Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Glass
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Philippine Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Unknown Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Lacquer
1960s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1970s Indian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1970s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Italian Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Malagasy Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1930s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
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.