Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 2000s Asian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Straw, Cane
Late 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Lead
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware, Ceramic
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rock Crystal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
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.