Screens and Room Dividers
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Indonesian Arts and Crafts Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Silk
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Wire
Mid-20th Century Balinese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
17th Century Dutch Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Glass, Wood, Paint, Damask, Paper, Fabric
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Textile
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
20th Century Chinese Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1870s Moroccan Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Walnut
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Silk
1980s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Paper, Wood
19th Century Tibetan Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.