Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1940s American Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Foil
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Tin
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete, Steel
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Space Age Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Oak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
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.