Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
20th Century European Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
20th Century Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
20th Century Vienna Secession Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Paint
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Walnut
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wire
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Glass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century Philippine Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan, Reed
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Burl, Paint
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
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.