Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cedar, Mahogany
1980s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Paint
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass, Stained Glass
1940s Indian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jade
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Elm, Paper
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Cast Stone, Brass, Copper
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Glass
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
1940s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Wood
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Acrylic
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s French Romantic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s Swedish Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1950s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Formica, Wood
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
Mid-20th Century Danish Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
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.