Screens and Room Dividers
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
1890s British Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
1890s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1840s English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Crystal, Metal
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Turkish Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Crystal
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1880s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Mid-19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 19th Century European Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
1890s Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
1950s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Formica, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Magnets
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s European Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Sycamore
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.