Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Lead
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware, Ceramic
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Oak
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Gold Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Nickel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Walnut
20th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Masonite, Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Mirror
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Mirror
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Walnut
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.