Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Hardwood
18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
18th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Screens and Room Dividers
Silver, Iron
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Romantic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1980s Canadian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1880s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
19th Century Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Balinese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1980s American Biedermeier Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
18th Century Irish Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
17th Century Spanish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1990s French Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
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.