Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Gold Leaf
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1910s Edwardian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Satinwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
Early 1900s Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Indonesian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
Early 1900s German Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 2000s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Alabaster
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Burlap, Wood, Canvas
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
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.