Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Foam, Hardwood, Paint
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Abalone, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
2010s German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s French Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Romanian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Laminate
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
2010s German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Japanese Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s European Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Poplar, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Travertine, Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
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.