Screens and Room Dividers
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-19th Century English George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Metal, Wire
1940s French Regency Revival Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Canvas, Paint
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet, Oak
1940s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century European Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Satin, Giltwood
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Burl
1850s Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Early 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Wool
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Gold Leaf
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Faux Leather
19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Textile, Mahogany
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Textile, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Glass
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Glass, Wood
1840s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century European Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1870s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Beads
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
Early 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Upholstery, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
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.