Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Poplar
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
2010s Indonesian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm, Paint
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
18th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1970s Unknown Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fir
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
1970s Philippine Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
Late 20th Century Medieval Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Paint
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Paint
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Glass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
Early 1900s German Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Other, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
20th Century American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
19th Century Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
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.