TH CENTURY "TAKE COURAGE" ALE FIRE PLACE SCREEN GUARD
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1890-1900 “Take Courage” Ale, pressed brass fire screen guard...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Chinese Poems with Bamboo Landscapes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese six-panel folding byobu screen featuring six literati school painted works each signed with 2 seals. The left panel (moon) has a Chinese poetic couplet with 2 se...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Antique Mid Century Brass Fire Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-century ornate fire screen.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Modernist Four-Panel Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
A modernist four-panel folding screen. Solid oak and nickel. Measure: Approximate 65 inches end to end.  
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Nickel

Lionel Jadot and Zaventem Ateliers, Spin Love, BE
Located in New York, NY
Bringing together 15 of Europe’s most exceptional artisans working across the design spectrum, Jadot has spearheaded the creation of an extraordinary mixed-media, multi-functional object in the form of an unique ping pong table, titled “Spin Love.” In addition to its recreational use, "Spin Love" can be divided with each table top elevated to serve as a double-sided room divider or screen, with a matching pair of standing floor lamps. One of the most ambitious works of decorative arts today, “Spin Love” connects the talents of the idiosyncratic, visionary artists that make up Zaventem Ateliers. Jadot is the mastermind behind Zaventem, an experimental artist workspace accommodating 32 separate workshops dedicated to the production and transformation of materials, allowing a group of exceptional craftsmen working in ceramics, leather, metal, marble, textiles, and wood to collaborate, experiment, and inspire one another. As a physical representation of the ingenuity and creative drive housed within the walls of Zaventem Ateliers, “Spin Love” asserts their commitment to old world craftsmanship, free thinking, and modern innovation. In conceiving “Spin Love” Jadot aimed to create a work where visionary design and idiosyncratic craftsmanship meets the already collaborative energy, humor and playfulness he had amassed within Zaventem. Each individual element, from the mixed media table tops to the unique ping pong paddles, showcases the height of the artists’ specific expertise. The double sided clover-shaped table top can be divided into two separate tables, each with the ability to be raised to stand upright, acting as a dual-faced screen allowing for four distinct visual options.One bifurcated table half features black and white geometrically patterned leather collages from Niyona, a French custom leather design company. Its corresponding half is composed of precious wood marquetry work by Alexandre Lowie with a steel star detail jewelry designer by Luna Lotta. The second table is composed of an integration of metalwork by Maison Jonckers and textiles from Studio Krjst enclosed within poured resin. On one side each artist’s work is tessellated into a tightly controlled pattern. Flipping the table over reveals an expressive and chaotic assemblage of patterns and textures. The freestanding, movable lamps...
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2010s Belgian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Marble, Metal

HOLLY HUNT Arolle Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
HOLLY HUNT Arolle screen Additional Information: Dimensions: 49.25 W x 9.78 D x 29.9 H inch
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Pollaro Fan-Patterned Straw Marquetry Screen after Jean-Michel Frank
Located in Hillside, NJ
A four-paneled screen in the Art Deco style. Handmade by Pollaro artisans. Straw marquetry on a hand polished solid walnut base. Straw m...
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2010s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Straw

Screen Triptych, USA
Located in New York, NY
Stefan Rurak’s Screen Triptych typifies his unique approach to design, blurring distinction between art and design, into a literal representation. The screen’s panels are created fro...
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2010s American Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Concrete, Cement, Steel

Screen in Black Port Laurent Marble, Cherrywood, Bronzed Mirror
Located in Carrara, IT
Eros is a screen in brass with panels in black Port Laurent marble, cherry wood and bronzed mirror glass. Eros belongs to the Capsule collection 20...
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2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Marble, Brass

19th Century Black Lacquer Chinese Folding Screen
Located in London, GB
This exquisite and highly ornate 19th century black lacquer Chinese folding screen features 6 panels, each depicting parts of a large outdoor scene...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Multi-gemstone

Glass and Bronze Standing Mirror by Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Standing mirror made of mirrored bronze glass and cast bronze by Los Angeles based designer Brian Thoreen. Edition of 8 + II AP. Custom available.
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2010s American Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

Custom Three-Panel Folding Velvet Screen
Located in Nashville, TN
Three-panel folding screen is upholstered in brown striade velvet and is adorned with antique brass tacks.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Carved Oak Screen
Located in New York, NY
Unusual English four-panelled screen. Oak framing with decorative frette work of stylized flowers crowned by carved scroll top piece. Each panel: 83" H x 3...
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19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers

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.

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