Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Pine
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Beech
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
18th Century European Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
1960s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete, Steel
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Space Age Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1880s French Japonisme Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Giltwood
Early 1900s Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century American Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1910s Edwardian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Satinwood
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
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.