Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1770s English Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Wood
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Acrylic, Wood
1870s Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Fabric, Giltwood
1970s Dutch Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rope
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Walnut
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
20th Century Southeast Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
19th Century Egyptian Moorish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bone
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Indian Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Upholstery, Mirror, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Lacquer
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1940s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1970s Italian Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s French Chinese Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Late 20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Plywood
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.