Screens and Room Dividers
Early 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1850s European Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Faux Bamboo
Late 20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Silk
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
19th Century Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Mahogany
19th Century Spanish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1810s English George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Textile, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
19th Century Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Sheet Metal
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Glass, Wood, Paint, Damask, Paper, Fabric
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Mirror
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1870s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1980s French Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s Canadian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Burl
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Rattan, Wood
1880s Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1840s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Wood
1970s French Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Directoire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
Late 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut, Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
19th Century Tibetan Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1980s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1980s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
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.