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Screens and Room Dividers For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1930s
Louis XVI Architectural Painted 4 Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI manner trompe l'oeil faux architectural four panel screen, each painted in the style of wood paneling or boiseries. Noticeable staining on some panels but in good structura...
Category
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Four-Panel Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Large Four-Panel Folding Screen or room divider by Piero Fornasetti displaying windmills and a city center. The reverse decorated with an Italian forestscape print.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Restored Midcentury Room Divider by Ludvik Volak for Drevopodnik Holesov, 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Żory, PL
This room divider was designed by Ludvik Volák for Drevopodnik Holešov in the 1960s.
It has been completely restored, varnished in a satin finish.
On request, we can make new legs ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood
Decorative 3 Panels Room Divider in Wood Branches
Located in Brussels , BE
Decorative 3 panels room divider in wood branches.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Italian Dressing Mirror, Italy, 1940s
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Italian Dressing Mirror in walnut with three mirrored panels with original vintage patina. circa 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Soft Grey Textile Room Divider, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Textile room divider, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. It has some stains as shown on the photos.
Un...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Textile
Max Kuehne Four Panel Double Sided Floor Screen, Signed
By Max Kuehne
Located in Hanover, MA
Max Kuehne (American, 1880-1968) four-panel silvered floor screen. Signed. Circa 1930.
Silver leaf and gessoed wood with incised flowering branches on both sides.
Overall 85-1/8 x ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silver Leaf
Chinese Black Carved Soapstone Flower Birds 4 Panel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Looking for a statement piece to elevate your living space? Look no further than this midcentury Chinese 4 Panel Carved Soapstone Brutalist Room Divide...
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1950s Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Soapstone
20th Century Black Chinese Lacquered Wood Screen, Vintage Room Divider
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, vintage Chinese screen made of hand crafted lacquered wood, in good condition. The large, detailed Chinoiserie style room divider is co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rattan Chippendale Fretwork 3-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Rattan room divider screen features a heavy rattan geometric fretwork design and solid wood frame. Three panels open to a total of 64.5" wid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Stunning Large Scale Midcentury Teak Folding Room Divider
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning large scale midcentury teak folding room divider
Features a gorgeous square lattice design. In excellent condition!
Height 71”
Wi...
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Early Eames Screen Room Divider FSW-6 Custom Order in Rosewood
Located in Seattle, WA
An extremely rare first generation Eames FSW-6 privacy screen, custom ordered in Rosewood Veneer at 61 inch height, with cotton fabric connector in good condition, no tears, only fraying at the end. Rosewood was generally not an option for the privacy screen throughout the first production, and can only be custom ordered.
We have checked with the Herman Miller Archive and the Eames foundation to ensure this is the first generation Eames screen...
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1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood, Rosewood
Japan Small Folding Two-Panel Furosaki Tea Screen "Contemporary Simplicity"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen furosaki byobu depicting a simple cream colored back ground with a blue snow flake border, colors on paper 21.5” high and...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paper
Arthur Umanoff Iron Room Dividers w 140 Leather Wine Bottle Holders, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The ultimate entertaining piece, this Arthur Umanoff four section wine rack system and room divider which also incorporates an artful array of one hundred forty leather wine bottle holders, two wicker baskets, ten butcher block wooden shelves, and all contained within four individual black iron frames, this magnificent room divider or wall unit is the ideal companion to any entertainment home or creative studio.
Designed in 1954 by Arthur Umanoff and produced in low quantities by Shaver Howard throughout the late 1950s, this collector's item works equally wonderfully as a room divider or against a wall, it can be placed together in one continuous unit, angled for a corner, or separated - the four individual sections can be scattered throughout a room, home or office.
Consider the many ways you can use this fantastic Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard room divider wall unit. Whether placed to divide a room or against a wall, this sizable piece can hold a large collection of wine, up to 140 bottles in the leather bottle holders that are have style similarities as designs from Jacques Adnet, 2 wicker baskets in the style of Franco Albini can hold drink accessories, glassware and tools, and the 10 wooden butcher block shelves can hold bottles of liquor, trays with condiments and mixers, recipe books...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Iron
Vintage Korean 4 Panel Landscape Guo Ziyi Banquet Folding Screen Divider
Located in Dayton, OH
"Mid-20th Century vintage four panel folding screen / room divider / wall art featuring a printed scene with hand painted color depicting a banquet honoring Guo Zi Yi (697–781), a fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk, Hardwood, Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Faux Wood Grain Laminate Room Divider or Planter
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern faux wood grain laminate room divider or planter, Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. A new bottom has been added and painted black. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, 1950-1960’s.
Well, Well, Well…. What do we have here??? A planter? Yes! A room divider? Also, Yes!! A unique piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture full of fabulousness? ABSOLUTELY, YES!!! This is a wonderful room divider with a rectangular planter box top comprised of a lovely faux wood grain laminate and a new base which has been painted black. Ok, if you have a green thumb and prefer to use live plants in the box, you will need to have a liner made for it, but that would be fairly simple. But, just as it is, there are still many options… Obviously it would house silk or faux plants...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Laminate, Plywood
Stunning James Mont Five-Panel Eglomise Room Divider Screen From the 1950s
By James Mont
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This magnificent James Mont screen room divider , created in 1950, is a stunning example of Mont's Chinese-modern style. Each of the glass panels is hand-finished with a verre eglomise design in gold metal leaf, backed with a silver metal leaf. The mirrors are framed in Mont's smoked-silver metal-leaf technique with some shades of red and are formed with pierced bases and pagoda-style tops. this screen can be found in "Modern Americana...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Glass, Wood
French Wood Window Blinds in a Muted Weathered Soft Green
Located in Chicago, IL
French Vintage Wood Window blinds in a soft weathered Original Green Paint and to be clear, these are more for an aesthetic look, than they are for...
Category
1930s French Country Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Superior Quality Bamboo Bookcase, Room Divider
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Superior Quality Bamboo Bookcase, Room Divider
This is a mid century Bamboo Bookshelf, beautifully and sturdily designed on small legs, the shelf unit has a geometric design to...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bamboo
Danish Modern Sculptural Folding Screen / Room Divider in Pine, Made in 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Unique and rare folding screen / roomdivider in solid pine. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in 1960s. A truly sculptural and artful piece, that with will complementary many interior st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine
Red Lacquer Two Sides Four Pane Screen, France, 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
Four panel two sides red lacquer screen with brass hinges.
In the style of maison Jansen.
France 1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Folding 'Screen 100' Designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, 1936
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Folding 'Screen 100' designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek,
Finland. 1936.
Pine.
Alvar Aalto’s 'Screen 100' designed in 1936 is a sculptural room divider made entirely of individual...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine
Bucolic Folding Screen, Hand Painted by Girofla, France, circa 1990
By Girofla
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Eliane and Monique Cloutier, both wives of the Cloutier Brothers - renowned French ceramists, joined hands to create under the pseudonym 'Girofla'. Graduates from l'Ecole des Arts Ap...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Brazilian Modern Room Divider in Hardwood & Leather by Sergio Rodrigues, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this spectacular Mid-Century Modern room divider in hardwood and leather painted in blue & red by Sergio Rodrigues made in the sixties is nothing less than spectacular!
The room divider features three panels made in Brazilian Rosewood, known as Jacaranda. The panels are draped in painted leather in Blue & Red. The wood has been restored and displays vibrant yellow veins. The leather is original and while the color is faded and has some scratches, this is precisely what gives the piece the WOW factor.
The piece is showcased in our gallery next to a Sergio Rodrigues theater sofa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Hand Painted Asian Chinoiserie Screen on Hardwood Stand
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian chinoiserie screen with separate hardwood stand. Untitled, (Seated Man). Signed, signature illegible. Hand painted on board depicting a seated man and framed in a dark wood rectangular frame. Framed screen slides down into a decoratively carved chinoiserie pattern stand. Likely made in China, in the Mid-20th century.
Measures: Overall: 30W 13D 69.5H, Screen: 23.75w 1.5d 54.25h, Weighs Approximately: 12lbs, stand: 30W 13D 30.75H, Weighs Approximately: 15lbs.
Exceptionally good vintage condition with signs of light previous use to stand. Small chip to paint on screen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Hand Painted Three Panel French Wood Room Divider or Partition Screen
Located in Seattle, WA
vintage hand painted three panel french wood room divider and or space partition screen.
Dimensions 48W 1D 71H.
Category
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Pair of Tall Bamboo and Glass Bookcases, Room Dividers
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Tall Bamboo and Glass Bookcases, Room Dividers
These are a pair of midcentury Age Darkened Bamboo Bookshelves, beautifully and sturdil...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bamboo
Eames 6 Panel Oak Room Divider by Herman Miller
Located in Toledo, OH
Eames 6 panel oak room divider by Herman Miller. Designed by Charles and Ray Eames and Manufactured by Herman Miller in the 1940's. A durable woven polypropylene mesh connects the 6 ...
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Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak, Bentwood
Coat Hook Mid-20th Century, Made in Italy, 1950
By Ico Parisi
Located in Milano, IT
Bellissimo appendiabiti da parete del 1950 con serigrafia di barca, 3 appendini in cristallo e ottone, 1 ripiano in cristallo con cornice e gambe in legno di mogano Attribuito al arc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Crystal
Asian Black Lacquer Folding Screen or Room Divider
By James Mont
Located in Atlanta, GA
Asian black lacquer folding screen or room divider, probably Chinese, circa 1960s. It has been recently reupholstered in a black and white col...
Category
1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Wood
4 Fold Brass Fire Guard Screen This Very Useful Spark Guard
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
4 fold brass fire guard screen
This very useful spark guard has a brass frame and a fine mesh infill, it has the added advantage that it folds flat for storage, and when opened out it can be shaped to enclose your fire, very useful for a wood burning stove...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hand Painted Screen Panels by Robert Crowder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Incredible vintage hand painted screen panels designed by Robert Crowder in the United States, circa 1960s. These screen panels have a design that takes us back to the typical gardens of ancient Japan, which fell in love with the eye and spread peace to visitors. It features six rectangular panels with a white background, which simulates an elegant oil painting...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper, Paint
1960's Art Wall Unit or Room Divider with Sculpture by Jelínek
Located in Praha, CZ
Unique mid-century artistic wall unit or room divider made of metal with two wooden benches and sculpture by Jelínek (signed).
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal, Copper
Blue and White Toile de Jouy Upholstered Screen
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Toile de Jouy upholstered screen, three rectangular panels with semicircular tops. 87" H x 24" W (each panel, 96" fully extended, a...
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric
1960s Vintage Asian Black Jade Motif 4-Panel Room Divider Screen
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Rare Asian, four panel, free standing room divider screen featuring carved jade motifs and mother of pearl inlay. In good vintage con...
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Mid-20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Jade
French Soft Pink Velvet Large Room Divider, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
20th century soft pink velvet room divider.
By unknown manufacturer, France.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Velvet
Elegant French Mirrored Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant French carved wood and mirror folding screen, France, at least circa 1940s, possibly much earlier. It is believed to have been...
Category
1940s French Regency Revival Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Mirror, Wood
Tall Vintage Mirrored Room Divider
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This uniquely large glass mirrored room divider features an impressive ninety inch height across four textured mirrored panels. Creating an adjus...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mirror
Midcentury Fire Screen Olle Hermansson, Husqvarna Cast Iron the Thunder God Tor
Located in Stockholm, SE
Midcentury Swedish fire screen by Olle Hermansson for Husqvarna made in cast iron. It can both be placed either as a fire screen or a sculpture. The fire ...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Iron
Wicker 3-Piece Folding Screen
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Vintage wicker room divider features three panels with a geometric woven design. Good condition with minor imperfections consistent with ag...
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Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Unique Hand-Carved Floral Walnut Room Divider
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Absolutely stunning walnut room divider featuring gorgeous hand carved floral motifs on each section. Sure to make a statement in any room of the home or office. Folds to a convenien...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
Rare Folding Screen by Arthur Court, USA, circa 1960, Polished Cast Aluminum
By Arthur Court
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare and fine Arthur Court folding screen / room divider in polished cast aluminum. Great condition. Laying flat screen measures 66 inches wide. Other dimensions below.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Wonderful Pine Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Munich, DE
Made from woven pine stripes in massive wooden frames connected with leather.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine
1930s Japanese 4 Panel Carved Soapstone Room Divider Screen
Located in Torquay, GB
A stunning early 20th century Japanese room divider folding screen.
Consists of 4 brass hinged panels standing on castor wheels, with each panel lacquered ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Soapstone
Midcentury Room Divider in Dark Stained Bent-Wood by Ludvik Volak, Praque 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Almelo, NL
Midcentury Room Divider in Stained Bent-Wood by Ludvik Volak, Praque 1960s
A memorable stained dark room divider from a villa in Prague was purchased from the original owner. This o...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bentwood, Plywood
Pair of Brutalist Style Modernist Bronzed Patinated Cast Aluminium Room Dividers
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of brutalist style modernist bronzed patinated cast aluminium room dividers.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Original 1950s Eames for Herman Miller FSW-6 Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early molded plywood screen divider in calico ash, designed by Charles & Ray Eames, manufactured by Herman Miller. The screen's ingenious design allows it to be formed into a vari...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Ash
David Segel 3 Panel Floor Screen Signed & Titled "PARTS OF HER" 1970s Original
By David Segel
Located in Monrovia, CA
David Segel 3 panel floor screen titled "PARTS OF HER"
This is an amazing piece of functional art.
3 panels of David Segel artwork on a 3 part floor screen.
Hand painted gouache artwork by well known artist DAVID SEGEL is signed and numbered on the back of the 3 panel floor screen.
The subject or model for this piece of art is again his muse that is used for his sculptures.
The condition is in excellent vintage condition. Strong and sturdy. No chips, no cracks, no marring, the long brass piano hinges are stable and secured in place.
Dimensions Are: Panels 1 & 3 Are Twenty-Three Inches Wide by Panel 2 Is Thirty-One Inches Wide. Total Of Seventy-Seven Inches Wide by Seventy-Two and A Half Inches Tall by Two and a Half Inches Thick.
David Segel 1921-2005:
An American Modernist Painter And Sculptor. He Lived In Venice California and Paris. After studying at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and the Art Institute of Chicago, David moved to Paris in 1950 to work and teach, He studied in the atelier of Fernand Leger and then traveled around other Western European countries. He has been shown in galleries from Paris, France, to Los Angeles, California, including the Whitney Museum in New York City. Segel enjoyed a prolific career and worked with a variety of mediums including: oils, bronze and wood sculptures, and dramatic sketches. He also worked in furniture and interior design. Segel’s work is represented in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum. His awards include The First Carnegie Prize and The Hallmark International Art Award. David Segel died in Venice, California in 2005 at the age of 84.
His solo exhibition of painting and sculpture include: Lynchburg, VA; Galerie Ariel, Paris; Galerie Maeght, Paris; Van-Dieman Lilienfeld Gallery, New York; Palmer House...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern 3 Panel Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Decorative folding screen divider of 3 panels, nlaid with solid brass lines
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Screen By Jansen ca' 1940's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Elegant painted screen by Maison Jansen, made in Argentina ca' 1940's in neoclassical style. Each panel is approx. 18.5"wide and 78.75" high. When extended the screen is approx. 5 an...
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1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Patinated Wood and Gold Leaf Screen. France, Mid-20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Patinated Wood and gold leaf screen attributed to Maison Jansen. France, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Room Divider Screen Paravent Regency Steampunk Steel
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Vintage 3 Panel Steel Room Divider Screen Paravent...
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1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Steel
Unusual Art Nouveau Style 3 Panel Decorative Wrought Iron Screen/Divider
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Art Nouveau style 3 panel iron screen / room divider, Highly decorated, wonderful patina and color pierced iron, lattice, tree motif, Superior qu...
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Six-Panel Coromandel Asian Screen
Located in Denton, TX
Six-panel double sided Coromandel Asian Screen lacquered in gold on one side and black on the other. The subject matter on the gold side is a festival and ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Art Deco Five Panels Black Lacquer and Raffia Screen, France 1930
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant art deco five panels double-sided blackened wood and raffia screen. Brass hinges.
In the spirit of J.Michel Franck, France 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Jean Prouvé Brise-Soleil/Sun Shutter c. 1960
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean Prouvé Brise Soleil c. 1960's.
Designed in 1956, executed c. 1962-65 for Cité Scolaire de la Dullague, Béziers, France.
Aluminum.
Exceptiona...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Italian Tambour Screen Room Divider in Solid Golden Mahogany & Rosso
Located in Brussels , BE
Mid century italian Tambour screen room divider in solid golden mahogany & Rosso Verona Marble - 5 available.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Marble
Green and gold velvet screen from the 40's / 50's French oak ceruse vintage
Located in Lyon, FR
Very nice French folding screen from the 40's / 50's, unidentified art work. It is composed of 3 wooden panels covered with velvet fabric and stu...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Velvet, Oak
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.
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