Screens and Room Dividers
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Lead
1960s Asian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1970s European Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Wood
1960s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s French Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Mirror
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Mirror
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Cherry
1970s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Bronze
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Rosewood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Burl
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jade
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Seagrass, Bamboo
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Terracotta, Rosewood
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
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.