Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
Early 2000s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Walnut
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain, Rosewood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1850s English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Early 20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s French International Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Late 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Oak
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Burlap, Velvet, Wood
19th Century Dutch Antique Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1810s English George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
19th Century French Provincial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Alabaster
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
1980s Italian Space Age Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
1950s Unknown British Colonial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Early 19th Century European Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Sequins, Fabric
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Terracotta, Rosewood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian 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.