Screens and Room Dividers
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1940s French Regency Revival Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Oak
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Bentwood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1940s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Gold, Wrought Iron
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1930s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Laminate
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Gold Leaf
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s Uzbek Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Silk, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Lead
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1960s Asian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
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.