Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Sheet Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Hardwood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s Canadian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s North American Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1980s American Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s French Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Amethyst
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s North American Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite, Wood, Paint
1990s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Reed, Mirror
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane
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.