Screens and Room Dividers
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
1930s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Beech
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
1950s Finnish Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hide, Beech
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Plastic, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century North American Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Indonesian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
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.