Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-19th Century African Moorish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
19th Century Italian Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1810s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Mahogany
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Glass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fir
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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
19th Century Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
1890s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique 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.