Screens and Room Dividers
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s Asian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Cane, Ash
1970s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
1960s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century American Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 18th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood, Plywood
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Ukrainian Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Jade
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1970s Indian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Softwood
1830s British William IV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1980s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
20th Century British Other Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
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.