Screens and Room Dividers
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
19th Century Unknown Tribal Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic, Stoneware
Early 20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1920s Indonesian Arts and Crafts Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Textile, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1960s Brazilian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jacaranda
1980s Hong Kong Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1980s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Iron
1890s Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Bentwood
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1850s European Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Faux Bamboo
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite
20th Century North American Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Damask
1990s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Late 19th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Linen, Wood, Pine
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century Italian Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
18th Century German Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Space Age Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Linen, Wood, Mahogany
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Beech
Mid-20th Century Unknown 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.