Screens and Room Dividers
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-19th Century European Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Wood, Wool
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
1940s Indian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Stainless Steel
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
19th Century British Chinese Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1840s English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Patent Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Formica, Wood
1760s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Mahogany
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Bone, Satinwood
1940s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1850s English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Mirror, Giltwood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Mexican Rancho Monterey Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Foil, Gold Leaf
1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic
19th Century French Romantic 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.