Screens and Room Dividers
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
1980s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Philippine Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s Unknown Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century Medieval Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Paint
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
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.