Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Rattan, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Laminate, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Wood
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Copper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Beech
1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wire
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century English Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Crystal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
20th Century French American Classical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Romanian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
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.