Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1850s Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Aluminum
2010s Mexican Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
19th Century European Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Satin, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
2010s Mexican Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Glass, Wood, Paint, Damask, Paper, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Crystal, Metal
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Other Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
19th Century Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Textile, Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Stainless 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.