Screens and Room Dividers
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Wood, Giltwood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fruitwood
1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s European Belle Époque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
19th Century Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Pine
1930s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 1900s Thai Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Sequins, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Walnut
Early 1900s English Regency Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s Mexican Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s European Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Poplar, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Mirror
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Ironstone
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
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.