Screens and Room Dividers
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fiberglass
1950s American Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Finnish Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Plastic, Walnut
1960s Indonesian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
1950s Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rosewood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Copper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper, Paint
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1950s Indian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Asian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Lead
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
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.