Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Lucite, Wood
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
20th Century Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Softwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Nickel
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood
1960s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
1920s Italian Vintage 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.