Screens and Room Dividers
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Ash
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
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
2010s Danish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Plywood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rosewood
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
2010s Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s South American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Crystal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
Early 2000s Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Copper
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Beech
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Panamanian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
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.