Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 18th Century European Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Linen, Wood
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Satin, Wood
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Textile, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Early 1900s French Organic Modern Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Unknown Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
19th Century Directoire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Masonite, Paper
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
Late 20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Polystyrene, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Leather, Textile
Early 1900s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Mirror
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut, Wood
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Giltwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century Dutch Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1870s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Enamel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Suede, Pine
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Pine
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Mahogany
20th Century American Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
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.